134 Episodes

  1. Human Nature's Jonathan Smales on mining the Anthropocene, and building in timber and Hempcrete at The Phoenix.

    Published: 5/14/2024
  2. Bert Frank's Adam Yeats on manufacturing in post-Brexit Britain.

    Published: 5/7/2024
  3. Ptolemy Mann on colour, weaving, and painting.

    Published: 4/30/2024
  4. Fairphone's Bas van Abel on repair, longevity, and conflict minerals.

    Published: 2/19/2024
  5. John Tuomey on his childhood in rural Ireland, becoming an architect, and his beautiful memoir, First Quarter.

    Published: 2/12/2024
  6. Sara Grady and Alice Robinson on making ethical leather.

    Published: 2/5/2024
  7. Florian Gadsby on clay and becoming a potter.

    Published: 1/29/2024
  8. Christien Meindertsma on wool (and linoleum).

    Published: 1/22/2024
  9. Simone Brewster on cork and creating 'intimate architecture'.

    Published: 12/27/2023
  10. Jeremy Maxwell Wintrebert on hot glass.

    Published: 12/20/2023
  11. Neil Thomas on building with bamboo.

    Published: 11/28/2023
  12. Caroline Till on material futures, regenerative design, and lots more.

    Published: 10/24/2023
  13. Tom Lloyd and Luke Pearson on how materials have changed their practice.

    Published: 9/18/2023
  14. Goldfinger’s Marie Carlisle on an extraordinary social enterprise that's centred around wood.

    Published: 9/13/2023
  15. Michael Marriott on resourceful design and his fascination with materials.

    Published: 9/5/2023
  16. Alice Kettle on embroidery.

    Published: 8/29/2023
  17. Beatie Wolfe on making music material again and the power of art.

    Published: 6/28/2023
  18. Ndidi Ekubia on silver and her extraordinary, liquid-like vessels.

    Published: 6/6/2023
  19. Ercol chairman, Henry Tadros, on elm, beech, ash and keeping his company relevant.

    Published: 5/30/2023
  20. Donna Wilson on knitting, becoming a brand, and creating her extraordinary creatures.

    Published: 5/22/2023

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In Material Matters, host Grant Gibson talks to a designer, maker, artist, architect, engineer, or scientist about a material or technique with which they’re intrinsically linked and discovers how it changed their lives and careers.Follow us on Instagram @materialmatters.design and our website www.materialmatters.designThe Material Matters fair will return in 2025, as part of the London Design Festival.Material Matters is produced and published by Delizia Media Ltd.

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