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Thomas Heatherwick talks at the Gobal Design Forum [podcast]

Thomas Heatherwick talks about the process of designing the Olympic cauldron, a New Bus for London, and the Shanghai Expo Seed Cathedral

Thomas Heatherwick and his team of archi­tects, designers and makers work from a studio in King’s Cross, just down the road from this year’s Global Design Forum for London Design Festival 2012. Here he talks about about the pro­cess of cre­ating, designing and then executing three large scale pro­jects: the Olympic cauldron, a New Bus for London, and the Shanghai Expo Seed Cathedral.

Thomas Heatherwick was talking to Daniel Charny, cur­ator, indus­trial designer and edu­cator. The ses­sion was chaired by Aidan Walker, Global Design Forum pro­gramme pro­ducer. Hosted by the Global Design Forum 2012, Central St Martin’s, King’s Cross, during London Design Festival 2012.

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