Material Fixations

Material Fixations is the collective output of two London based designers and investigative makers: Natalia Triantafylli and Andrew Scott. Each having their own material fixations, their work engages in a dialogue with the value attributed to the materials and objects that surround us. With an ‘agnostic’ approach towards matter, they create space for new narratives which subvert conventional attitudes about traditional material hierarchy. Ancient materials, such as clay and metal, and more contemporary inventions and processes, such as plastics and 3D printing, are combined and mutated to create a new visual language for design and realign our relationship to the material world in which we live.

In the exhibition, a series of metal furniture created from sheet-steel offcuts by Andrew Scott and a collection of hybrid objects made with photogrammetry and ceramics by Natalia Triantafylli will be presented to the public. The designers share a mutual respect and fascination with material culture and the history of objects; topics that are explored in this new body of work. Whilst the designers’ ‘hand’ is visible in each piece, a crossover between traditional methods of making and the deconstruction of contemporary production techniques adds a further dimension to their story: what it means to be human in the material world of today.