FunguyLab began with a simple frustration: some of the most beautiful science never leaves the lab. We think a curious student or maker deserves to run a real research loop — a bio-art STEAM kit that doesn't water it down.
Research-led, independently built.
Creative tools researcher and Research Assistant at MIT CSAIL. Joint degree in Design Engineering from Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design. Published at SIGGRAPH Asia, UIST, and CHI. Also an educator with 3 years of teaching experience in STEAM and STEM.
Looking for curious people at the intersection of biology, education, and making — engineers, designers, educators, and bio-art enthusiasts.
Get in touch →Research conducted across MIT CSAIL, Brown University, Rhode Island School of Design, and Royal College of Art. Institutional names reflect researcher affiliation — not institutional endorsement of this product.
We work with carefully selected partners who share our commitment to quality and responsible production.
Marcello is a former researcher at MIT, where he and FunguyLab's founder became close friends — pulling late nights together in the lab, the kind of shared experience that builds real trust. BantuProduksi is a Manufacturing-as-a-Service company headquartered in Germany with production facilities in Indonesia. We have witnessed firsthand Marcello's exceptional craftsmanship, his deep sense of responsibility, and his genuine passion for innovation. They bring the same care and precision we put into designing the kit — and make sure every FunguyLab kit that arrives at your door is built right.
Yewei Jun is a renowned slime-mold and micro-fungi photographer and science communicator with millions of followers, who has spent over a decade photographing and culturing slime molds. She co-created our co-branded Slime Mold Dyeing Kit and supplies the living Physarum cultures behind it. Her work has been used in a UN-award-winning documentary, exhibited at the 2025 Fungi Kingdom International Art Festival in Chile, and featured across major media.
Kids can handle real science when the danger — not the depth — is removed. We remove the danger.
We choose safe, sustainable organisms and compostable materials, and we teach respectful handling of life.
Awe is the best teacher. If it doesn't make you lean in, we haven't finished designing it.
Questions about the kit, educator pricing, partnerships, or press? We'd love to hear from you.
For general questions, educator packs, and press inquiries.
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Have a creative project — a biological experiment, an art process, a maker workflow — that deserves to be in more hands? We help turn original ideas into educational kits and bring them to an audience that's ready to build.
Share your project idea — a one-paragraph description is enough to start. We'll reach out if it's a good fit.
Packaging, safety review, assembly guides, and distribution — we take care of the hard parts so you focus on the science or craft.
Your kit reaches curious learners, educators, and makers worldwide — and joins a growing ecosystem of hands-on biology education.
Artineer LLC is an independent creative technology company focused on building tools and products at the intersection of art, engineering, and emerging science. Founded by Kexin Wang, Artineer develops educational products, research-driven design tools, and hardware platforms that make frontier ideas accessible to broader audiences.
FunguyLab is Artineer's first consumer brand — an education brand at the intersection of biology, art, and engineering, translating peer-reviewed research into hands-on living-media kits. Artineer is incorporated in Delaware and operates across the US and internationally.
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