Material Matters with Grant Gibson

Grant Gibson

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: 152

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

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Material Matters with Grant Gibson

Bonus episode: Hyosung TNC's Simon Whitmarsh-Knight on creating elastane from sugar cane.

August 13, 2026

Welcome to another summer bonus episode of Material Matters with Grant Gibson, this time in association with Hyosung TNC.In this special episode, Grant talks to the South Korean company’s marketing and sustainability director, Simon Whitmarsh-Knight, about an intriguing new material the company is spending nearly $1bn to develop – a bio-based elastane (or spandex) that has the potential to revolutionise the clothing market. In this episode they discuss: the history of elastane and its ubiquit...

Bonus episode: Algae, sustainability and systems design with Rebecca Lawson of Aesop and Jessie French of Other Matter

July 31, 2026

Can algae reshape a global beauty brand's material future? In this special summer bonus episode — recorded live at Aesop's Copenhagen store during 3daysofdesign — Grant Gibson is joined by Rebecca Lawson, Aesop's head of sustainability, and multi-award-winning artist and designer Jessie French, founder of Melbourne-based studio Other Matter.In this episode, we dive into the collaboration between a heritage skincare brand and a pioneer of algae-derived polymers. We discuss:The P...

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 ...

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