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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…

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Latest episodes

  1. Bonus episode: Hyosung TNC's Simon Whitmarsh-Knight on creating elastane from sugar cane.13 Aug 2026
  2. Bonus episode: Algae, sustainability and systems design with Rebecca Lawson of Aesop and Jessie French of Other Matter31 Jul 2026
  3. Designing for Survival with Harry Blakiston Houston of Insulate Ukraine2 Jun 2026
  4. Hella Jongerius on craft, industry and the power of imperfection26 May 2026
  5. Sewing as emotional repair with Leah Jensen8 May 2026
  6. Recycling the Unrecyclable with Tom Szaky of TerraCycle7 Apr 2026
  7. Revolutionising waste with Sophie Thomas OBE26 Mar 2026
  8. Upcycling discarded denim with Anna Foster of ELV Denim11 Mar 2026
  9. Ending single-use plastic with Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez of Notpla11 Feb 2026
  10. Tackling waste colonialism with Shubhi Sachan of MLI28 Jan 2026