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Back to SearchThomas Thwaites on making a toaster by hand and attempting to become a goat (yes, really).
Season 9 Episode 5
Thomas Thwaites was one of the first people I wanted to interview when I started Material Matters in 2019. I’m not entirely certain why it has taken …
5 years, 6 months ago
Emeco's Gregg Buchbinder on recycled aluminium.
Season 9 Episode 4
Gregg Buchbinder is the owner of US-based furniture manufacturer, Emeco. The Electrical Machine and Equipment Company was founded in 1944 and quickly…
5 years, 6 months ago
Yinka Ilori on colour and narrative.
Season 9 Episode 3
Yinka Ilori started his practice from his parents’ back garden in 2011, after receiving a £3000 loan from the Prince’s Trust. Initially, the designer…
5 years, 6 months ago
Stuart Haygarth on rubbish.
Season 9 Episode 2
Stuart Haygarth is an artist and designer who works with the stuff that other people throw away. After beginning his career as a photographer and ill…
5 years, 6 months ago
Juli Bolaños-Durman on recycled glass.
Season 9 Episode 1
Juli Bolaños-Durman is an artist and sculptor best known for her work with cut and engraved recycled glass. She was born and raised in Costa Rica, in…
5 years, 7 months ago
Steve Barron on hemp (and working with Michael Jackson).
Season 8 Episode 6
Usually on Material Matters I speak to a combination of designers, architects, artists or makers. This episode is a little bit different.
Steve Barro…
5 years, 8 months ago
Paola Antonelli on curating.
Season 8 Episode 5
As regular listeners will know the idea behind the show is that I speak to a designer, maker, artist or architect about a material or technique with …
5 years, 8 months ago
Sarah Corbett on stitching and activism.
Season 8 Episode 4
Sarah Corbett is an award-winning campaigner and author. She began her career in activism at the ripe old age of three and went on to have a successf…
5 years, 8 months ago
Phoebe Cummings on raw clay.
Season 8 Episode 3
Phoebe Cummings is an artist who works in clay. Intriguingly, she uses the material in its raw form – so unfired and unglazed – for sculptures that a…
5 years, 9 months ago
Tomáš Libertíny on beeswax.
Season 8 Episode 2
Tomáš Libertíny is an artist and designer, who was born in Slovakia but currently lives and works in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He burst into the wi…
5 years, 9 months ago