Their practice explores growth, decay, and reclaimed materials and objects, imagining and developing new ways of making by collaborating with the other-than-human. Aléa creates the conditions for new forms to emerge, embracing uncertainty, and finding beauty in transformation. With a particular interest in the remediative capacities of mycelium, their work approaches materials not as passive resources, but as active partners in open-ended processes of co-creation.
In 2023, Aléa launched The Garden Lab at Domaine de Boisbuchet, a long-term, transdisciplinary applied research project for design practices with living systems.
SELECTED PRESS
EXHIBITIONS
2026
Tous Vivants, Anticipations Festival, Gaîté Lyrique, Paris
Porous Kinship, Artopia Gallery, Milan
MATTER and SHAPE, Paris
Unravel, Reweave, Galerie Amélie du Chalard, Paris
2025
MATTER and SHAPE, Paris
Collectible, Aleor Gallery, Brussels
Temporary Home, BASE, Milan
Autres Vivants, Biennale Design, Saint-Etienne
Que veux-tu Brique?, CID Grand Hornu, Boussu
WETRANSFORM, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn
TIEMPO+MATERIA Otras formas de permanecer, Valéncia Design Fest
Matieres Sensibles, Reishi House, The Spaceless Gallery, Paris
À Bientôt, TOAST x POUSH, Aubervilliers
2024
Material Acts, Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles USA
EARTHING, Haeckels House, London Craft Week
Glissements, Fondation Kadist, Paris
Regenerative Futures, Fondation Thalie, Brussels
Transformando la piedra, Guadalajara, MX
2023
Bloody Lipstick, Blooming Dirt, ZERUI, London UK
Biennale Amour Vivant, Paris
Matières Vivantes, Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris
Vivarium, Accademia di Brera, Milan Design Week
2022
CLOUDS, Gallery Sainte Anne, Paris
Solstice Kitchen, After Hours Gallery, Paris
Paysages du Design, FRAC, Orléans
Potager des Autres, Biennale de l’architecture et de paysage, Versailles
2021
HUMAN/NON-HUMAN, Gallery D, Romainville, France
Honey I watered the screen, Gallery D
TALKS
2026
Défis à l’horizon: matières à créer, France Design Week, Palais des congrès Tours
Observing the invisible Cycles AGRAFA Conference Katowice, Poland
Art of Change 21, Formation des lauréats, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
2025
Materia Incognita MASTERCLASS INTERDISCIPLINAIRE, L'Abbaye, Annecy
Natural Intelligence, DNA Paris Design Conference
How to Grow a Biodesigner, Learning Planet Institute, Paris
Growing Matter(s), Henning Larsen Architects/Politecnico, Milan
2024
Conference, ENSA Paris Est Échelle Un, Pavillon Arsenal, Paris
Silva Systems, Design Academy Eindhoven
Conférence Design Vivant, Académie du Climat, Paris
2023
Master Mode & Matière ENAMOMA PSL, Paris
Master Fashion Studies, Parsons Paris
Technology University of Applied Sciences, Stuttgart Germany
2022
Interior Ecologies, MAIA HEAD Geneva, CH
Mycelium Forum, Saint André en Vivarais, France
2021
Design with The Living Online Symposium, The Design Museum, London
Changing Education in Art and Design, Parsons Paris Centennial Conference
WORKSHOPS
2026
Color Experiments with Fungi, Domaine de Boisbuchet, Lessac France
Super Organique, Centquatre, Paris
2025
Life in-between: Mycelium and Textiles, Domaine de Boisbuchet, Lessac France
Master Design Transition[s]. Strate School of Design, Sevres
Myco-fabrication, ORY Lab, ORY Architecture, Paris
Mycelium for textile applications, Master Mode & Matière ENAMOMA (Dauphine - PSL, MINES Paris - PSL, and EnsAD) Paris
2024
Myco-fabrication, Domaine de Boisbuchet
Mycelium for textile applications, Master Mode & Matière ENAMOMA, Paris
Myco-textiles workshop, MFA Fashion and the Arts Sustainability Seminar, Parsons Paris
2023
Nothing Really Matters, Domaine de Boisbuchet
Masters of Interior Architecture, Technology University of Applied Sciences, Stuttgart Germany
2022
Beyond the Lab - Bio-inclusive Design with Mycelium, Domaine de Boisbuchet
Myco-textiles workshop, MFA Fashion and the Arts, Parsons Paris
PRIZES/GRANTS
Art and Science fund Pro Helvetia 2026
ENOWE Artagon 2024
Boisbuchet Residency Award 2021
FAIRE Paris 2021
PARTNERS
Domaine de Boisbuchet, Pavillon de l'Arsenal, Ville de Paris, Parsons Paris, Institut Français, KUPP Tekstil
TEAM
Miriam Josi - Designer & Co-founder
Stella Lee Prowse - Designer & Co-founder
Dr. Danielle Stevenson - Scientific Advisor
Rebecca Josi - Business Advisor
Assistants since 2021
Shaskia Arifia, Bella Stern, Estelle Yang, Corentin Bezias, Loucas Corto Chabot, Paula Schulte, Amelia Urdaneta