Design firm Studio TOOJ presents the Duk series of furniture, which is made up of tables that seem to be draped in a cloth. However, it is actually made from wood and mycelium. The Duk is a Swedish translation for tablecloth, and this was made in collaboration with biotech company MycoWorks. The pieces were made from wood and then further upholstered with the living material.

Founder of Studio TOOJ, Ashley Wilén-Jong shares more on the design and how it was created from the fascination with illusion. She notes, “I remember being captivated by surrealism as a teenager, especially the way Salvador Dalí could make familiar objects appear strange and dreamlike. That stayed with me. Years later, the Duk series emerged from that same curiosity: How can we make something solid feel fluid? How can we create an object that makes people do a double-take

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