Ray Oddhayward: A Phenomenological Exploration of Making.

This episode features a conversation with Ray, a final year undergraduate student on the BA/BSc (Hons) Artist Designer Maer course at Cardiff School of Art & Design, about their final year research which explores our relationships with objects and what we learn from them.

In conversation with Ray are Philippa Lawrence and Dr Martyn Woodward.

You can find out more about Ray work via Instagram: @madebyrayart

If you would like to follow up on some of the ideas discussed in this episode you may find the following resources interesting:

• Chapman, J. (2015) Emotionally Durable Design: Objects, experiences and empathy. 2nd edn. Milton: Routledge. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315738802.


• Idhe, D. & Malafouris, L. (2019) Homo Faber Revisited: Postphenomenology and Material Engagement Theory. Philosophy & Technology. Homo Faber Revisited: Philosophy & Technology


• Ingold, T. (2013) Making : anthropology, archaeology, art and architecture. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203559055.


• Pallasmaa, J. (2009) The thinking hand : existential and embodied wisdom in architecture. Chichester: Wiley.