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Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Brackish - S6 E5 Amy Wilson & The FishIn this episode, Katie Treggiden speaks with Amy Wilson. Amy is an artistic and adventurous soul, wielding the epic powers of creativity daily at her studio, Acorn. She is passionate about creating brands, stories, and art in the world that shift paradigms and expand perspectives. Amy advocates for childlike play, the power of the imagination, Mother Earth, and the future - among other things! She is abstract, imperfect, free, and wildly creative."I added the word 'broken' to my brand because I needed people to know that there was space for them, however they arrived." – Amy Wilson...2025-04-1654 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Brackish - S6 E4 Kirsty Tanner & The Kitchen Windowsill In this episode, Katie Treggiden speaks with Kirsty Tanner, a Scottish multi-disciplinary artist, designer and maker, living in Liverpool. She runs design studio Tom Pigeon alongside her personal practice working across paint, textiles and collage. Kirsty's childhood in rural Scotland meets her love of Modernist design and Brutalist architecture, combining abstract expressions of nature with strong architectural line and negative space. Kirsty has worked on collaborative collections with clients including Tate Modern, The Barbican, V&A and Team GB. When not in the studio Kirsty can usually be found in the garden, at a flea market or in the s...2025-04-0356 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Brackish - S6 E3 Joanne Lamb & TryingIn this episode, Katie Treggiden speaks with Joanne Lamb, an Irish artist based in London, who creates delicate woven vessels inspired by nature and the Celtic Wheel of the Year."I want each of the baskets to tell a story, they are imbued with a sense of time and place for me. The power of telling stories helps us connect with nature, event the earliest humans have done that." – Joanne LambWhat we cover:* Joanne's artistic process and how she creates delicate vessels that look "grown rather than made"* Re...2025-03-1945 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Brackish - S6 E2 Agnes Becker & The CormorantIn this episode of Brackish, Katie speaks with Agnes Becker, artist, science communicator, and creator of We Are Stardust, about bridging the gap between art and science, connecting with nature, and finding freedom in creative expression.Brackish is a term used to describe water that is a mixture of saltwater and freshwater, for example, where a river meets the sea. I first encountered it sitting in a boat in just such water and it immediately became one of my favourite words. I am fascinated by intersections, liminal and littoral spaces, overlaps and interconnections, and I...2025-02-121h 07
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Brackish - S6 E1 Joeli & The CrumbBrackish is a term used to describe water that is a mixture of saltwater and freshwater, for example, where a river meets the sea. ‘I first encountered it sitting in a boat in just such water and it immediately became one of my favourite words. I am fascinated by intersections, liminal and littoral spaces, overlaps and interconnections, and I want to use this space to explore all of those things – the ideas that don’t fit into neat boxes.So, I’ll be exploring those things here – the places where craft meets nature, where the rules don’...2025-01-2239 min
Monocle on DesignProtest architecture, Katie TreggidenArchitect and author, Nick Newman, explains the connection between the built environment and activism in his new title. Plus, design writer Katie Treggiden discusses the makers that are paving the way when it comes to crafting consciously. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2024-10-0131 min
Events Dear Boy! The Events Industry PodcastKatie Treggiden, Crafting the FutureKatie Treggiden is an author, journalist and podcaster who found her own ‘defiant hope’ in the face of the climate challenge. Today she speaks about sustainability, design and the role of craft in restoring our future.Katie talks to us about her love for speaking and how it’s OK to enjoy being on stage - and why you should never stop being nervous! She shares a couple of speaking horror stories about busted ankles, and what happens when an audience has a tough choice to make. And she shares her tips for other speakers about how you ca...2024-09-1800 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)In Conversation with... Elle Bower-JohnstonIn this episode, Katie talks to Elle Bower Johnston. Elle (she/they) is a body witch. Their work is the alchemisation of breathwork, somatic, and rest practices with witchcraft and folk magic. She works with creatives, witches, queers, change-makers, weirdos - folks who might not necessarily feel like they belong in ‘wellness’ or ‘spiritual’ spaces - to help them get into deeper their relationship with their body and connect with their magic.Her work is queer- and trans-centred, trauma-conscious, and rooted in unravelling colonialism and capitalism from the ways we relate to our bodies. They believe that our perso...2024-08-2241 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)In Conversation with... Rosie MurphyIn this episode, Katie talks to Rosie Murphy. Rosie is a consummate communicator and connector.She is just one of a broad ecosystem of architectural workers uniting for greater social justice and environmental consciousness in all aspects of the built environment. She is an advocate for networks such as Black Females in Architecture, HomeGrown Plus and Architects Climate Action Network. Rosie's work is centred on youth engagement, creating creative opportunities and experiences for children and young people to be empowered, informed and activated citizens of the future. Rosie works collaboratively across boundaries of design, education a...2024-08-1551 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)In Conversation with ... Jo Casey**This episode was originally an Instagram Live, so at the point of going live on the podcast, the rest challenge we talk about has already happened – however, the Making Design Circular Conference is happening on Thursday 05 September 2024 – find out more get your ticket for that HERE >>> ** In this episode, Katie talks to Jo Casey. Jo Casey is an Autistic and ADHD speaker and business coach who helps fellow quirky-brained entrepreneurs align their business strategies with their unique mental wiring. With over 20 years of coaching experience and 15 years of successfully wrangling her own neurodivergent business, Jo has mas...2024-08-0840 min
House Coffee Podcast40: Maggie's Values For Welcome Home CoToday Maggie does a deep dive into her personal values for Welcome Home Co. She talks about how "fast furniture" is a problem for our planet circular design, and why sustainability is a pillar of her business. Key takeaway: "You can control what you buy." Sources mentioned: https://www.cnn.com/style/article/fast-furniture-problem-for-our-planet/index.html IKEA Buyback & Resell Program: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/customer-service/services/buyback-pubfeb6cc00Resale Vintage Furniture:https://www.chairish.com/...2024-03-2758 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)In Conversation with...Tamu Thomas, part 2In this episode, Katie continues last week’s conversation with Tamu Thomas a renowned transformational life coach, dedicated to guiding women towards achieving work-life harmony by embracing holistic well-being practices that align with their nervous system. Katie & Tamu explore:The term ‘high-functioning freeze’Defiant hope & rage Activism v Martyrdom And of course, the final quick fire round of season 4!You can connect with Tamu hereWebsite: https://www.livethreesixty.com/ and https://www.womenwhoworktoomuch.co/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tamu.thomas/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/livethreesixty/Lear...2023-12-1435 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)In Conversation with...Tamu ThomasIn this episode, Katie talks to Tamu Thomas a renowned transformational life coach and the author of "Women Who Work Too Much: Break Free from Toxic Productivity and Find Your Joy." She is dedicated to guiding women towards achieving work-life harmony by embracing holistic well-being practices that align with their nervous system. Tamu's groundbreaking book sheds light on the systemic pressures that force women into a cycle of over-functioning, often leading to significant workplace stress and an imbalanced share of emotional and domestic responsibilities. Drawing on her extensive background in social work, she has a profound understanding o...2023-12-071h 05
The Business of AntiquesSparking Change with Katie TreggidenIn today's episode, Toma Clark Haines, CEO of The Antiques Diva & Co and founder of The Republic of Toma, talks with Katie Treggiden – author, journalist, podcaster, keynote speaker, and the founder and director of Making Design Circular, a membership community and online learning platform for designers, makers, craftspeople, and artists who want to become more sustainable. This episode is a journey from Katie’s idyllic childhood growing up in Cornwall, surrounded by beaches, moors, and the countryside, going fishing after school on sunny afternoons and having barbecues on the beach for tea to the bright lights of university and then...2023-12-0751 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Exploring...Shake off the "Should"s (Part 3: Grow)In this episode, Katie explores “Grow” – the third and final pillar of the Making Design Circular framework which is all about:Learning so that you can make informed decisions, and curating trusted sources of information so that you can avoid greenwashingWalking (not running) so that you can break down your sustainability journey into manageable steps and take them one by oneNurturing yourself as you go, because to look after the environment, you need to look after the environmentalistKatie also shares her super-juicy 5-stage Path to Sustainability in which you will find out whether you are an Acorn...2023-11-241h 05
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Exploring...Shake off the "Should"s (Part 2: Plant)In this episode, Katie dives into “Plant” – the second pillar of the Making Design Circular framework which is all about:Believing that you can make a difference because hope is the precursor to change.Defining your unique contribution to environmentalism so you can stop trying to save the planet single-handedly and find the (probably tiny) area in which you can make a big impact.Playing with curiosity, creativity and experimentation, because that is the soil in which creativity thrivesYou will start to identify the work only you can contribute to the environmentalism movement, which plays to your s...2023-11-2353 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Exploring...Shake off the "Should"s (Part 1: Release)In this episode, Katie explores “Release” – the first pillar of the Making Design Circular framework which is all about:Absolving yourself from guilt, because the climate crisis is not your faultReleasing yourself from perfectionism so that you can actually make progressLetting go of the idea that there is one “right” way to do environmentalism and instead making informed decisions that align with your valuesThis episode will help you define your values and learn how to apply them to day-to-day sustainability decisions, and articulate those decisions with confidence.You Can find the workbook here: Shake off the Sho...2023-11-2246 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)In Conversation With...Lucy HawthorneIn this episode, Katie talks to Lucy Hawthorne. Lucy is a campaigner at heart and Founder of Climate Play. Through play-based training and facilitation for adults, she helps make it safe, light and fun for people to face climate change. Combining a lot of LEGO with climate psychology, she creates conversation on the topic that teams actually want to have, rather than only feel like they should. Her serious play approach helps people to engage more honestly, deeply and creatively, identifying ways to build alignment and shared action within their organisations, whether they are getting started or h...2023-11-0841 min
Fight to Repair PodcastEP 19 | Crafting a Circular Future with Katie TreggidenThis week we welcome Katie Treggiden, a speaker, podcaster, and author known for her expertise in craft, design, and sustainability. Katie's journey into the world of environmentalism took a unique path. Before she delved into issues like sustainability and circularity, she was a craft and design journalist. What sets Katie apart in her approach to environmentalism is her ability to see the world through the lens of craft. For her, repair is not just about fixing what's broken; it's about storytelling and connection. She believes in the beauty of mending, where ordinary people can...2023-11-0312 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)In Conversation With...Ella Wiles and Andres RobertsIn this episode, Katie talks to Ella Wiles and Andres Roberts from The Bio-Leadership Project. The Bio-Leadership Project’s mission is to change the story of leadership by working with nature. A movement of people and organisations, changing human systems to be more resilient, regenerative, and designed to protect our planet.Bio-Leadership is about challenging an outdated story of progress, about building organisations and communities that protect and replenish our world. Most importantly, it is about reconnecting human progress back into our planet’s web of life. Working at this deep paradigm level, growing a culture of inte...2023-11-0150 min
Fight to Repair PodcastEP 19 | Crafting a Circular Future with Katie TreggidenThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit fighttorepair.substack.comThis week we welcome Katie Tregeden, a speaker, podcaster, and author known for her expertise in craft, design, and sustainability.Katie's journey into the world of environmentalism took a unique path. Before she delved into issues like sustainability and circularity, she was a craft and design journalist. What sets Katie apart in her approach to environmentalism is her ability to see the world through the lens of craft. For her, repair is not just about fixing what's broken; it's...2023-10-3112 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Walk don’t run: The 5-stage path to sustainabilityIn this episode, Katie digs into one part of her Making Design Circular framework, the methodology that underpins everything she does. She talks about walk, and walk is short for walk, don't run. It is this idea that you don't have to do everything all at once you can take things step by step. And to support you doing that she has developed a path to sustainability, taking of all the things you could possibly do and put them into an order. By the end of this episode, you will be able to work out whether you are an...2023-10-2533 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)In Conversation With...Tom CurranIn this episode, Katie talks to Tom Curran, a World Leading Expert on Perfectionism. With an eye on politics, economics, and society, he takes a cultural lens to the study of perfectionism. His work is groundbreaking and has uncovered a frightening trend of young people breaking under the strain of perfectionistic pressures. Tom brings perfectionism to life and makes it relevant and understandable to the widest audiences. He is a TED speaker and Thought Leader, a regular contributor to high-profile podcasts and has been featured in the national and international mainstream media. With the objective to put perfectionism on t...2023-10-1846 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Exploring Broken: Mending and repair in a throwaway worldThis week Katie is doing something a little different.As you may have heard her mentioned in the previous episode, her latest book, Broken: Mending and repair in a throwaway world came out in April of this year, and she will be reading you the wonderfully. Thought-provoking introduction to give you a flavour of the book. Here are some highlights:Making a statement“Although any form of mending or repair could be seen as a form of activism in today's single use culture, many of today's artists, menders and remakers are choo...2023-10-1114 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)In conversation with... Minnie Moll, Design CouncilIn this episode, Katie talks to Minnie Moll, Chief Executive at the Design Council. Minnie spent years in innovation, design, advertising and brand consultancy. She was Managing Partner of HHCL, the ‘Advertising Agency of the decade’ and then Global Marketing Director of Innovation company? What If!, which won Great Place to Work Institute’s ‘Best Place to Work in the UK’ two years running. Minnie was voted Vistage UK Business Leader of the Year in 2020. Always a purpose driven business leader, she has proved you can do well and do good. While Joint Chief Executive of the East of England Co...2023-10-0450 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)A New Leaf, Day 3 - GrowA NEW LEAF, DAY 3: GROWI always think it interesting that if a houseplant doesn't flourish, we never blame the plant – we always look at the soil, the light, the water and the air and make sure it had everything it needs – why don't we do the same for ourselves?So the third part of the workshop was all about creating the compost that would allow the seeds we planted on Day 2 to grow. (If you don't like worms, you might want to skip this page of the workbook!)Here are some more journa...2023-08-291h 09
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)A New Leaf, Day 2 - PlantA NEW LEAF, DAY 2: PLANTOn the second day of the A New Leaf workshop, I shared one of my favourite Arundhati Roy quotes: “Another world is not only possible,she is on her way.On a quiet day,I can hear her breathing.”With that quote in mind, here are some more journalling prompts for you...What brings you hope? What can you already hear breathing?Bearing in mind what you released yesterday, what are your hopes for your creative practice for the rest of...2023-08-2851 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)A New Leaf, Day 1 - ReleaseA NEW LEAF, DAY 1: RELEASEIf you're feeling like the year is running away with you and you want to get back on track so you can make some genuine and positive progress, the first step is to release whatever is not serving you – so spend a little time journalling on these questions...What's left on your list for 2023/24?Being really honest about your time, energy and resources, what needs to get bumped to 2024/2025? Or even released entirely?What beliefs about yourself and your environmentalism efforts are you ready to let go of?Where are you fe...2023-08-251h 01
The Restart Project PodcastRestart Podcast Ep. 86: Why repairers need hope, not guilt, with Katie TreggidenThis month we talked to author and communicator, Katie Treggiden about her recent book entitled, Broken: Mending & Repair in a Throwaway World. Katie has put decades of thought into helping creatives and makers become more sustainable but also forgive themselves when they can’t be.
Back to her roots
Having grown up surrounded by nature in Cornwall, Katie tells us about her surprising origin story. She spent over a decade working in advertising before pivoting towards her life-long love of writing. With this, she also folded in a new interest – purpose-driven craft and desig...2023-04-2529 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Laura EigelIn this episode, Katie is joined by Laura Eigel PhD, the founder of The Catch Group, a leadership coaching firm accelerating women into the C-suite, and the host of the You Belong in the C-Suite podcast. Known for her direct feedback and her passion for living a life guided by her values, she has been an HR executive at Fortune 50 companies, joined the C-suite as a Chief Learning Officer, and now coaches high-achieving women to build fulfilling lives inside and outside of the boardroom. She's also a mom, wife, and true-crime podcast fan who loves indoor rowing....2023-03-291h 02
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)DefineIn this episode, Katie talks about Define, another element of the Making Design Circular framework, this is all about working out your niche, your unique contribution to environmentalism, and letting go of the idea that you have to save the planet single-handedly. Here are some highlights:The Starfish Story“…this particular story is about a little girl who is walking on the beach, and there's been a big storm. And lots and lots of starfish have been thrown up onto the beach after this storm, and they're starting to dry out in the...2023-03-2227 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Ray DoddIn this episode, Katie talks to Ray Dodd a Money Coach who helps those who have traditionally been excluded from making money, to make life-changing amounts of money. All without compromising who they are. If you’re hearing the term ‘money coach’ and wincing a little – imagining fluffy talk of manifesting millions in your sleep, – prepare to have your fears soothed – because you’re in for a treat. Ray is a money coach with a difference. You won’t hear ‘think good thoughts and watch the money come rolling in’ from her. Ray believes that money, business and intersectional fem...2023-03-151h 11
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)BelieveIn this episode, Katie explores another of the pillars of the making design circular framework – Believe. The idea that we need to bring about change and that we need to believe that it's possible, but as ever it’s easier said than done. Maintaining hope, and believing that we can sort all this out, is the work. It’s one of the hardest things we have to do as environmentalists so Katie is diving into how to maintain that stubborn optimism, how to cultivate hope in the face of the climate crisis through feeling, naming and acknowledging your feelings, rebuild...2023-03-0828 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Jay BladesIn this episode, Katie speaks with Jay Blades, a modern furniture restorer, upcycler and eco designer who is passionate about sustainability and community. We discuss his history with furniture restoration, the importance of investing in the next generation of creators, why helping people you may never meet truly matters and lots more. Jay Blades is now best known for presenting the BBC’s Money for Nothing, The Repair Shop and most recently Jay and Dom's Home Fix. I’ve known Jay for a long time, so it was lovely to catch up with him for a proper conver...2023-03-0154 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)LiberateIn this episode, Katie talks about perfectionism, about:Liberating yourself from perfectionism, the second part of the first pillar of the MDC frameworkHer personal journey with perfectionism including publishing her first foray into the online learning and recording a podcastThe idea of toxic professionalism – the sense that any deviation from a white, straight, cis, tall, able-body bodied man in a suit is seen as unprofessional – and the similarities between this and perfectionism – the sense of perfect being dictated by other peopleThe shift needed towards an acceptance of imperfection in sustainability workHow to be an ‘imperfectionist’, understanding that the outcome will...2023-02-2223 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Matt Hocking[Trigger Warning: Matt mentions female genital mutilation (FMG) in this episode, so listener discretion is advised.] In this episode, Katie talks with Matt Hocking from Leap.eco, an award-winning design studio who has proven it’s possible to create inspiring work which delivers positive outcomes for people, planet and profit.He has been passionate about working sustainably since long before it was cool. Every project he’s delivered doesn’t just meet a client’s business goals, it helps make the planet a better place – either directly or by changing the way a business thinks and works.2023-02-1551 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)AbsolveIn this episode, Katie talks about the idea of absolving yourself from guilt. The climate crisis is not your fault, but it is your responsibility, and you have an incredible opportunity to bring about change. Katie talks about:The idea of absolving yourself of the guilt that comes with the climate crisisHow the energy industry has not only contributed the vast majority of the carbon in the atmosphere, but has also worked really hard to curb regulations and undermine public understanding of climate changeHow the climate crisis might well have been resolved before you were even bo...2023-02-0815 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Sarah FoxIn this episode, Katie talks with Sarah Fox a coach and mentor helping organisations and individuals who are motivated to do good and do well, being drivers of positive social change. Sarah’s mission is to help people who care about the world to live a life of fulfilment, a life that is truly well lived, meaningful, purposeful and creative.We discuss:Sarah’s strive to always do good and her journey with ‘kindness’What is means to be good, not just to the natural world but to ourselves.Sarah’s values of kindness, compassion, cooperation, collaborat...2023-02-0156 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Making Design Circular: The FrameworkWe’re kicking off with Katie guiding us through her Making Design Circular Framework, all based around the goal to “rewild your creative practice, so that you, your business, and the planet can thrive”, and you can find the image Katie promised HERE. (It turns out you can’t add images directly to show-notes!) We discuss:The 3 distinct areas of the framework, Release, Plant and GrowAbsolving yourself from guilt about the climate crisis and the things you were doing right or wrong when it comes to sustainability, liberating yourself from guilt, duty, and perfectionism. And moving away from...2023-02-0126 min
Archisearch TalksPanos Sakkas. Green Talks.Panos Sakkas. The New Raw.
GREEN TALKS : A new series of Podcasts by ECOWEEK, Archisearch.gr and The Design Ambassador.
Welcome to the GREEN TALKS, the new series of Podcasts co-hosted by Vassilios Bartzokas creator of ARCHISEARCH.GR & the DESIGN AMBASSADOR, and architect Elias Messinas creator of ECOWEEK.
In this new series the duo interviews leading Architecture and Design personalities who share their experience and how they connect Design, Sustainability and Innovation in their work.
Architect Panos Sakkas with Architect Foteini Setaki are the innovators behind the The New Raw which...2021-11-1344 min
School for WritersBuilding a Niche as a Writer with Katie TreggidenHave you ever heard of circular economies? Don't worry, we hadn't either until this episode! A circular economy aims to close the gap between the production and the natural ecosystems’ cycles – on which humans ultimately depend upon. Today's guest, Katie Treggiden is an expert on this topic. She is also a keynote speaker, podcaster, and if that wasn't enough, a writer. Katie has done amazing things as a writer. She has created a whole world around writing by putting out there different programs and resources. She has also found succe...2021-09-1457 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)TOAST Renewal: a panel discussionDo we always need to mend? How can mending help to nudge us towards significant behaviour shifts? What are the materials innovations that might help? Are there self-healing materials – or even self-destructing materials?In this bonus episode, I’m leading a panel discussion with TOAST, including amazing insights from Seetal Solanki, Tom van Deijnen, Celia Pym and Bonnie Kemske. We discuss:- The art of kintsugi and what it means within Japanese culture.- The fine line between repairing invented holes and using repair techniques as embellishment.- The stori...2021-08-241h 01
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Tom of HollandIs there a trade-off between affordability and disposability? Can we go back to a mindset of mending and repair, without pricing ourselves out? How do we overcome the objections of time, money and skillset to get more people involved in this movement? On today’s episode, I’m talking to Tom van Deijnen – a self-taught textiles practitioner, founder of The Visible Mending Programme, and a volunteer at the Brighton Repair Café. He says that he likes ‘doing things that take forever’ because that slow pace gives him a deeper understanding of material qualities and traditional techniques.We discuss...2021-08-1749 min
Do good and Do WellWhat does Do Good and Do Well mean to you?Welcome! This week, I bring together my guests' views and answers to the question - what does Do Good and Do Well mean for you. Contribute £3 to help support the Do Good and Do Well podcast: https://ko-fi.com/andsarahfoxcoach Sign up to my newsletter Hear more from: Rosie Wilby - Episode 014: https://pod.fo/e/c7d30 Romanah Malcolm - Episode 015: https://pod.fo/e/c94be Claire Antrobus - Episode 019: https://pod.fo/e/d052f Eve Horne - Episode 020: https://pod.fo/e/d1ae2 Sasha Jenkin - Episode 024: https://pod.fo/e/d7...2021-08-1728 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Lauren ChangHow does conservation differ from repair? How is it similar? How have the tenets and ideas of best practice with conservation changed over time?On today’s episode, I’m talking to Lauren Chang, a textile specialist, who spins, dyes, weaves, and writes about textiles on her website interstitial-spaces.com. She holds a B.A. in Art and Archaeology from Princeton University and an MA in Textile Conservation from the Textile Conservation Centre in the United Kingdom. Lauren worked as a textile conservator at the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, the Los Angeles County Museu...2021-08-1055 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Ekta KaulCan mending and repair be used as self care? How can the traditions we’ve studied impact our current actions towards sustainability? Are we too disconnected from our past? What drives the culture of mending? On today’s episode, I’m talking to Ekta Kaul, an award-winning London based artist. Her artistic practice is focused on creating narrative maps that explore places, history and belonging through stitch. A pared back aesthetic coupled with a considered use of graphic marks and lines form the core elements of her work. These are underpinned by a thoughtful approach to making with me...2021-08-0349 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Caitlin DeSilveyDo we only repair the things that we cherish? Is there a place for visible mending in our built environment as well as our clothes? Can a repair add value to the object that is mended? And do we always need to intervene with repair – or is 'curated decay' sometimes a better option? On today’s episode, I’m talking to Caitlin DeSilvey, a geographer whose research explores the cultural significance of material change and transformation, with a particular focus on heritage contexts. She has worked with artists, archaeologists, environmental scientists and heritage practitioners on a range of inte...2021-07-2050 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Justin SouthIs repair and restoration limited to the things we own? Can it be applied to other facets of our life? How is repair correlated to poverty, and can that change for the betterment of our planet? How is community related to all of this?On today’s episode, I’m talking to Justin South, a 32-year-old bisexual fashion student. Four years ago, Justin went into rehab for drug and alcohol addiction and has been in recovery ever since. During that time, he has worked with several charities that support recovering addicts and discovered the power of repair – as bot...2021-07-1334 min
Do good and Do WellA Circular Approach, with Katie TreggidenIn this episode, I talk to Katie Treggiden, a purpose-driven writer and keynote speaker championing a circular approach to design – because Planet Earth needs better stories. Katie is currently exploring the question ‘can craft save the world?’ through an emerging body of work that includes her fifth book, Wasted: When Trash Becomes Treasure (Ludion, 2020), and a podcast, Circular with Katie Treggiden. Katie explains the circular economy, what Do Good and Do Well means for her, and how money is an important factor in doing well and continuing to do good, and we discuss if craft can save the wo...2021-07-1341 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Janet GunterDo we really have the right to repair the things we own? How can broken items be given new value? Is repair only to be used when an object is spoiled or broken? Can repair be aspirational, playful and creative? On today’s episode, I’m talking to Janet Gunter, the co-founder and outreach lead at The Restart Project and a leading Right to Repair campaigner. The Restart Project is a social enterprise that aims to fix our broken relationship with electronics. We discuss:- How attitudes to repair differ in the various places...2021-07-0652 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Hans Tan, Tiffany Loy & Hunn WaiHow can broken items be given new value? Is repair only to be used when an object is spoiled or broken? Can repair be aspirational? On today’s episode, I’m talking to Hans Tan, Tiffany Loy and Hunn Wai from the R for Repair exhibition, which ran from 13 January until 6 February 2021 at the National Design Centre, Singapore. The exhibition, curated by Tan, shone a timely spotlight on global waste by showing how broken or discarded items can be given new value.We discuss:- R for Repair, the exhibition and their approach to re...2021-06-2936 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Bridget HarveyWhat are the differences between repair, restoration and conservation? Is maintenance also repair? And how are these processes viewed along gender lines? On today’s episode, I’m talking to Bridget Harvey, an artist who uses making to ask critical questions, generate new understanding and add meaning through craft. Investigating processes and concepts through making: she asks what we make, how we make it, and why that matters. We discuss:- What we make, how we make it, and why it matters.- How mending and repair are loaded words with materi...2021-06-2242 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Aya HaidarI’m talking to Aya Haidar. As a self-described 'mother, artist, and humanitarian,' her creative practice focuses on found and recycled objects, through which she explores themes of loss, migration and memory. She has studied art at Chelsea College of Art and Design, The Slade School of Art – part of University College London – and School of the Art Institute of Chicago, before undertaking a Masters in Non-Governmental Organisations and Development at the London School of Economics and Politics Science. She has exhibited all over the world, with international solo and group shows in London, Berlin, Jeddah, Paris, Dubai and Tu...2021-06-1537 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Daniel CharnyIn this episode, we’re talking to Daniel Charny, a creative director, curator and educator with an inquiring mind and an entrepreneurial streak. Alongside Dee Halligan, he is co-founder and director of Forth, a creative studio, where he works with clients from Google to the Design Museum. Describing themselves as ‘part R&D Lab and part consultancy, small, connected and serious about finding better responses to our changing world,’ their most recent initiative is a large scale European research project exploring the potential of ‘Open Schooling’ to enrich childrens' creative engagement with science curriculum. Daniel is perhaps best known as the cur...2021-06-0858 min
Brew & A BiscuitSix Sustainable Things You Can DoIn this episode I not only delve into the meaning of sustainability but I give you six very real and very actionable things you can do, (not one of them involved you buying new matching jars or a reusable cup). I delve deep because we should explore meaning beyond the hashtag and I create actions because I loathe rhetoric.Below are ALL the links I promised in the episode.John ElkingtonAvoiding the Big 10 Food Companies katie TreggidenChemical Free Spring Cleaning Natural Hair & Skin...2021-06-0621 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Celia PymIn this episode, we’re talking to Celia Pym, an artist living and working in London. Working with garments that belong to individuals as well as items in museum archives, she has extensive experience with the spectrum and stories of damage, from small moth holes to larger accidents with fire. Her interests concern the evidence of damage, and how repair draws attention to the places where garments and cloth wear down and grow thin. In clothing, this is often to do with use and how the body moves. Pym was shortlisted for the Women’s Hour Craft Prize...2021-06-011h 03
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Chris MillerThis season is all about repair and in this episode, we’re talking to Chris Miller the co-founder of Skinflint – Europe’s leading vintage industrial lighting website. Skinflint scours locations across the world to source historic vintage lights, which are restored with a gentle touch by UK-based lighting experts, ensuring their stories shine through. We discuss:- How a life-changing experience in Sri Lanka set his life on a new path- How his company, Skinflint, got its start- The interesting places he sources lights from and why. - His...2021-05-2459 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Jay BladesWelcome to Season 2 of Circular with Katie Treggiden. We’re kicking things off with Jay Blades, a modern furniture restorer, upcycler and eco designer who is passionate about sustainability and community. In this episode we discuss his history with furniture restoration, the importance of investing in the next generation of creators, why helping people you may never meet truly matters and lots more. Jay Blades is now best known for presenting the BBC’s Money for Nothing, The Repair Shop and most recently Jay and Dom's Home Fix. I’ve known Jay for a long time, so it was l...2021-05-2451 minBrew & A BiscuitAn interview with Stacey Sheppard - biophilic design expertIn this episode I talk to a truly fascinating woman, Stacey Sheppard; writer, presenter, business owner, PR coach and biophilic design expert. She shares her knowledge on biophilic design and the circular economic model. Stacey also talks about the community she has created with her co-working space after seeing a gap in the market.This is such a treat and I feel honoured to have had such a remarkable first guest on the show.Here is the video that Stacey mentions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygHU0mQGuJUThe book and author...2021-05-0247 min
The Circular Economy Show PodcastCircular-ish: the messy reality of circular designAs the circular economy continues to gain momentum, designers, creatives, and innovators have seized the opportunity to rethink the way in which products are made and used. But there is still much to do — we need pioneers to demonstrate what is possible, and most of the innovation we need to scale the circular economy transition has not yet been established. In this episode, we will discuss the opportunities and challenges in circular design and ask the question: what does the journey towards circular design look like?In this episode, we hear from Joe Iles, Circular Design Programme Le...2021-03-2523 min
Pod BuffetPod Buffet Series 2 Digest – episodes 12-14Smorgasbord is such a lovely word - here is a description of the origin of the word.In this episode of the Pod Buffet, we bring you episodes 12, 13 and 14 served up as a digest – perfect for that late breakfast or early brunch!(Start playing then use the links below to jump to the bit you want to listen to (or just listen to the whole thing!)[00:39] Katie Treggiden - Circular - trailer[02:12] Behind the Rack by Brian Lathrop – Paul LaScola, USAF, 93-13[07:28] openARTed by Monika Mašanauskaitė – they came to see blood, they saw blood...2020-10-2413 minPod BuffetCircular with Katie Treggiden - trailerI’m Katie Treggiden and this is Circular, a podcast exploring the intersection of craft, design and sustainability. Join me as I talk to the thinkers, doers, and makers of the circular economy. These are the people who are challenging the linear take-make-waste model of production and consumption – and working towards something better. In this series, we’re talking about waste.LINK: https://open.spotify.com/show/3GWwdZEoloUAQxp0vgzMy8CONTRIBUTORS: Katie Treggiden2020-10-1902 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Christopher RaeburnIn the ninth episode of Series 01, Katie Treggiden talks to Christopher Ræburn, founder and creative director of ethical fashion label RÆBURN, about how his discovery of unworn 1950s jackets – still in their original packaging – as a student led to a career exploring reuse, surplus and repair, and Christopher reveals that making nothing at all for his latest collection, RÆFOUND, is an intentional provocation for the industry. As recommended by Metro, The Week, Wallpaper and FastCompany. Get full access to Brackish at brackishbykatietreggiden.substack.com/subscribe2020-10-0646 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Lauren MacDonaldIn the eighth episode of Series 01, Katie Treggiden talks to artist, designer and director of textiles studio, Working Cloth, Lauren MacDonald, about dying clothes using food waste. Lauren explains why she finds the term ‘natural dye’ problematic, how a box of penises put her off studying art (yes, you read that right!), the magic tricks she performs with red cabbage, and why avocados will turn your clothes pink not green. As recommended by Metro, The Week, Wallpaper and FastCompany. Get full access to Brackish at brackishbykatietreggiden.substack.com/subscribe2020-09-2926 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Yinka IloriIn the seventh episode of Series 01, Katie Treggiden chats to London-based designer Yinka Ilori about his early exposure to reuse and upcycling in Nigeria, his penchant for collecting discarded chairs off the street and bringing them home on the bus, the first time he created a collection he could truly see himself in, his most meaningful collaboration to date, and why he now has legacy and reuse written into his contract. As recommended by Metro, The Week, Wallpaper and FastCompany. Get full access to Brackish at brackishbykatietreggiden.substack.com/subscribe2020-09-2238 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Nina TolstrupIn the sixth episode of Series 01, Katie Treggiden talks to co-founder of Studiomama, Nina Tolstrup about the impact her Scandinavian childhood had on her approach to sustainability, meeting her husband and co-founder Jack at Doors of Perception, their eco-criteria for every design they create together, and the moves towards circularity they’ve seen in the last decade within the manufacturers they work with. As recommended by Metro, The Week, Wallpaper and FastCompany. Get full access to Brackish at brackishbykatietreggiden.substack.com/subscribe2020-09-1538 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Tristram Stuart07–11 September 2020 is Zero Waste Week, and with this year’s focus on food, who better to have as our guest on the fifth episode of Series 01 than author of Waste: Uncovering a Global Food Scandal, Tristam Stuart? He and Katie Treggiden explore how his early freeganism got him punched in the face, and how he fed 5,000 people on 13 tonnes of unwanted ‘ugly’ fruit and veg on a snowy day in Trafalgar Square. As recommended by Metro, The Week, Wallpaper and FastCompany. Get full access to Brackish at brackishbykatietreggiden.substack.com/subscribe2020-09-0839 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Ander ZabalaAhead of Zero Waste Week next week, the fourth episode of Series 01 is a conversation between Katie Treggiden and ‘Zero Waste Warrior’ Ander Zabala (@goxuboys on Instagram), who can fit his weekly household waste into a single jam jar. They talk about how Ander found his calling while still at school, the importance of making waste visible, and how starting small can produce big results. As recommended by Metro, The Week, Wallpaper and FastCompany. Get full access to Brackish at brackishbykatietreggiden.substack.com/subscribe2020-09-0130 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Seetal SolankiIn the third episode of Series 01, Katie Treggiden is in conversation with designer, author and educator Seetal Solanki. They talk about the embodied learnings of thrift and reuse we inherit from our parents, why we need to stop using the term ‘waste’ altogether, the decolonisation of the language around materials, and how we can build bridges between the Global North and the Global South. As recommended by Metro, The Week, Wallpaper and FastCompany. Get full access to Brackish at brackishbykatietreggiden.substack.com/subscribe2020-09-0146 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Lucy SiegleIn the second episode of Series 01, Katie Treggiden chats to ethical journalist and broadcaster, Lucy Siegle, about the trip to India that changed her life, her lockdown interview with David Attenborough, why she buys clothes like an Italian ‘Nona’ at a fruit market, the importance of personal agency, and why ‘building back better’ after COVID-19 requires citizenship and not consumerism.As recommended by Metro, The Week, Wallpaper and FastCompany. Get full access to Brackish at brackishbykatietreggiden.substack.com/subscribe2020-09-0158 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)Hugo TagholmGet full access to Brackish at brackishbykatietreggiden.substack.com/subscribe2020-09-0131 min
Brackish (formerly Making Design Circular with Katie Treggiden)TrailerGet full access to Brackish at brackishbykatietreggiden.substack.com/subscribe2020-08-2701 min