Miriam Josi

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

Lecture at BA Studio Silva Systems Program

Lecturer HEAD Geneva 2022

Guest lecturer at Master MAIA ‘Interior Ecologies’ lecture series

Workshop tutor ENAMOMA - PSL

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