Seetal Solanki

Seetal Solanki is a materials translator, researcher and author based in London. In 2015 she founded Ma-tt-er, a materials practice working across research, design and learning, which takes a materials-first approach to the relationships between people, place and process, starting from the skills and production already present in a place.

Her book Why Materials Matter: Responsible Design for a Better World, published by Prestel in 2018, surveyed material innovation for a wide readership. Ma-tt-er’s work spans writing, publishing, mapping, making, curation, strategy and exhibitions, with clients and collaborators including the Design Museum London, IKEA’s Space10, Nike, Converse, Unilever, the Crafts Council and Elisava, and Solanki has judged the V&A Innovate awards.