Title- Strange Matter
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- University of the Third Age Seminar
Date - 28th Nov 2006
Place- University of the Third Age
Description - This talk reviews the cultural impact
of new materials, and provides an introduction to the science that
underpins future innovations.
Title- Materials Library as Research Tool
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Design Interactions department Seminar
Date - 26th Oct 2006
Place- Royal College of Art
Description - Exploring the role of Materials Libraries to advance concpetualisation and initiate the development of new sensoaesthetic materials.
URL - www.rca.ac.uk
Title- What is the Matter?
Speaker - Zoe Laughlin and Mark Miodownik
Event- Science and Technology Education Group (STEG)
Date - 26th Oct 2006
Place- King's College London
Description - Part of the STEG seminar series.
Title- New Materials for a future palate
Speaker - Martin Conreen
Event- Future Palate Exhibition
Date - 21st Oct 2006
Place- Sherborne House
Description - A talk about an exhibit of new materials which was designed and installed by Martin Conreen for Future Palate.
URL - www.sherbornehouse.org.uk
Title- Strange Materials
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Zane Berzina Exhibition
Date - 20th Oct 2006
Place- Riga, Latvia
Description - Event part of the exhibition of Zane Berzina'a work.
URL - www.skinstories.com/
Title- Strange Materials
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Happy Materials Design Symposium
Date - 22nd Sept 2006
Place- Prague, Czech Republic
Description - Happy Materials Design Symposium.
URL - www.happymaterials.com/
Title- What use is Art to Materials Science?
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- International IUPAC Conference on High Temperature Materials Chemistry
Date - 21st Sept 2006
Place- Vienna, Austria
Description - Mark Miodownik will give a plenary lecture entitled "What use is Art to Materials Science?".
URL - www.univie.ac.at
Title- Materials of Invention: A Construction Materials Library for London
Speaker - Zoe Laughlin
Event- Research workshop on Materials Libraries
Date - June 29th 2006
Place- The Building Centre, 26 Store Street, London
Description - To consider the question of how to build a Materials Library for the London.
URL - www.buildingcentre.co.uk/
Title- New Materials in Construction
Speaker - Martin Conreen
Event- Building Center 75th Anniversary
Date - June 26th 2006
Place- The Building Centre, 26 Store Street, London
Description - A look at the new materials in the construction industry.
URL - www.buildingcentre.co.uk/
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 - 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.
URL - www.rca.ac.uk
Title- The Man in the White Suit
Speaker - Mark Miodownik
Event- Camberwell College of Art Lecture 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 - www.camberwell.arts.ac.uk
talks - 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.
URL - www.tate.org.uk
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.
URL - www.cafescientifique.org/cockermouth.htm
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.
URL - www.themaking.org.uk/
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.
URL - www.materials.ox.ac.uk
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.
URL - www.100percentdetail.co.uk
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
URL - www.atomstoart.org.uk/
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<.
URL - www.cheltenhamfestivals.co.uk
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 - 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).
URL - www.tate.org.uk
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.
URL - www.shef.ac.uk/materials/
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
URL - www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/thematerialworld.shtml