Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCaroline Till on material futures, regenerative design, and lots more.
Season 16 Episode 5
Caroline Till is a consultant, author, curator, and academic. She founded Franklin Till, along with Kate Franklin, in 2010 and, since then, the futur…
2 years, 10 months ago
Tom Lloyd and Luke Pearson on how materials have changed their practice.
Season 16 Episode 4
Tom Lloyd and Luke Pearson co-founded the hugely influential design studio, Pearson Lloyd, in 1997. Since then, it has gone on to work in areas such …
2 years, 11 months ago
Goldfinger’s Marie Carlisle on an extraordinary social enterprise that's centred around wood.
Season 16 Episode 3
Marie Carlisle is CEO and co-founder of social enterprise (and Material Matters exhibitor), Goldfinger. The organisation opened its doors at the foot…
2 years, 11 months ago
Michael Marriott on resourceful design and his fascination with materials.
Season 16 Episode 2
My guest for the 100th episode of Material Matters is a British designer who sits somewhere between industry and craft. Michael Marriott has a fascin…
2 years, 11 months ago
Alice Kettle on embroidery.
Season 16 Episode 1
Alice Kettle is one of the country’s leading textile artists. She uses embroidery to tell stories and throw the spotlight on contemporary issues – mo…
3 years ago
Beatie Wolfe on making music material again and the power of art.
Season 15 Episode 10
Beatie Wolfe is a musician and artist, who has in her time been described as a ‘musical weirdo and visionary’ and one of the ‘22 people changing the …
3 years, 2 months ago
Ndidi Ekubia on silver and her extraordinary, liquid-like vessels.
Season 15 Episode 9
Ndidi Ekubia creates extraordinary, almost liquid-looking, vessels from silver. She graduated from the University of Wolverhampton in 1995, before go…
3 years, 2 months ago
Ercol chairman, Henry Tadros, on elm, beech, ash and keeping his company relevant.
Season 15 Episode 8
Henry Tadros is chairman of one of the country’s most renowned furniture companies, Ercol. The firm was founded by Italian immigrant, Lucian Ercolani…
3 years, 3 months ago
Donna Wilson on knitting, becoming a brand, and creating her extraordinary creatures.
Season 15 Episode 7
Donna Wilson is a globally-feted designer. She initially made a name for herself in 2003 with a series of knitted toy creatures made of lambswools, w…
3 years, 3 months ago
Julian Stair on pots, death, and using cremated ashes in his work.
Season 15 Episode 6
Julian Stair is one of the UK’s leading ceramic artists. He has exhibited internationally since the 1980s and made his name making beautiful, pared-b…
3 years, 3 months ago