Mogu at Triennale – Inequalities
From May 13th, 2025, the 24th International Exhibition at Triennale Milano, titled “Inequalities”, presents a critical and immersive journey into the imbalances—ecological, social, geopolitical—that define our time. Among the most evocative contributions to this exploration is the exhibition “A Journey Into Biodiversity – Eight Forays on Planet Earth” (ITA: “Un viaggio nella biodiversità – Otto stazioni sul pianeta Terra”), curated by philosopher of science Telmo Pievani, and designed by Studio GISTO.
Mogu is honoured to be the focal point of the final station of this journey, contributing with a sensorial and reflective installation within the eighth and closing chapter of the exhibition.
FUNGUS CITY: LISTENING TO THE INTELLIGENCE OF NATURE
The immersive installation designed for the last foray of the exhibit features Mogu’s mycelium-based acoustic panels, presented not simply as sustainable products—but as living testimonies of the close cooperation established with the microbial world and more specifically with the Kingdom of Fungi. Mogu’s panels envelop the space, drawing visitors into an atmosphere that echoes the softness and thorough intelligence of fungal growth.
At the heart of the installation, a large screen reveals the mesmerising beauty of mycelia from different fungal species, growing across diverse substrates and under different conditions—a microscopic ballet of expansion, communication, and collective resilience, in its continuous becoming. Ever-present, yet unperceivable by naked eye—fundamental to all that exists, yet mostly often demonised and disregarded. Such striking visual narrative, fruit of the meticulous work of dutch micro-photographer Wim van Egmond, invites viewers to reconsider the boundaries between nature and culture, living organisms and materials, design and evolution.
NOT JUST A PRODUCT—A RADICAL PARADIGM
Mogu at Triennale – Inequalities, “A Journey Into Biodiversity” is more than a simple contribution to a design show—it is a physical manifestation of the regenerative ethos rooted in Mogu’s values and in its products. In a world marked by utilitarian extractivism and waste generation, mycelium stands as emblem of rebirth and thorough interdependence of all that exists.
Mogu’s materials and products do not resist time; they embrace it. They do not deny decay but transform it into potential. By working with fungal partners —key transforming agents and recyclers of the natural world—Mogu opens a window towards a tangible design logic that is no longer anthropocentric, but expands towards a systemic and eco-centric sensitivity rooted in a deep understanding of the relational dynamics characterising living systems. All in all, demonstrating the factuality of a fundamentally needed shift that is both dramatically urgent and delicately poetic
TOWARDS ENTANGLED FUTURES
As part of Telmo Pievani’s broader narrative exploring the richness and crisis of biodiversity, Mogu’s installation speaks softly yet decisively about effective possibilities and demonstrated methodologies to drive positive change through a radical approach. It is a space of pause, of quiet listening and deep observations, to encourage learning from what grows in the margins and thrives in the shadows.
We are deeply grateful to take part in this meaningful journey alongside many inspiring voices and institutions. And we invite all those who’ll pass through Mogu’s fungal station to slow down and absorb the simple truth whispered by fungi: that the only possible future is the one emerging from appreciating and actively participating in the network of relations we are all embedded in and (inter)depending on.
With sincere gratitude to:
Wim van Egmond (Time-lapse Film)
Studio Gisto (Exhibition Design)
Nolostand (Exhibition Production)
Telmo Pievani (curator)
Triennale Design Museum
Triennale Milano – 24th International Exhibition
“A Journey Into Biodiversity – Eight Forays on Planet Earth”, curated by Telmo Pievani
From May 13th, 2025
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