The colours and materials we use to bring projects and products to life are increasingly seen as integral components of... Read More >
A love for materials and keen interest in contemporary technologies has led Laura Perryman along an interesting and fairly unique... Read More >
Having ushered in another new year with a collective desire for new dawns, fresh beginnings and positive change perhaps stronger... Read More >
As my short material essays have detailed over the course of the year, there have been multiple ‘material ages;’ large... Read More >
Back in June we launched our documentary Materials: Living with plastic, in which we spoke to Daniel Webb, founder of... Read More >
This month we focus leather and there are few here in the UK who know more about the material than... Read More >
Once again, this month we are focusing on a material that has a long lineage and an everlasting presence in... Read More >
October is always a time of change. Leaves transforming through every warm shade until finally turning brown and untethering from... Read More >
Last month London Design Festival returned for the 16th year, celebrating 10 years at the V&A as the official Festival hub.... Read More >
As wool is celebrated in all of its guises during the 9th Campaign for Wool events this month, it seems... Read More >
There aren’t many design brands that can boast to having the facilities to not only design and make their products,... Read More >
When considering the longevity and influence of all the materials that we know and use on the planet, it’s easy... Read More >
Take yourself back to 1688 and imagine this conundrum; you’ve created a new form of carbonated wine made from the... Read More >
A self proclaimed “composer of materials,” designer Giles Miller has experimented and worked with an enormous range; from ceramic to... Read More >
Like many of the materials we’ve already focused on this year, paint is another that we have a very deep... Read More >