Material Matters with Grant Gibson Podcast
1) Beatie Wolfe on making music material again and the power of art.
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 world’. In a relatively short career she has: creat...Show More
2) Bonnie Hvillum on biomaterials and 'redefining wood'.
Bonnie Hvillum is a Danish designer and founder of Natural Material Studio, which, as the names suggests, makes its own materials using natural resources and various waste streams. Working at the mee...Show More
3) Anglepoise's Simon Terry on durability, repair and creating an icon.
Simon Terry is the brand and marketing director, as well as owner (or as he prefers to describe himself, custodian), of the iconic lamp company, Anglepoise, a product that has genuine claims to iconic...Show More
4) Lulu Harrison on making glass from the River Thames.
Lulu Harrison is a researcher and maker in sustainable material development. She creates glass pieces that have often been inspired by ancient making techniques, working with local and waste resources...Show More
5) Summer special – Robin Givhan on her new book, Make it Ours, and how Virgil Abloh changed fashion.
Welcome to a special summer episode of Material Matters. With listeners going on holiday and looking for something to read, rather than investigate a material it seemed like a good idea to talk about ...Show More
6) Sabine Marcelis on recycled aluminium and resin.
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 probably best known for her work in glass, resin and s...Show More
7) AHEC's David Venables on US hardwood forests and using what nature provides.
David Venables is the European director for the American Hardwood Export Council. Over the last 20 years, the organisation has created an array of extraordinary installations, sculptures and products ...Show More
8) Rosa Whiteley on shells and creating a new building material.
Rosa Whiteley is a designer, writer and researcher, who trained as an architect at Manchester School of Architecture and the Royal College of Art. Subsequently, she has worked within Cooking Sections...Show More
9) Claudy Jongstra on working with wool and creating her own biodynamic farm.
Claudy Jongstra is a Dutch artist and designer who has become globally renowned for her, often monumental, textile installations and tapestries made from wool. After establishing her studio in Friesl...Show More
10) Tim Minshall on manufacturing, silicon, and green hushing.
Tim Minshall is an expert in manufacturing and innovation. He is the inaugural Dr John C Taylor professor of innovation at the University of Cambridge, the head of the Engineering Department’s Institu...Show More