Tom Lloyd and Luke Pearson co-founded the hugely influential design studio, Pearson Lloyd, in 1997. Since then, it has gone on to work in areas such as the workplace, transport and health care, with organisations like Virgin, Lufthansa, the Department for Health, and furniture giant Senator. The practice is the Designer of the Year at the Material Matters 2 ... Show More
Sep 15
Artist Nicola Turner on horsehair, sheep's wool and her solo show at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
Nicola Turner is a UK-based artist who is best known for her use of horsehair and wool in her extraordinary, and often quite dark, sculptures. She originally trained as a theatre designer – working for the likes of the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, and the Sydney O ... Show More
57m 57s
Sep 9
John Tuomey on the importance of materials in architecture, designing London's V&A East, and his new book, Middle Quarter.
Dublin-based architect John Tuomey first appeared on Material Matters in 2024 to talk about his brilliant memoir, First Quarter. Now he’s written the follow-up, unsurprisingly entitled, Middle Quarter. John is the co-founder of O’Donnell + Tuomey. He was the inaugural professor o ... Show More
1h 7m
Feb 2022
Episode 100: Luke Johnson from Architectus talks about design, sustainability and the brutalism of Macquarie University
<p>Luke Johnson from Architectus is a highly-skilled designer who has worked throughout Australia, Japan and Europe on arts and cultural, education, residential, transport, health and workplace sector projects.<br/><br/>In this wide-ranging interview, Luke talks about where desi ... Show More
29 m
Sep 2023
89. London Design Festival Special #2 - Colourful, Convivial Design Collaborations
<p>In episode two of our series of mini-episodes reporting from the London Design Festival, an annual event that takes over the UK capital every September, we visit some of the exhibitions on show in the west side of town at <a href="https://bromptondesigndistrict.com/" target="_ ... Show More
25m 37s
May 2021
How to run your own design conference, with Luke Tonge
<p><a href="https://www.creativeboom.com/podcast/luke-tonge/" target="_blank">Luke Tonge</a> is a freelance graphic designer and art director based in Birmingham and also one of the co-founders of Birmingham Design Festival. Here, we talk about the last decade or so, as we share ... Show More
1h 10m
Aug 2023
#354 - Dave Charne, CEO and Co-Founder of Fyrn
This week David and Marina of FAME Architecture & Design are joined by Dave Charne, CEO and Co-Founder of Fyrn, a furniture company to discuss his background, the history of Fyrn, their design philosophy, the challenges of the furniture industry., designing for the long-term, hig ... Show More
1h 55m
<p><strong>As the </strong><a href="https://www.londondesignfestival.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>London Design Festival</strong></a><strong> kicks off, we take Create Tomorrow on the road for a series of mini-episodes reporting on the various events, in ... Show More
