We chat to Chris Lefteri of the UK on his research that explores innovations in new materials and why this has become such a big part of contemporary design, culture and business over the last ten years.
New technology is now looking at the `need’ with designers taking charge to become what Chris has coined `new materiologists’. We asked him how this will change the future of design; how they are looking into existing materials and discovering how to re-use them in a new way; and how waste is being re-purposed to replace the dwindling resources on the planet.