In our final episode of mini-episodes reporting from the London Design Festival, an annual event that takes over the UK capital every September, we visit Material Matters on London’s South Bank. Now in its second year, the fair has sprung from a podcast of the same name and occupies the atmospheric Bargehouse Oxo Tower on London’s South Bank. On until the 23rd Sept, across five floors it houses over 40 brands, designers, makers, manufacturers and organisations who all celebrate the importance of materials in bringing us closer to a circular economy. We speak to the journalist and podcaster behind the fair Grant Gibson, and catch up with some of the exhibitors, hearing about new material innovations and techniques from leading UK design duo Pearson Lloyd, east-London-based contemporary crafter Gareth Neal and Danish textile artist Tanja Kirst.
In our next episode, we jump from the London Design Festival to Singapore Design Week.