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Tackling waste colonialism with Shubhi Sachan of MLI
Season 21 Episode 1
Can a multi-disciplinary designer turn agricultural and industrial waste into raw materials for creativity? Shubhi Sachan, founder of the Material Li…
7 months ago
Carole Collet on the magic of mycelium and regenerative design.
Season 20 Episode 8
Carole Collet is professor in Design for Sustainable Futures at Central Saint Martins. She is also director of Maison/0, the CSM – LVMH creative plat…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Cubitts founder Tom Broughton on acetate and the history of spectacles.
Season 20 Episode 7
This episode of Material Matters is as much about an object as it is a material. Tom Broughton is the founder of Cubitts, a modern spectacles company…
9 months ago
Brodie Neill on ocean plastic (and reclaimed wood).
Season 20 Episode 6
Brodie Neill is a Tasmanian-born but London-based furniture designer, who has made a name for himself by creating pieces from waste and reclaimed mat…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
James Fox on his extraordinary journey through Britain's crafts.
Season 20 Episode 5
James Fox wears a couple of hats. He is director of studies in History of Art at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and creative director of the Hugo Burge …
10 months, 1 week ago
Bonnie Hvillum on biomaterials and 'redefining wood'.
Season 20 Episode 4
Bonnie Hvillum is a Danish designer and founder of Natural Material Studio, which, as the names suggests, makes its own materials using natural resou…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Anglepoise's Simon Terry on durability, repair and creating an icon.
Season 20 Episode 3
Simon Terry is the brand and marketing director, as well as owner (or as he prefers to describe himself, custodian), of the lamp company, Anglepoise,…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Lulu Harrison on making glass from the River Thames.
Season 20 Episode 2
Lulu Harrison is a researcher and maker in sustainable material development. She creates glass pieces that have often been inspired by ancient making…
1 year ago
Robin Givhan on her new book, Make it Ours, and how Virgil Abloh changed fashion.
Season 20 Episode 1
Robin Givhan is the Washington Post’s senior critic-at-large, writing about politics, race and the arts. She won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism in …
1 year, 1 month ago
Sabine Marcelis on recycled aluminium and resin.
Season 19 Episode 8
Sabine Marcelis is a Rotterdam-based designer and artist who, in her own words, is ‘forever in search of magical moments within materials’. She’s pro…
1 year, 2 months ago