135 Episodes

  1. Donna Wilson on knitting, becoming a brand, and creating her extraordinary creatures.

    Published: 22/05/2023
  2. Julian Stair on pots, death, and using cremated ashes in his work.

    Published: 15/05/2023
  3. Paul Cocksedge on coal, metal, light, concrete and much more besides.

    Published: 17/03/2023
  4. Ineke Hans on designing for the circular economy.

    Published: 06/03/2023
  5. Darren Appiagyei on turning Banksia nuts and waste wood.

    Published: 21/02/2023
  6. Summer Islam on building with biomaterials.

    Published: 14/02/2023
  7. Keith Brymer Jones on his life in clay and TV stardom.

    Published: 07/02/2023
  8. Peter Apps on Aluminium Composite Material and the Grenfell Tower fire.

    Published: 16/12/2022
  9. Smile Plastics’ Rosalie McMillan and Adam Fairweather on recycling plastic and reviving a company.

    Published: 12/12/2022
  10. Aric Chen on design and energy, giving microbes agency, and lots more.

    Published: 24/11/2022
  11. Professor Rebecca Earley on polyester, people and pragmatism.

    Published: 17/11/2022
  12. LAYER's Benjamin Hubert on creating and sustaining a career in design.

    Published: 20/09/2022
  13. Hannah and Justin Floyd on wool (and the new material they've created from it).

    Published: 13/09/2022
  14. Simon Hasan on Cuir Bouilli (or boiled leather).

    Published: 06/09/2022
  15. Michael Young on a life in design.

    Published: 30/08/2022
  16. Majeda Clarke on weaving.

    Published: 20/07/2022
  17. Carl Clerkin on mending and narrative.

    Published: 16/06/2022
  18. Juliette Bigley on metal.

    Published: 31/05/2022
  19. Nigel Coates on a life in architecture.

    Published: 18/05/2022
  20. Richard McVetis on embroidery.

    Published: 10/05/2022

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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.