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Each floor of Bargehouse serves a slightly different purpose:
The ground floor space will host a site-specific installation welcoming visitors. Floor one is devoted to the cutting edge of materials. The second floor invites visitors to take a 'deep dive' into a handful of materials. Whilst floor three is dedicated to market-ready products, featuring innovative materials. The dramatic top floor space will contain the event's talk space as well as designers and makers working in a range of materials.
The fair will feature world-class brands, manufacturers, design and makers alongside an unmissable programme of talks and installations, all focussed on celebrating the importance of material in design and architecture.
Tanja Kirst opens the show
A highlight for this year’s edition of Material Matters will be Planted – and installation of ten unique textile pieces by Copenhagen-based designer Tanja Kirst made from hemp, citrus and seaweed yarn. ‘Hemp has been under-used in interior design, and I see it as my mission to re-think how this fantastic material could be used,’ she says.
Exhibitor spotlight: Yair Neuman
At Material Matters, designer Yair Neuman showcases repurposed discarded lenses from the eyewear industry to create a new material for his design objects. This year, he is set to unveil an assortment of pendant, table, and wall lights, along with his innovative Delerex® sunglasses frames.
Pod from the archive: SolidWool
Hannah and Justin Floyd are the co-creators of an intriguing composite material made up of wool and bio-resin –SolidWool. In this podcast, the couple discuss how SolidWool is made, making ‘products with purpose’, and why designers love chairs. SolidWool will be exhibiting at Material Matters 2023.
