Jerwood Visual Arts Jerwood Space 171 Union Street, Bankside, London SE1 0LN, 14 July 2015

A lecture by Professor Mark Miodownik titled ‘The Importance of Stuff’ at Jerwood Visual Arts.

This talk introduces the Institute of Making, a research club for those interested in a multidisciplinary approach to the made world. From makers of molecules to makers of buildings, synthetic skin to spacecraft, soup to clothes, furniture to cities. Hear about a selection of the club’s latest research projects, including its work on the taste of materials. Mark Miodownik is the Director of the Institute of Making. He is an engineer and materials scientist and the Professor of Materials and Society at UCL. In 2010 Miodownik was included in The Times’ Top 100 Most Important People in British Science.