Material Matters with Grant Gibson

Grant Gibson

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Booking Overview

Material Matters pairs expert guests with host Grant Gibson to unpack how specific materials and techniques shape real careers and lives. For PR, it’s a strong platform for designers, makers, and technical innovators who can connect craft/material choices to impact, culture, and practice.

Metrics

Episodes: 150

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: United Kingdom

YouTube: 248 subscribers

Instagram: 20.0k followers

Contact Information

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Host

Grant Gibson - Host of Material Matters with Grant Gibson. He interviews creators—designers, makers, artists, architects, engineers, and scientists—about a material or technique they’re intrinsically linked to, e...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Designers, makers, architects, engineers, and scientists who have an intrinsically linked material/technique (e.g., a signature process, research area, or craft discipline) and can articulate its real-world impact on career and life.
Required Achievements:  
Recognized design or craft practice (museum retrospectives, major institutional collaborations, or established studios), Notable technical or applied material development (prototyping, product/system development, research contributions), Demonstrated real-world impact of material work (humanitarian solutions, health-related creative practice, industry critique leading to change)

Recent Guest Discussions

Harry Blakiston Houston - PET Windows For Humanitarian Aid; Prototyping And R&d In A Warzone; Humanitarian Design/engineering And The Evolution Of A Material-based System

Hella Jongerius - Craft Vs Industry; Politics Of Materials; Long-term Collaboration; Imperfection And Mass Production; Colour And Communication

Leah Jensen - Sewing/needlework And Recovery After Brain Cancer; Hand-based Making Vs Digital Tools; Stitch As Documentation And Emotional Repair; Intersection Of Material Practice And Health Journey

Recent Topics

Design, Materials, Craft, Architecture, Engineering

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Material Matters with Grant Gibson
:

Designing for Survival with Harry Blakiston Houston of Insulate Ukraine

June 02, 2026

Can a $21 window help a nation survive a war? Harry Blakiston Houston, founder of Insulate Ukraine, joins Grant Gibson for this landmark 150th episode to discuss how a simple double-layer window — made from PET and manufactured entirely in Ukraine — is helping families stay warm, creating local employment, and offering a sense of normality in a country shattered by Russia's invasion. In this episode, we dive into what 'material intelligence' looks like when designing under the ...

Hella Jongerius on craft, industry and the power of imperfection

May 26, 2026

Can imperfection reshape modern industry? Hella Jongerius — one of the most influential designers of her generation, and one of the field's sharpest critical voices — joins Grant Gibson to discuss craft, colour, and her enduring fascination with the messy edges of mass production.In this episode, we dive into the politics of materials and the discipline of long-term collaboration. We discuss:From Droog to Vitra: Emerging in 1993 alongside Jurgen Bey and Marcel Wanders, and what those ear...

Sewing as emotional repair with Leah Jensen

May 08, 2026

Can a needle and thread mend more than fabric? Ceramic artist Leah Jensen joins Grant Gibson to discuss the radical pivot in her practice after a brain cancer diagnosis — and how stitching became a daily act of survival, documentation and repair.In this episode, we explore making as medicine and the quiet power of slow, analogue craft. We discuss:Renaissance Patterns: The unexpected art-historical roots of Leah's intricate, geometric ceramic surfaces.'Anti-Digital' Making: Why ...

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