The Make Good Symposium 2024 brings together international speakers from a range of disciplines spanning design, agriculture, manufacturing and architecture, to discuss the potential of waste, re-use and circularity in production. As such it takes its cue from Christien Meindertsma’s groundbreaking research into waste wool and linoleum, currently on display at the V&A in Re-forming Waste.
The symposium forms part of the third iteration of the Make Good: Rethinking Material Futures programme, supported by John Makepeace OBE. The ten-year project launched in 2022 and encompasses an annual display in the Dr Susan Weber Gallery of Furniture, an annual symposium and a programme of acquisitions dedicated to exploring the use of renewable, natural materials in design and architecture at a time of climate emergency.
Confirmed speakers for the 2024 Make Good Symposium include:
- Jan Boelen, Artistic Director of Atelier LUMA (Arles, France)
- Aude-Line Dulière, architect (London, UK)
- Juliet Haysom, artist (London, UK)
- Andrew Hogley, British Wool (Bradford, UK)
- Bobby Kolade, designer and founder of Buzigahill (Kampala, Uganda)
- Tom Lloyd, Pearson Lloyd (London, UK)
- Christien Meindertsma, designer (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
- Tosin Oshinowo, curator of the 2023 Sharjah Architecture Triennial (Lagos, Nigeria)
- Jorge Penadés, designer (Madrid, Spain)
- Sophie Thomas, Director of Circular Design at Useful Projects (London, UK)
- Mattia Trovato, Manteco (Montemurlo, Italy)
- Andrew Waugh, Waugh Thistleton Architects (London, UK)
