Material Matters

Material Matters returns to Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf from 18-21 September and promises to be one of the highlights of the London Design Festival 2024. The fair, launched in 2022, has rapidly established itself as a fixture in the international design calendar and has attracted an array of talent for this year’s third edition. The event runs the gamut from globally recognised brands to emerging talent – the thread running through it all is an innate sense of material intelligence and the desire to make the world a slightly better place.

Working with waste is part of Material Matters’ DNA; this year is no exception. Ferzom Ceramics, for instance, is a UK and EU-based design and research collective of ceramic designers and chemical and thermal engineers. It will be exhibiting a series of glazes made from 100 per cent waste materials. Likewise, the homeware by up-and-coming designer Rosy Napper is made from recycled ceramic and waste ash and includes a coffee table, lamps, and tableware.

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