Joshua English is a man of many talents. An artist and a designer, with decades of industry experience. His curiosity lead him to discovery a simple combination of organic materials that combined together turn into an extremely durable new material.
In today's episode we go over Joshua's story from his 'perfect' corporate job to getting laid off and starting Structural Mycelium. How an accidental discovery jump started Structural Mycelium, the journey to entrepreneurship, the wonders of mycelium and mushroom, regenerative business models, and how materials selection and cultivation play an increasing factor in combatting climate change.
Structural Mycelium has produced the first load bearing mycelium based material. This material can be used as a replacement for traditional materials in building industry such as wood or cement. This poses a huge opportunity to create a bio based material. You can find more about Structural Mycelium here. More work of OKOM Works Lab can be found here.
You can find the full video interview on YouTube here.