On mending and repair
Digitalt
Moderator: Katie Treggiden
Panelists: Bridget Harvey, Caroline Till, Hans Tan
Why is it important that we start mending things – and designing them so that they can be fixed? What is one thing that designers, makers and manufacturers can do to make their products easier to repair? With a vibrant panel including designer and curator Hans Tan, materials expert Caroline Till and artist Bridget Harvey, Katie Treggiden explores the role mending play in the shift to a more circular society.
Lecturers
Katie Treggiden Moderator
Writer & Speaker
Treggiden champions a circular approach to craft and design and focuses on creativity as a positive agent for social change. Having written four books, established an independent magazine, and contributed to publications such as The Guardian, Design Milk, and Monocle24, she undertook a master’s degree in the history of design at the University of Oxford.
Bridget Harvey Panelist
interdisciplinary craftmaker
Harvey asks critical questions, generates new understanding, and adds meaning through craft. Widely exhibited, she uses found objects and materials like fired ceramics, wood, and textiles, focusing on repair, and as 2018/19 Victoria and Albert Museum Artist in Residence, she examined the relationship of repair to conservation through artefacts, a publication, and exhibition
Caroline Till Panelist
Co-founder
Franklin Till
FranklinTill is a futures research agency working with global brands and organisations to implement design and material innovation for positive environmental impact. Previously the Director of the MA Material Futures at Central Saint Martins in London, she is also co-author of Radical Matter: Rethinking materials for a sustainable future, and guest curator of the forthcoming exhibition 'Our Time on Earth' opening at the Barbican in London in May 2022.
Hans Tan Panelist
Founder
Hans Tan Studio
Hans’ work tiptoes on the boundaries between design, craft, and art, making use of utility as a pretext for visual discourse. With a keen focus on disrupting common materials and fabrication processes, the narratives in his works comment on design and its industry as a phenomenon, especially in the context of heritage, consumption, and waste