Public Talks
Print version2008
Title- Caffeine Kick
Speakers - Mark Miodownik, Clive Page, and Andrea Sella
Event- Cheltenham Science Festival
Date - 4th June 2008
Place- Cheltenham
Description - The Art and Science of Coffee - all you ever wanted to know and lots of what you didnt want to know.
URL - www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/whats_on/science_festival.html
Title- Our Daily Bread
Speaker - Mark Miodownik and Peter Martin
Event- Brighton Science Festival
Date - 1st March 2008
Place- Brighton
Description - The Art and Science of Bread - all you ever wanted to know and lots of what you didnt want to know.
URL - www.brightonscience.com
Title- Nano/bio Materials
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Design Interactions Department Seminar
Date - 14th Feb 2008
Place- Royal College of Art
Description - Exploring the role of nano/biomaterials to advance concpetualisation and initiate the development of new sensoaesthetic materials.
URL - www.rca.ac.uk
Speakers - Mark Miodownik, Clive Page, and Andrea Sella
Event- Cheltenham Science Festival
Date - 4th June 2008
Place- Cheltenham
Description - The Art and Science of Coffee - all you ever wanted to know and lots of what you didnt want to know.
URL - www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/whats_on/science_festival.html
Title- Our Daily Bread
Speaker - Mark Miodownik and Peter Martin
Event- Brighton Science Festival
Date - 1st March 2008
Place- Brighton
Description - The Art and Science of Bread - all you ever wanted to know and lots of what you didnt want to know.
URL - www.brightonscience.com
Title- Nano/bio Materials
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Design Interactions Department Seminar
Date - 14th Feb 2008
Place- Royal College of Art
Description - Exploring the role of nano/biomaterials to advance concpetualisation and initiate the development of new sensoaesthetic materials.
URL - www.rca.ac.uk
2007
Title- Can Materials Heal Themselves?
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Schools Talk
Date - 14th Nov and 11th Dec 2007
Place- Institute of Education, London
Title- Strange Material
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Seminar
Date - 21st Nov 2007
Place- Plymouth College of Art and Design
Title- Strange Material
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Ars Ornata Europeana
Date - 6th July 2007
Place- Manchester City College
Description - European Jewellery Conference
Title- New Materials Workshop
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Workshop
Date - 19th April 2007
Place- Oslo School of Architecture and Design
Description - A workshop on subject new and new-old materials.
Title- Engineering Art
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Norsk Design- og Arkitektursenter Public Talk
Date - 18th April 2007
Place- Oslo
Title- The Sound of Materials
Speakers - Zoe Laughlin, Martin Conreen, Mark Miodownik, Trevor Cox
Event- Launch of new audio tour of Tate Modern
Date - 6.30pm 13th April 2007
Place- Tate Modern
Description - An evening of discussion and demonstration with Brian Eno (to be confirmed) and other practitioners from the world of music, material science, art, engineering and acoustics, exploring the materiality of sound. This event coincides with the launch of What Can the Matter Be? a new downloadable audio tour of Tate Modern.
Title- The Materials Science of Pleasure
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Science in the City
Date - 12th Feb 2007
Place- Nottingham Playhouse
Description - An Ignite! inspired event, featuring Tsz Fok and Emily Cummins, chaired by Rick Hall.
Title- What is Materials Anyway?
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Talk at the Cumbria branch of the IOM3
Date - 13th Feb 2007
Place- Malbreak Hotel, Cumbria
Description - Cumbria branch meeting of the IOM3
Title- Materials for 21st Century
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- School for Architecture and the Built Environment Seminar
Date - 8th Feb 2007
Place- University of Westminster
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Schools Talk
Date - 14th Nov and 11th Dec 2007
Place- Institute of Education, London
Title- Strange Material
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Seminar
Date - 21st Nov 2007
Place- Plymouth College of Art and Design
Title- Strange Material
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Ars Ornata Europeana
Date - 6th July 2007
Place- Manchester City College
Description - European Jewellery Conference
Title- New Materials Workshop
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Workshop
Date - 19th April 2007
Place- Oslo School of Architecture and Design
Description - A workshop on subject new and new-old materials.
Title- Engineering Art
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Norsk Design- og Arkitektursenter Public Talk
Date - 18th April 2007
Place- Oslo
Title- The Sound of Materials
Speakers - Zoe Laughlin, Martin Conreen, Mark Miodownik, Trevor Cox
Event- Launch of new audio tour of Tate Modern
Date - 6.30pm 13th April 2007
Place- Tate Modern
Description - An evening of discussion and demonstration with Brian Eno (to be confirmed) and other practitioners from the world of music, material science, art, engineering and acoustics, exploring the materiality of sound. This event coincides with the launch of What Can the Matter Be? a new downloadable audio tour of Tate Modern.
Title- The Materials Science of Pleasure
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Science in the City
Date - 12th Feb 2007
Place- Nottingham Playhouse
Description - An Ignite! inspired event, featuring Tsz Fok and Emily Cummins, chaired by Rick Hall.
Title- What is Materials Anyway?
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Talk at the Cumbria branch of the IOM3
Date - 13th Feb 2007
Place- Malbreak Hotel, Cumbria
Description - Cumbria branch meeting of the IOM3
Title- Materials for 21st Century
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- School for Architecture and the Built Environment Seminar
Date - 8th Feb 2007
Place- University of Westminster
2006
Title- What use is Art to Materials Science?
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- International IUPAC Conference on
High Temperature Materials Chemistry
Date - Sept 2006
Place- Vienna, Austria
Description - Mark Miodownik will give a plenary lecture entitled "What use is Art to Materials Science?".
Title- The Role of Materials Libraries
Speakers - Mark Miodownik, Zoe Laughlin, and Martin Conreen
Event- TMS Conference
Date - 14th March 2006
Place- San Antonio, Texas, USA
Description - Mark Miodownik will give a lunch time lecture entitled "The Role of Materials Libraries".
URL - http://www.tms.org
Title- Strange Material
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Futures Lecture Series
Date - 9th February 2006
Place- Royal College of Art
Description - This talk reviews the cultural impact
of new materials, and provides an introduction to the science that underpins future innovations.
Title- The Man in the White Suit
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Camberwell College of ArtLecture Series
Date - 27th January 2006
Place- Peckham Cinema
Description - An introduction to new materials followed by a showing of the film 'The Man in the White Suit'.
URL - Camberwell College of Arts
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- International IUPAC Conference on
High Temperature Materials Chemistry
Date - Sept 2006
Place- Vienna, Austria
Description - Mark Miodownik will give a plenary lecture entitled "What use is Art to Materials Science?".
Title- The Role of Materials Libraries
Speakers - Mark Miodownik, Zoe Laughlin, and Martin Conreen
Event- TMS Conference
Date - 14th March 2006
Place- San Antonio, Texas, USA
Description - Mark Miodownik will give a lunch time lecture entitled "The Role of Materials Libraries".
URL - http://www.tms.org
Title- Strange Material
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Futures Lecture Series
Date - 9th February 2006
Place- Royal College of Art
Description - This talk reviews the cultural impact
of new materials, and provides an introduction to the science that underpins future innovations.
Title- The Man in the White Suit
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Camberwell College of ArtLecture Series
Date - 27th January 2006
Place- Peckham Cinema
Description - An introduction to new materials followed by a showing of the film 'The Man in the White Suit'.
URL - Camberwell College of Arts
2005
Title- The Science of Impermanence
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Fugitive Materials: the Art and Science of Impermanence.
Date - 29th Nov 2005
Place- Tate Modern, London.
Description - Cornelia Parker (artist), Chris Lefteri (designer), Mark Miodownik (materials scientist), Johanna Greenhill (sculptor), Dominic Willsdon (curator) discuss and impermance.
Title- Strange Materials
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Cafe Scientifique
Date - 15th Nov 2005
Place- Plumbland, Cumbria.
Description - Mark Miodownik demonstrates a range of smart materials and discusses the new field of animate matter.
Title- The Craft of Science
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Futures in the Making
Date - 26th Oct 2005
Place- Victoria and Albert Museum
Description - Symposium for professional makers, craft service providers, educators and exhibition curators. Speakers: Gwyn Miles, Christopher Frayling, Emmanuel Cooper, Thomas Hetherwick, Mark Miodownik, Oliver Geoffroy, Dierdre Figueiredo, Lesley Millar, Maria Abidu, Simon Fraser, Jane Wentworth.
Title- Engineering Art
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Research Seminar by Mark Miodownik
Date - Oct 13th 2005
Place- Materials Science Department, Oxford University
Description - A look at the current state of the cross-fertilization on materials between the Arts and Sciences.
Title- Scientist/Designer Collaborations
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- 100% Materials
Date - 22/25 September 2005
Place- Earls Court, London, UK
Description - A materials event organised as part of the 100% Detail Design Show, speakers Chris Lefteri, Mark Miodownik.
Title -Engineering Art
Speaker - Martin Conreen
Event- Atoms to Art Launch
Date - 14th September 2005
Place- Manchester, London
Description - Launch of Atoms to Art Netowrk
Title - Self Healing Materials
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Cheltenham Science Festival
Date -June 9th 2005
Place- Cheltenham
Description - A look at self-healing materials by Mark Miodownik<.
Title - Engineering Art
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Nyholm Lecture
Date - April 27th 2005
Place- University of Brighton
Description -Royal Society of Chemistry Nyholm Event: contributions from Colin Russell (historian), Mark Miodownik (materials scientist), Mikios Riedel (chemist), and Zafra Lerman (chemist).
URL - http://www.rsc.org/
Title - New Materials for the Arts
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Engineering Art
Date - April 15th 2005
Place- Tate Modern
Description - EngineeringArt Network Launch event.Through discussions and demonstrations, this event explored how new materials are used in architecture, design, art and fashion, with the aim of setting the arts agenda for materials research
for the 21st century. The speakers were Brian Derby (materials scientist), Mike Smith (engineer), Niall McLaughlin (architect), Sharon Baurley (smart textiles), Mark Miodownik (chair).
URL - matters.htm
Title - Urban Material
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Inspiration, Art and the Everyday
Date - March 11th 2005
Place- Tate Liverpool
Description - The Richard Wentworth symposium, contributions from Richard Wentworth (artist), Sian Ede (Gulbenkian Foundation), Mark Lythgoe (neuroscientist), Michael O'Shea(neuroscientist), Simon Groom (curator), and Mark Miodownik (materials scientist).
Title - Materials for the Arts
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Research Seminar
Date - Feb 23rd 2005
Place- Materials Science Department, Sheffield University
Description - Mark Miodownik looks at the history of the cross-fertilization on materials between the Arts and Sciences.
Title - Materials Libary
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Material World programme
Date - Feb 10th 2005
Place- BBC Radio 4
Description - Mark Miodownik and Graham Dodd (ARUP) talk about the virtues of materials libraries
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Fugitive Materials: the Art and Science of Impermanence.
Date - 29th Nov 2005
Place- Tate Modern, London.
Description - Cornelia Parker (artist), Chris Lefteri (designer), Mark Miodownik (materials scientist), Johanna Greenhill (sculptor), Dominic Willsdon (curator) discuss and impermance.
Title- Strange Materials
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Cafe Scientifique
Date - 15th Nov 2005
Place- Plumbland, Cumbria.
Description - Mark Miodownik demonstrates a range of smart materials and discusses the new field of animate matter.
Title- The Craft of Science
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Futures in the Making
Date - 26th Oct 2005
Place- Victoria and Albert Museum
Description - Symposium for professional makers, craft service providers, educators and exhibition curators. Speakers: Gwyn Miles, Christopher Frayling, Emmanuel Cooper, Thomas Hetherwick, Mark Miodownik, Oliver Geoffroy, Dierdre Figueiredo, Lesley Millar, Maria Abidu, Simon Fraser, Jane Wentworth.
Title- Engineering Art
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Research Seminar by Mark Miodownik
Date - Oct 13th 2005
Place- Materials Science Department, Oxford University
Description - A look at the current state of the cross-fertilization on materials between the Arts and Sciences.
Title- Scientist/Designer Collaborations
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- 100% Materials
Date - 22/25 September 2005
Place- Earls Court, London, UK
Description - A materials event organised as part of the 100% Detail Design Show, speakers Chris Lefteri, Mark Miodownik.
Title -Engineering Art
Speaker - Martin Conreen
Event- Atoms to Art Launch
Date - 14th September 2005
Place- Manchester, London
Description - Launch of Atoms to Art Netowrk
Title - Self Healing Materials
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Cheltenham Science Festival
Date -June 9th 2005
Place- Cheltenham
Description - A look at self-healing materials by Mark Miodownik<.
Title - Engineering Art
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Nyholm Lecture
Date - April 27th 2005
Place- University of Brighton
Description -Royal Society of Chemistry Nyholm Event: contributions from Colin Russell (historian), Mark Miodownik (materials scientist), Mikios Riedel (chemist), and Zafra Lerman (chemist).
URL - http://www.rsc.org/
Title - New Materials for the Arts
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Engineering Art
Date - April 15th 2005
Place- Tate Modern
Description - EngineeringArt Network Launch event.Through discussions and demonstrations, this event explored how new materials are used in architecture, design, art and fashion, with the aim of setting the arts agenda for materials research
for the 21st century. The speakers were Brian Derby (materials scientist), Mike Smith (engineer), Niall McLaughlin (architect), Sharon Baurley (smart textiles), Mark Miodownik (chair).
URL - matters.htm
Title - Urban Material
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Inspiration, Art and the Everyday
Date - March 11th 2005
Place- Tate Liverpool
Description - The Richard Wentworth symposium, contributions from Richard Wentworth (artist), Sian Ede (Gulbenkian Foundation), Mark Lythgoe (neuroscientist), Michael O'Shea(neuroscientist), Simon Groom (curator), and Mark Miodownik (materials scientist).
Title - Materials for the Arts
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Research Seminar
Date - Feb 23rd 2005
Place- Materials Science Department, Sheffield University
Description - Mark Miodownik looks at the history of the cross-fertilization on materials between the Arts and Sciences.
Title - Materials Libary
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Material World programme
Date - Feb 10th 2005
Place- BBC Radio 4
Description - Mark Miodownik and Graham Dodd (ARUP) talk about the virtues of materials libraries