Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPeter Marigold on bio-plastic and mending (with a bit of wood thrown in too).
Season 8 Episode 1
Peter Marigold is a London-based product designer who originally studied sculpture at Central St Martins before changing tack and enrolling at the Ro…
5 years, 9 months ago
Polly Morgan on taxidermy.
Season 7 Episode 6
Polly Morgan is an artist who has been hugely responsible for the recent revival of interest in taxidermy, an art form more readily associated with t…
5 years, 10 months ago
Benchmark's Sean Sutcliffe talks wood and remembers Sir Terence Conran.
Season 7 Episode 5
Sean Sutcliffe co-founded high-end furniture maker, Benchmark, with the late Sir Terence Conran in the early ’80s, when he was fresh out of Parnham C…
5 years, 10 months ago
Natsai Audrey Chieza on bacteria.
Season 7 Episode 4
Natsai Audrey Chieza is a designer who has built an extraordinary career by working with bacteria. She grew up in Zimbabwe, before moving to the UK a…
5 years, 11 months ago
Julia Lohmann on kelp (or seaweed).
Season 7 Episode 3
Julia Lohmann is a German-born designer who first came to prominence after graduating from the Royal College of Art in 2004 with a chandelier fashion…
5 years, 11 months ago
Esna Su on the refugee crisis and creating contemporary art from traditional Turkish craft.
Season 7 Episode 2
Esna Su is an artist and jewellery designer, who was brought up in Turkey, near the Syrian border, before arriving in London in 2003.
Since graduatin…
5 years, 11 months ago
Dominic Wilcox on inventing.
Season 7 Episode 1
Dominic Wilcox is a London-based designer, artist and inventor. I first came across his work in 2002 when he created The War Bowl, in which he melted…
5 years, 11 months ago
Alexis Peskine on nails.
Season 6 Episode 6
The final episode of this special ‘lockdown’ series of Material Matters features Alexis Peskine. I came across the Paris-based artist’s work at last …
6 years, 1 month ago
Lin Cheung on stone and the importance of jewellery.
Season 6 Episode 5
In the fifth ‘lockdown special’ of Material Matters, I speak to the brilliant Lin Cheung. Lin is one of the world’s most intriguing jewellery designe…
6 years, 2 months ago
Fernando Laposse on corn, colour and (Mexican) culture.
Season 6 Episode 4
The fourth ‘lockdown special’ episode of Material Matters features the excellent Fernando Laposse. The up-and-coming designer has made his name in re…
6 years, 2 months ago