Material Matters with Grant Gibson
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.
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Podcasting since 2019 • 141 episodes
Material Matters with Grant Gibson
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Cubitts founder Tom Broughton on acetate and the history of spectacles.
This episode of Material Matters is as much about an object as it is a material. Tom Broughton is the founder of Cubitts, a modern spectacles company based in London’s Kings Cross. The company started in 2013 from his kitchen table and...
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Season 20
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Episode 7
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1:00:07
Brodie Neill on ocean plastic (and reclaimed wood).
Brodie Neill is a Tasmanian-born but London-based furniture designer, who has made a name for himself by creating pieces from waste and reclaimed materials. In 2016, for example, he represented Australia at the inaugural London Design Biennale ...
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Season 20
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Episode 6
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53:19
James Fox on his extraordinary journey through Britain's crafts.
James Fox wears a couple of hats. He is director of studies in History of Art at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and creative director of the Hugo Burge Foundation. As well as that he is a BAFTA-nominated broadcaster and an author with ...
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Season 20
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Episode 5
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1:02:53
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 meeting point between material scien...
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Season 20
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Episode 4
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45:02
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 lamp company, Anglepoise, a product that has genuine claims to iconic status. Initially designed by George Carwardine in...
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Season 20
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Episode 3
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59:31