The Crit #13: Andu Masebo
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Our thirteenth guest on The Crit is Luke Pearson, accompanied by show host Oli Stratford.
Episode #13: Andu Masebo
For our thirteenth episode of The Crit we welcomed designer Andu Masebo into the studio for a discussion about designing objects that tell stories about their own creation.
Masebo has a background in fabrication and an MA in product design from London’s Royal College of Art, where he made a chair with an accompanying legal contract to ensure that it stayed in use long enough to sequester the carbon emitted during its production.
His work prizes resourcefulness and locality, with projects including pieces that were designed and made along the route of London’s number 12 bus servie and a series of furniture made from a disassembled Alfa Romeo Cloverleaf 145 car.
Listen to the episode to hear Masebo review his career to date, from designing a series of workshops that gradually furnished a space, to his dream of redesigning the creative education system.
Show Notes: Andu Masebo
Best design: Making Room
Worst design: Union Chair
Most successful design: Candleholder No.12
Most impactful feedback: His wife saying a design was disgusting
Dream design: Creative education system
This episode of The Crit was recorded at KEF Music Gallery London.
The Crit’s graphics were created by Leonhard Rothmoser.
The Crit’s music was created by Yuri Suzuki and Team Suzuki.