135 Episodes

  1. Summer special – Robin Givhan on her new book, Make it Ours, and how Virgil Abloh changed fashion.

    Published: 31/07/2025
  2. Sabine Marcelis on recycled aluminium and resin.

    Published: 10/06/2025
  3. AHEC's David Venables on US hardwood forests and using what nature provides.

    Published: 3/06/2025
  4. Rosa Whiteley on shells and creating a new building material.

    Published: 21/05/2025
  5. Claudy Jongstra on working with wool and creating her own biodynamic farm.

    Published: 12/05/2025
  6. Tim Minshall on manufacturing, tariffs, silicon, and green hushing.

    Published: 31/03/2025
  7. Seetal Solanki on olive tree roots, cooking, and why materials matter.

    Published: 25/02/2025
  8. Callum Robinson on wood and his new book Ingrained.

    Published: 11/02/2025
  9. Neil Brownsword on clay and safeguarding skill.

    Published: 1/02/2025
  10. Zandra Rhodes on pattern, colour, and textiles.

    Published: 22/12/2024
  11. Aaron Betsky on why architects should stop building (and reuse instead).

    Published: 3/12/2024
  12. Nicole Rycroft on viscose and her mission to save the world's endangered forests.

    Published: 26/11/2024
  13. Mark Hearld on collage.

    Published: 19/11/2024
  14. Todd Bracher on light (and designing Net Positive products).

    Published: 12/11/2024
  15. Zena Holloway on grass roots.

    Published: 22/10/2024
  16. Alkesh Parmar on orange peel.

    Published: 11/09/2024
  17. Sanne Visser on human hair.

    Published: 3/09/2024
  18. Bharti Kher on material alchemy and her fascination with bindis.

    Published: 27/08/2024
  19. Oliver Heath on biophilic design.

    Published: 20/08/2024
  20. Ernest Scheyder on lithium, mining, and the politics behind going green.

    Published: 10/06/2024

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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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