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> SUNDAY 1st APRIL, 4pm-6pm
Evening reception hosted by the Materials KTN at the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (map), where MaDE Design Mentors Linda Barron and Geoff Hollington will be talking about the activities of MaDE. Geoff will also be presenting and signing 50 copies of his new Rightweight book for MaterialsKTN members. Delegates will be able to register there in advance of the conference. (click for IOM3 location)
> MONDAY 2nd APRIL
| 08:30 | registration – coffee/tea | |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | OPENING REMARKS | RCA Rector |
| 10:10 | Flexible Electronics | SIR RICHARD FRIEND |
| 10:40 | Materialising future aspects of Design | ANNA VALTONEN |
| 11:10 | break | |
| 11:30 | Death and Life as the Stuff of Design | DAISY ALEXANDRA GINSBERG |
| 11:50 | Larval Technologies | PETER YEADON |
| 12:10 | Silk- a fiber transformed | FIORENZO OMENETTO |
| 12:30 | PANEL | D GINSBERG, P YEADON, F OMENETTO |
| 12:50 | lunch | |
| 14:00 | Product Farming | SUZANNE LEE |
| 14:20 | Materiability | MANUEL KRETZER |
| 14:40 | Materials and Mimetic Desire | CHRISTINE GUTH |
| 15:00 | break | |
| 15:20 | Strange Materials | MARK MIODOWNIK |
| 15:40 | Down with Rools! | Chris Wise |
| 16:00 | break | |
| 16:20 | Michael John Gorman IN DISCUSSION WITH.. | ANTHONY DUNNE & FIONA RABY |
| 16:40 | REFLECTION | HUGH ALDERSEY-WILLIAMS |
| 17:00 | drinks – exhibition |
> TUESDAY 3rd APRIL
| 09:00 | tea/coffee | |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | OPENING REMARKS | CLARE JOHNSTON |
| 10:10 | MATERIALS IN ART AND SOCIETY | SUSANNE KUECHLER |
| 10:40 | Towards Molytecture | MIKE DAVIES |
| 11:10 | break | |
| 11:30 | Flatpack without Boredom | Alex de Rijke |
| 11:50 | PLYWOOD’S PLIANCY, AND OTHER TALES | SARAH TEASLEY |
| 12:10 | Rain, Steam and Speed | RICHARD WENTWORTH |
| 12:30 | Panel | A de Rijke, S Teasley, R WENTWORTH |
| 12:50 | lunch | |
| 14:00 | Communicating Design Futures to Resonate with the External World | Raymond Oliver |
| 14:20 | Feather and Toothbrush | ANNE TOOMEY, SOPHIE DUPORT, Katie Gaudion |
| 14:40 | Fashion Futures | Bradley Quinn |
| 15:00 | break | |
| 15:20 | About Stories: Materials as an expression of contemporary life | Chris Lefteri |
| 15:40 | Nanoengineering – what can we learn from nature? | Martin Kemp |
| 16:00 | break | |
| 16:20 | The Toaster Project : Now a Channel 4 TV Series! | Thomas Thwaites |
| 16:40 | Reflection – Q&A | HUGH ALDERSEY-WILLIAMS |
| 17:00 | conference ends |
> WEDNESDAY 4th APRIL (LIMITED PLACES AVAILABLE!)
10:30-12:00 - Take a pedestrian pilgrimage through Albertopolis to the Science Museum, where senior exhibitions manager Susan Mossman and RCA School of Material research leader Claire Pajaczkowska, will lead a tour of the Materials Gallery and HIDDEN HEROES exhibition to discuss newest developments in the public dissemination of science through exhibition design. Meeting Point: 10:30am outside the RCA main entrance (opposite Royal Albert Hall).
12:30 onwards - Ride on an old Routemaster bus to Kew for a tour of the ECONOMIC BOTANY COLLECTION with curator Mark Nesbitt. A rare chance to see this nineteenth-century materials library, established in 1847 and still in use today. Meeting Point: 10:30am outside the RCA main entrance (opposite Royal Albert Hall).