AGI Denim, a denim producer, has partnered with Ecovative, a mycelium technology pioneer located in New York, to transform post-consumer waste denim into environmentally friendly materials for interior and architectural design. Their first offering is a line of mycelium bricks manufactured from used jeans.
Mycelium, a fungus that resembles a root, is used by Ecovative to produce natural, biodegradable materials for packaging, food substitutes, and textiles. Ecovative and AGI Denim have devised a method to cultivate mycelium that forms a solid, biologically cemented structure by adding recycled denim fibers to the mycelium feed mix. Bricks and other shapes can be sculpted out of this base.
These mycelium bricks will be unveiled by AGI at Kingpins New York as part of an exhibition called “Recycled Denim to Mycelium Constructs,” which will include ornamental columns that highlight the bricks’ aesthetic and functional potential. With this partnership, we hope to offer a sustainable model that is flexible enough to meet a range of requirements.
The relationship excited Henry Wong, vice president of product development and marketing at AGI Denim, who said, “It’s exciting to think about how this could be applied to solving large-scale challenges that humans face.” We consider ourselves lucky to have the chance to collaborate with a forward-thinking business like Ecovative and discover how their innovations might influence the denim industry.
Furthermore, a clothing line featuring Ecovative’s Forager Foam has been designed by AGI’s recently established creative consultancy, The Agency. Using AirMycelium, this pure mycelium foam performs exceptionally well.
