Thomas Thwaites's guest appearances

Thomas Thwaites

Radio Headspace

Ray Peacock

The EPAM Continuum Podcast Network

Material Matters with Grant Gibson

Sarah Williams

Peter Ting

Corinne Julius

Celia Pym

Peter Layton

Andrew Waugh

Tom Dixon

Edmund de Waal

Kate Malone

John Barnard

Shelley James

Sebastian Cox

Tom Peters

James Wilson

Romesh Ranganathan

OwlTail

Thomas Thwaites was one of the first people I wanted to interview when I started Material Matters in 2019. I’m not entirely certain why it has taken so long to arrange a chat. The designer graduated from the Design Interactions course of Royal College of Art in 2009, with a piece that has gone on to become genuinely iconic. In The Toaster Project, Thwaites set out to make this industrially manufactured product by hand. He mined his own iron ore, extracted copper from water and attempted to persuade BP to allow him onto an oil rig to bring back a jug of crude. His adventure was published as a (highly readable) book in 2011. And not satisfied with that, a few years later this most unpredictable of creatives came up with another book. Goatman: How I took a Holiday from Being Human charted his quest to live his life as a goat and cross the Alps on all fours, eating grass along the route.It was described by designer Anthony Dunne as ‘a wonderfully eccentric, at times absurd, but always thoughtful reflection on one man’s journey into the wilder regions of design.’In this episode we talk about: becoming a father during the pandemic; deciding to create a toaster by hand; persuading people to do the strangest things; why his approach to design is like journalism (only more difficult); how his mother’s microwave ended up in the permanent collection of the V&amp;A hosting a TV show in South Korea; and, last but by no means least, his desire to become a goat. You can learn more about Thomas hereAnd sign up for my newsletter here Support the show

Thomas Thwaites was one of the first people I wanted to interview when I started Material Matters in 2019. I’m not entirely certain why it has taken so long to arrange a chat. The designer graduated from the Design Interactions course of Royal College of Art in 2009, with a piece that has gone on to become genuinely iconic. In The Toaster Project, Thwaites set out to make this industrially manufactured product by hand. He mined his own iron ore, extracted copper from water and attempted to persuade BP to allow him onto an oil rig to bring back a jug of crude. His adventure was published as a (highly readable) book in 2011. And not satisfied with that, a few years later this most unpredictable of creatives came up with another book. Goatman: How I took a Holiday from Being Human charted his quest to live his life as a goat and cross the Alps on all fours, eating grass along the route.It was described by designer Anthony Dunne as ‘a wonderfully eccentric, at times absurd, but always thoughtful reflection on one man’s journey into the wilder regions of design.’In this episode we talk about: becoming a father during the pandemic; deciding to create a toaster by hand; persuading people to do the strangest things; why his approach to design is like journalism (only more difficult); how his mother’s microwave ended up in the permanent collection of the V&amp;A hosting a TV show in South Korea; and, last but by no means least, his desire to become a goat. You can learn more about Thomas <a href="https://www.thomasthwaites.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>And sign up for my newsletter <a href="https://grantondesign.com/Newsletter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/materialmatters?fan_landing=true" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>

Thomas Thwaites on making a toaster by hand and attempting to become a goat (yes, really).

And now for a Very Special Episode of *The Resonance Test.* This particular conversation, straight from our archives, has our Toby Bottorf chatting up Thomas Thwaites, author of two thoughtfully bizarre books: *GoatMan: How I Took a Holiday from Being Human* (you read right!) and *The Toaster Project: Or A Heroic Attempt to Build a Simple Electric Appliance from Scratch* (sounds awesome, no?). It’s jolly great fun to hear Thwaites say things like: “I was really keen on learning to gallop and, you know, kind of chewing grass,” and: “If technology is about kind-of-letting-us fulfill-our-dreams-kind-of-thing, then I suppose it’s like: 'Which dreams do we try and fulfill?'” We think this is a great way to wind up the *Resonance Test* year. Thanks so much for listening—and please enjoy the goatish, toasty conversation between Thomas and Toby!Host: Jen AshmanEditor: Kyp PilalasProducer: Ken Gordon

And now for a Very Special Episode of *The Resonance Test.* This particular conversation, straight from our archives, has our Toby Bottorf chatting up Thomas Thwaites, author of two thoughtfully bizarre books: *GoatMan: How I Took a Holiday from Being Human* (you read right!) and *The Toaster Project: Or A Heroic Attempt to Build a Simple Electric Appliance from Scratch* (sounds awesome, no?). It’s jolly great fun to hear Thwaites say things like: “I was really keen on learning to gallop and, you know, kind of chewing grass,” and: “If technology is about kind-of-letting-us fulfill-our-dreams-kind-of-thing, then I suppose it’s like: 'Which dreams do we try and fulfill?'” We think this is a great way to wind up the *Resonance Test* year. Thanks so much for listening—and please enjoy the goatish, toasty conversation between Thomas and Toby! Host: Jen Ashman Editor: Kyp Pilalas Producer: Ken Gordon

The Resonance Test 29: Thomas Thwaites, Author of "Goatman" and "The Toaster Project"

Barry Dodds

Stephen Broughton

Ray and producer Nat chat to Thomas the Goat Man about goats, living with goats in sheds and even goats kissing. They also find out more about Asexuality and what it’s like to be asexual from founder of Maaple, Stephen Broughton.

Episode 45 - Barry Dodds, Thomas Thwaites & Stephen Broughton