Miriam Josi
Paris, France
Experience
Co-founder
Aléa
2021 – 2025
Paris, France
Experimental Design & Material Research Studio founded by Miriam Josi and Stella Lee Prowse www.aleawork.com
Part-time faculty
Parsons Paris
2017
Paris, France
MFA Fashion and the Arts ‘Sustainability Seminar’ & BFA ‘Sustainable Systems’ & ‘Space/Materiality’
Workshop tutor
Domaine de Boisbuchet
2022 – 2025
Lessac, France
2022 Beyond the Lab - Bio-Inclusive Design
2023 Mycelium - Nothing really matters
2024 Myco-fabrication in Collaboration with PARK
2025 Life in-between: Mycelium and Textiles
Lecturer
Design Academy Eindhoven
2024
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Guest Lecture at BA Studio Silva Systems Program
Guest lecturer
HEAD Geneva
2022
Genève, Switerland
Guest lecture at Master MAIA ‘Interior Ecologies’ lecture series
Workshop tutor
ENAMOMA - PSL
2023 – 2025
Paris, France
Workshop Mycelium for textile applications, ‘Mode & Matière’ ENAMOMA Master co-constructed by three PSL University institutions: Dauphine, École des arts décoratifs, Ecole des Mines Paris
Designer
Studio Miriam Josi
2015 – 2021
Paris, France
Education
Master of Science in Nature-Inspired Design
ENSCI les Ateliers
2020 – 2021
Paris, France
BFA Product Design
Parsons The New School for Design
2011 – 2014
New York City
Awards
FONDS DE PRODUCTION ARTISTIQUE,
ENOWE-ARTAGON
Winner FAIRE Paris,
Pavillon D’Arsenal
Winner of Boisbuchet Residency Award,
Domaine de Boisbuchet
Laureate Fabriqué à Paris,
Ville de Paris
James Dyson Fellowship,
Dyson
Exhibitions
WETRANSFORM,
Bundeskusthalle
- Bonn, Germany
Que veux-tu brique?,
CID Grand Hornu
- Belgium
Autres Vivants,
Biennale Design Saint-Etienne
- Saint Etienne, France
Temporary Home,
BASE - Milan Design Week
- Milano, IT
MATTER and SHAPE,
Jardin des Tuileries
- Paris
Collectible,
Espace Vanderborght
- Brussels
Material Acts: Experimentation in Architecture and Design,
Craft Contemporary
- Los Angeles, CA
EARTHING,
Haeckels House
- London, UK
Regenerative Futures,
Fondation Thalie
- Bruxelles, Belgium
Glissements,
Fondation Kadist
- Paris, France
Bloody Lipstick, Blooming dirt,
Zéruì
- London, UK
Biennale Amour Vivant
- Paris, France
Matières Vivantes,
Pavillon de L'Arsenal
- Paris, France
Paysages du Design,
FRAC
- Orléans, France
Goûter au Soleil,
After Hours
- Paris, France
Clouds,
Sainte Anne Gallery
- Paris, France