SQIM

SQIM is founded on the belief that innovative natural materials, grown by means of microbial fermentation, hold the promise for the creation of a near future where human activities and the rhythms of the larger ecosystem are not in conflict with each other. Accordingly, SQIM co-designs with nature to develop cutting edge technologies and deliver naturally grown products with superior properties, employing fungal mycelium as its engineering and manufacturing platform. At SQIM we feed mycelium with organic residues from other industries, and we guide it through our custom fermentation processes, letting it assemble in a variety of materials, whose properties vary according to the specific applications targeted. Thanks to SQIM’s unique approach and to the powerful chemistry that fungi are capable of, Mycelium is the ideal partner allowing for shifting from an exploitative to a thoroughly generative paradigm rooted in bio-fabrication, and remodelling the way we produce things. SQIM’s solutions can be rapidly grown and finished, defining entirely novel materials’ categories. As of today, SQIM has developed unique proprietary processes for creating a variety of mycelium-based solutions, currently addressing through its verticals/brands the Fashion market as well as the Interior Design & Architecture market – respectively EPHEA and MOGU. With EPHEA™️, SQIM brings to market an entirely new class of flexible mycelium materials. SQIM is constantly working on improving and developing cutting edge research and intensive experimentation, to deliver technologies at industrial scale, allowing for GROWING unprecedented materials and products through fermentation.