Jerwood Makers Open Event - Lecture: The Importance of Stuff with Professor Mark Miodownik. 

Silvia Weidenbach, Made to Treasure and Pleasure, 2011. Courtesy the artist

This talk introduces the Institute of Making, a research club for those interested in a multidisciplinary approach to the made world. From makers of molecules to makers of buildings, synthetic skin to spacecraft, soup to clothes, furniture to cities. Hear about a selection of the club’s latest research projects, including its work on the taste of materials.

Mark Miodownik is the Director of theInstitute of Making. He is an engineer and materials scientist and the Professor of Materials and Society at UCL. In 2010 Miodownik was included in The Times’ Top 100 Most Important People in British Science.

All events are FREE but booking for this event is essential. For more information or to book a place please email: jva@jerwoodspace.co.uk
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