Material Explorations for 2019
January 29, 2019 12:45 pm Leave your thoughtsHaving ushered in another new year with a collective desire for new dawns, fresh beginnings and positive change perhaps stronger... Read More >
Author Archives for Jim Biddulph
About Jim Biddulph
Jim is our material specialist, conducting ongoing research around cutting-edge surface materials. He is also the founder of Here You Are Studio, and is a lecturer at Buckingham New University.
Getting heavy with metal
December 18, 2018 9:16 am Leave your thoughtsAs my short material essays have detailed over the course of the year, there have been multiple ‘material ages;’ large... Read More >
A conversation with Bill Amberg
December 2, 2018 9:36 pm Leave your thoughtsThis month we focus leather and there are few here in the UK who know more about the material than... Read More >
Leather Under Wraps
November 26, 2018 12:28 pm Leave your thoughtsOnce again, this month we are focusing on a material that has a long lineage and an everlasting presence in... Read More >
Warming up with wool
October 28, 2018 4:34 pm Leave your thoughtsOctober is always a time of change. Leaves transforming through every warm shade until finally turning brown and untethering from... Read More >
Trend Report: London Design Festival
October 25, 2018 11:25 am Leave your thoughtsLast month London Design Festival returned for the 16th year, celebrating 10 years at the V&A as the official Festival hub.... Read More >
Jim Biddulph in conversation with Anne Kyyro Quinn
October 18, 2018 8:01 pm Leave your thoughtsAs wool is celebrated in all of its guises during the 9th Campaign for Wool events this month, it seems... Read More >
A conversation with: Jim Biddulph & Sebastian Cox
October 2, 2018 12:19 pm Leave your thoughtsThere aren’t many design brands that can boast to having the facilities to not only design and make their products,... Read More >
Considering our material roots
September 13, 2018 5:55 pm Leave your thoughtsWhen considering the longevity and influence of all the materials that we know and use on the planet, it’s easy... Read More >