Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBert Frank's Adam Yeats on manufacturing in post-Brexit Britain.
Season 17 Episode 7
Adam Yeats is co-founder and managing director of Bert Frank, one of the UK’s leading lighting companies. Yeats started the brand with designer, Robb…
2 years, 3 months ago
Ptolemy Mann on colour, weaving, and painting.
Season 17 Episode 6
Ptolemy Mann is a British artist who came to widespread attention with her woven textile pieces, often stretched across a frame and notable for her e…
2 years, 4 months ago
Fairphone's Bas van Abel on repair, longevity, and conflict minerals.
Season 17 Episode 5
Bas van Abel founded Fairphone in 2013. The company attempts to transform the way our smartphones are manufactured, by reducing e-waste, sourcing con…
2 years, 6 months ago
Building with memory with John Tuomey of O'Donnell + Tuomey
Season 17 Episode 4
Can memory itself be a raw material for design? John Tuomey, co-founder of the award-winning practice O'Donnell + Tuomey joins Grant Gibson to discus…
2 years, 6 months ago
Sara Grady and Alice Robinson on making ethical leather.
Season 17 Episode 3
Sara Grady and Alice Robinson co-founded British Pasture Leather in 2020. The duo aim in their own words ‘to link leather with exemplary farming and,…
2 years, 6 months ago
Florian Gadsby on clay and becoming a potter.
Season 17 Episode 2
Florian Gadsby is a bit of a phenomenon. The ceramicist currently has a new show at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, and has also published a memoir, By…
2 years, 7 months ago
Christien Meindertsma on wool (and linoleum).
Season 17 Episode 1
Christien Meindertsma is a Dutch designer who has a fascination with materials. She currently has an installation at the V&A, entitled Re-forming Was…
2 years, 7 months ago
Simone Brewster on cork and creating 'intimate architecture'.
Season 16 Episode 8
This special festive episode is slightly different because, as we come to the end of 2023, we thought it would be interesting to talk to someone who …
2 years, 8 months ago
Jeremy Maxwell Wintrebert on hot glass.
Season 16 Episode 7
Jeremy Maxwell Wintrebert is a Paris-based designer, maker, and artist, obsessed with blown glass. In an eclectic career, that has seen him travellin…
2 years, 8 months ago
Neil Thomas on building with bamboo.
Season 16 Episode 6
Neil Thomas is the founder and director of Atelier One, one of the most creative engineering practices in the UK. The firm has worked on building pro…
2 years, 9 months ago