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VUB and La Monnaie/De Munt Unveil World-first Shoe Made Entirely From Pure Mycelium at Milan Design Week
April 16, 2026
BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 16 -- Free University of Brussels-VUB issued the following news release:

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VUB and La Monnaie/De Munt unveil world-first shoe made entirely from pure mycelium at Milan Design Week

A prototype shoe made entirely from pure mycelium, the root-like network of fungi, will debut at Milan Design Week. The project is a collaboration between researcher and designer Lars Dittrich of Vrije Universiteit Brussel and head shoemaker Marie De R . . .

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