French designer Andy Cartier is a Dubai-based designer, engineer, and biomaterials entrepreneur. As the founder of Studio Cartier and co-founder of NUMU, he specializes in design, engineering, and material research, creating bio-based materials from mycelium and regional agricultural waste.

Myco-Chair explores circularity by growing Palmyco, a biocomposite made from mycelium and date-palm agricultural waste, over the form of a classic monobloc plastic chair. The piece fuses contrasting materials to create a fully compostable object, placing a natural material designed to return to the soil in direct dialogue with the mass-produced plastic item it echoes.