Circular Design for Climate Mobilization (CDCMo) Presents: Meet the Makers
Join us for the opening night of our 6 week exhibit and come meet 3 of the makers!
See and feel their designs and learn more about their circular materials and processes:
Silvana Catazine and Josean Vilar -- Naifactory Lab; Barcelona, Spain
Danielle Trofe -- MushLume Lighting; Brooklyn, NY
Elise McMahon -- CRCL.EARTH; Hudson, NY
At 6:15, presentations from each of the makers will start, with networking until 7:30.
This event will be photographed and recorded. By attending, you consent to being filmed or photographed.
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Silvana Catazine and Josean Vilar founded Naifactory Lab to research biomaterials for their own design projects and to reduce waste from events. With a focus on olive pits, they create biodegradable furniture, toys, art pieces, and decorative objects, as well as lighting, signage, POS, visual merchandising, and window displays. And they have their own retail store in Barcelona!
MushLume Lighting is a Brooklyn-based lighting studio founded by Danielle Trofe. Their lampshades are grown using a hemp substrate inoculated with mushroom mycelium. Within days, the fungi binds the hemp into a sturdy yet lightweight form, which is then dried and heat-treated to create a 100% biodegradable, fire-resistant, indoor lamp. The process uses minimal energy and water, sequesters carbon, and adds nutrients back to soil at end of life—bridging nature, design, and sustainability.
CRCL.EARTH is a venture by Elise McMahon of LikeMindedObjects, creating pillows and cushions from “shoddy”, recycled shredded denim or mixed fabrics, replacing conventional foams. Frustrated by toxic foam off‑gassing and textile waste, Elise launched CRCL.EARTH to repurpose U.S. garment discards into clean, healthy stuffing and cotton‑denim covers. Her work fuses playful and functional with a joyful aesthetic to spark curiosity and creative reuse.
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MADE Bush Terminal, managed by NYCEDC, is an ambitious urban redevelopment project in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, transforming a historic 36-acre waterfront property into a modern, mixed-use hub for local producers, fabricators, and creatives. The project's core mission is to foster economic growth through local job creation, community engagement, and sustainable development while preserving the area's rich industrial heritage.