Bior Illume x Space2b: Sculpting Light with Living Materials

A two-part sculptural lighting masterclass in regenerative design - blending material innovation, sustainability, and hands-on creation.

🗓 Workshop 1:

Design & Grow Your Own Mycelium Lampshade
📅 Saturday, August 2nd, 2025
🕒 2:00pm – 5:00pm
📍 Space2b Social Design, 144 Chapel St, St Kilda
🎟 Limited spots available

🗓 Workshop 2:

Bior Illume Showcase – A Celebration of Regenerative Design
📅 Saturday, August 23rd, 2025
🕒 2:00pm – 4:00pm
📍 Space2b Social Design

🧡 About the Experience

This is more than a workshop. It’s a quiet act of reconnection — with nature, with craft, and with each other.

Join us for a deeply immersive, two-part series where you’ll design and grow your own sculptural lampshade using mycelium — the living root structure of mushrooms. Together, we’ll explore what it means to work with materials that grow, breathe, and return to the earth.

In the first session, you’ll shape your own unique mycelium piece using a curated set of reusable molds, natural textures, and earth-friendly tools. You’ll learn how to care for it over time, allowing it to grow into form in your own space.

In the second session, we return — not just to complete the story, but to celebrate it. You’ll bring your piece back to Space2b, where we’ll host a living exhibition featuring each maker’s design alongside the latest pieces from the Bior Illume collection. We’ll reflect, share process, and celebrate the quiet beauty of regenerative design in community.

🌾 What’s Included:

All workshop materials
A custom reusable mold for shaping your mycelium lampshade
Eco starter kit (hydration spray bottle, reusable cotton bag, recycled instruction booklet)
A printed step-by-step drying & finishing guide
Insight into Umbrellus’ regenerative design work in shelters, interiors, and climate-resilient infrastructure
A handwritten thank-you note with a quote and message on biodegradable design
Participation in a public showcase & collective reflection on August 23

🪵 What to Bring:

Just yourself and your curiosity
Optional: a mold or object from home you'd like to use for shaping
An openness to work slowly, intentionally, and collaboratively

✨ Who It’s For:

Interior designers, architects, and sustainability enthusiasts
Creatives and crafters interested in biomaterials
Anyone curious about circular design, earth-friendly living, or tactile storytelling

🎤 The Journey Behind the Workshop

“What I’m creating is not just about materials — it’s about remembering. Indigenous cultures have always designed with the earth, not over it. The mycelium we hold in our hands was shaped by this land long before us. This workshop is an invitation to return to that wisdom.”

– Aliet, Founder of Umbrellus & Bior Illume