Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPiet Hein Eek on scrap wood, waste and making the most of 'available possibilities'.
Season 11 Episode 3
Piet Hein Eek is a world renowned Dutch designer, who made his name when he graduated from the Academy for Industrial Design Eindhoven in 1990 with a…
4 years, 11 months ago
Emma Witter on animal bone.
Season 11 Episode 2
Emma Witter is an emerging artist who has forged a reputation with her delicate sculptures that often resemble flowers but are created, rather intrig…
4 years, 11 months ago
Chris Day on glassblowing, the black experience, and why dyslexia is his superpower.
Season 11 Episode 1
Chris Day is an emerging artist with a fascinating hinterland. The glassblower was a plumber and heating engineer in the Midlands for two decades be…
5 years ago
1882 Ltd's Emily Johnson on manufacturing ceramics in Stoke-on-Trent.
Season 10 Episode 6
My final guest of the latest series is Emily Johnson, co-founder of the Stoke-on-Trent-based, ceramics company 1882 Ltd. Clay is part of the former T…
5 years, 3 months ago
Sir John Sorrell CBE on a life in design.
Season 10 Episode 5
As regular listeners will know, every once in a while I break free of Material Matters’ self-imposed format and meet someone with an overview of the …
5 years, 3 months ago
Garry Fabian Miller on cibachrome paper.
Season 10 Episode 4
What does an artist do when the material he has devoted his working life to runs out?
Garry Fabian Miller is a renowned photographer, who doesn’t use…
5 years, 3 months ago
Mark Miodownik on animate materials.
Season 10 Episode 3
This episode investigates the near-future and how material technology could transform the way we live.
Mark Miodownik is the UCL professor of materia…
5 years, 3 months ago
Sarah Wigglesworth on building with straw.
Season 10 Episode 2
One of the joys of Material Matters is that it allows me to roam across disciplines. So one week I can discuss carbon fibre and Formula 1 racing with…
5 years, 4 months ago
Jasleen Kaur on food.
Season 10 Episode 1
Jasleen Kaur is an artist, designer and maker, who graduated from the jewellery and metal course at the Royal College of Art in 2010. Since then her …
5 years, 4 months ago
Alice Potts on sweat.
Season 9 Episode 6
Alice Potts is a material researcher, who ‘explores the poetry of the human fluids’. She caused quite a storm when she graduated from the fashion dep…
5 years, 5 months ago