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Words on Wood
by AHEC Europe
This podcast offers a deep dive into some of the big issues surrounding forests and our relationship to them and serves as a platform for cross-disciplinary discussion. Drawing on the work of scientists, conservationists, forestry professionals, academics, designers and architects, Words on Wood is a space for frank reflection on the challenges and opportunities presented by working with forests. Created in conjunction with Disegno, the Quarterly Journal of Design. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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S5E6: The Forest on Film with Alison Brooks, Petr Krejčí, Fred Pearce, Van Wagner and Joey Awonohopay
A special deep dive into Forested Future, a new documentary telling the story of the hardwood forests of the eastern United States. Across this episode, we speak with the film’s makers and characters, discussing the significance of the film for communicating the first and supporting its future...
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S5E5: Seeing the wood through the trees with Anna Bates, Anab Jain and Samy Rio
In this episode, we examine a range of new conservation projects that offer different ways of understanding the forest and new opportunities for audiences to connect with them. We examine the stories we’re telling about forests, and how they can help to protect them and their communities moving...
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S5E4: Expanded Provenance featuring Seetal Solanki, Viktoria Millentrup and Rupert Oliver
In this episode, we explore the significance of timber design being tied to the landscape and resources of the site on which it is built or manufactured, examining the opportunities and limitations of using local materials for local projects, and the manner in which global and local networks of...
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S5E3: Where's your timber from? with Seetal Solanki, Jade Saunders, Ben Gunneberg and Tim Brownlee
Does it matter where our wood comes from? In this episode, we explore why provenance is one of the central questions facing the timber industry today, and the arguments for new forms of certification that can meet the challenges it poses. Speakers featured on this episode include, Ben Gunneberg...
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S5E2: Thinking Real with Andrew Waugh, Andu Masebo and Daniel Schofield
What is it about timber that makes us feel good? We all know the benefits of natural spaces and materials, but new testing suggests that we may actually also be drawn to synthetic alternatives that appear sufficiently natural in aesthetic. This might sound like an endorsement of non-natural...
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S5E1: The Neurology of Timber with Andrea Bariselli, Dorte Mandrup and Suchi Reddy
What happens to the brain when we come into contact with wood products and wooden spaces, and what positive changes occur in the body when it is surrounded by natural materials? Featuring guests neuroscientist Andrea Bariselli, architect Dorte Mandrup and architect and artist Suchi Reddy from...
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S4E6: Stewards of The Forest
Forests take up about 30% of the earth’s surface and come in many shapes, sizes and types. From chilly boreal forests in the north, to temperate forests, dry forests, mangroves, rainforests and more, each forest has specific needs and nuances, and faces its own ecological challenges. Around the...
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Making Shorts: Staining wood
Staining wood is a complex and often laborious process that requires careful thought from designers and makers. Considering the complexities involved, and the fact that natural wood is beautiful in and of itself, this Making short explores the benefits wood staining can offer for designers. When...
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S4E5: Responding to a changing climate
We’re probably all aware that climate change is having, and will have, a big effect on our forests. Increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and rising temperatures give way to adverse consequences such as droughts and fires, causing rapid tree mortality rates. So, how can we plan…
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Making shorts: Working by hand
Trees have been a principal building material for most of human history, with archaeological findings showing that humans were using stone axes as early as 40,000 years ago. With the advent of machinery during the Industrial Revolution making woodworking more efficient and accessible, this Making...
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S4E2: A Timber Curriculum with Judith Lösing, Hanif Kara and Kenn Busch
Our next instalment of Words on Wood revisits education, this time examining whether there is a need for a more robust curriculum around timber and its properties within architecture courses. The guests all straddle the architectural and education spaces and bring some really good insights into...
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Making shorts: Chainsaw carving
Building on the success of previous seasons’ ‘Tree Shorts’, this season introduces a new series of ‘Making Shorts’. These bite-sized episodes zoom into production techniques for timber, providing concise case studies through interviews with designers on the making processes behind specific...
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Making shorts: CNC milling
Building on the success of previous seasons’ ‘Tree Shorts’, this season introduces a new series of ‘Making Shorts’. These bite-sized episodes zoom into production techniques for timber, providing concise case studies through interviews with designers on the making processes behind specific...
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S4E1: The Value of Veneers with Cathy Danzer, Rio Kobayashi and Jorge Penadés
Delving deep into the world of wood, featuring unexpected and timely topics from across forestry, architecture and design, the award-winning podcast Words on Wood has returned for a fourth season. A collaboration between the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) and Disegno, Words on Wood...
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Special episode: A Trillion Trees with Fred Pearce
In the final episode of Words on Wood season 3, we are joined by multi award-winning science and environmental writer, Fred Pearce. Fred’s groundbreaking work covering the natural world spans at least 15 books. We sit down to discuss the topics behind his latest book, “A Trillion Trees”, which...
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S3E4: The Wooden Hospital with Ab Rogers and Eleanor Brough
The series concludes by venturing into ‘The Wooden Hospital’. Starting with the work of architect Ab Rogers, who won the 2021 Wolfson Economic Prize 2021 for his radical approach towards reformulating hospital design, the episode looks at whether our existing healthcare spaces are fit for…
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Tree shorts: walnut
In this bitesize episode, we explore American walnut and all of its properties and uses. The episode features an interview with Mira Nakashima, daughter of George Nakashima and now the creative director of George Nakashima Woodworkers, and gives us a valuable insight in her years of experience...
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S3E3: Timber Education with John Makepeace and Helen Welch
In this episode we look into the social aspects of wood and how timber education is approached across different levels: from amateur enthusiasts, through to academia and university education. This episode includes an interview with celebrated woodworker John Makepeace and Helen Welch, founder of...
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Tree shorts: white oak
In this weeks tree short, we dive into the world of white oak - one of the most popular species across Europe. Host India Block speaks to architecture practice Maccreanor Lavington to find out more about the white oak used in the newly designed Ibstock place school refractory in South West…
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S3E2: Thermally modified timber with Jan Hendzel and Kirsten Haggart
In episode two, the hosts examine the different ways in which humans have baked, charred and heated wood to create thermally modified timber (TMT). The episode includes interviews with furniture designer Jan Hendzel, timber consultant and researcher Neil Summers, and architect Kirsten Haggart of...
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Tree shorts: cherry in architecture
A bitesize episode exploring American cherry and its unique role in the creation of the Susie Sainsbury Theatre by architect Ian Ritchie of ritchie*studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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S3E1: Ash under threat with Sheridan Coakley, Wilkinson Rivera and Emma Hudgins
Season three of Words on Wood kicks off with an exploration of tree diseases through the lens of ash, looking into the risks posed to this tree species across North America and Europe by the invasive emerald ash borer insect and the fungus responsible for ash dieback disease. How do these threats...
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Special episode: Kinetic Furniture - with Benedetta Tagliabue
To celebrate the launch of Perpetuum Mobile, and the return of Milan Design Week, host Oli Stratford speaks to Benedetta Tagliabue, the director and head architect of the international firm Benedetta Tagliabue - EMBT Architects. Showing as part of the INTERNI Design Re-Generation exhibition event...
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Tree shorts: cherry
A bitesize episode exploring American cherry and all of its unique properties, featuring UK based designer Mac Collins. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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S2E4: The World Forest ID with Phil Guillery, Jade Saunders and Victor Deklerk from Kew Gardens
Faced with the challenges posed by illegal logging, a global consortium of organisations has now turned to science to find a solution. The World Forest ID is a new initiative that uses georeferenced wood samples to be able to analyse any timber and discover where exactly it was harvested. In this...
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Tree shorts: hard maple
A bitesize episode exploring American hard maple and all of its unique properties, featuring Danish designer Maria Bruun. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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S2E3: Old crafts, new ways with Stephen Burks and Orhan Niksic
While technology and digital processes accelerate and permeate design, a number of designers have turned towards traditional craft processes to find contemporary modes of expression. Designer Stephen Burks and Orhan Niksic of Bosnian furniture brand Zanat join the podcast to talk about their...
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Tree shorts: red oak
A bitesize episode exploring American red oak and all of its unique features. Host Oli Stratford speaks to designer Tomoko Azumi about her experience working with the timber in her project for Legacy, where she designed a beautiful steam-bent boat seat for Kwame Kwei-Armah, artistic director of…
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S2E2: New wood technologies featuring designers Sam Hecht, Yves Béhar and Elissa Brunato
Wood is an ancient material, but one that is still providing designers with new processes, forms and techniques. In this episode, the podcast talks to designers Sam Hecht, Yves Béhar and Elissa Brunato, all of whom have worked with wood as a cutting-edge material that can continue to reinvent...
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Tree shorts: tulipwood
A bitesize episode exploring American tulipwood, its properties and commentary from architect Alison Brooks on its use in The Smile, created for London Design Festival in 2016. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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S2E1: Building with Timber with engineer Andrew Lawrence and architect Lina Ghotmeh
This second season of Words on Wood sees Disegno’s editors Oli Stratford and India Block navigate the intersections between the worlds of forestry and design and architecture, focusing in on topics including timber construction; experimental uses of wood and cellulose; a world wide timber tracing...
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S1E4: Wood and Wellbeing with guests Alex de Rijke, Asif Kahn and Amanda Sturgeon
In the conclusion of the first season of Words on Wood, we explore how using timber in architecture and design can positively impact our mental, emotional and physical well-being. With special guests architects Alex de Rijke, Asif Kahn and Amanda Sturgeon, author of Creating Biophilic Buildings....
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S1E3: Illegal logging with guests Formafantasma, Constance McDermott and Rupert Oliver
In the third episode of Words on Wood we explore the challenges facing the design and timber industries to cut out illegal logging, and how architects and designers can respond, with guests Formafantasma, Constance McDermott and Rupert Oliver. This episode was hosted by Kristina Rapacki and Oli...
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S1E2: The Carbon Sink with guests Andrew Waugh, Galina Churkina and Sean Sutcliffe
This episode dives into the significance of forests to climate change, their role in reducing carbon in the atmosphere, and the importance of carbon sequestration for architecture and product design, with guests Andrew Waugh, Galina Churkina and Sean Sutcliffe. This episode was hosted by Kristina...
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S1E1: Welcome to the forest with designer/maker Sebastian Cox and Jameson French
A look at some of the fundamental issues surrounding forests, and how these impact upon the timber that eventually ends up in buildings, products and furniture.This introductory episode moves between discussion of small-scale forest management with UK-based designer/maker Sebastian Cox, through…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
This podcast offers a deep dive into some of the big issues surrounding forests and our relationship to them and serves as a platform for cross-disciplinary discussion. Drawing on the work of scientists, conservationists, forestry professionals, academics, designers and architects, Words on Wood is a space for frank reflection on the challenges and opportunities presented by working with forests.
Created in conjunction with Disegno, the Quarterly Journal of Design.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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AHEC Europe
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This podcast offers a deep dive into some of the big issues surrounding forests and our relationship to them and serves as a platform for cross-disciplinary discussion. Drawing on the work of scientists, conservationists, forestry professionals, academics, designers and architects, Words on Wood is...
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