24 interviews by Stephanie Davidson with architects and designers from 15 countries, about their relationship with materials and how this informs architecture's and design's place in society. Questions of economy, ecology, cooperation, and pedagogy are also at the heart of the conversations, revealing a variety of contemporary, exploratory, and constantly renewed ways of designing and making.

Avec ABVM, Omer Arbel, Assemble, Atelier Fanelsa, BAST – Bureau Architectures Sans Titre, Comunal Taller de Arquitectura,Ensamble Studio, Fala Atelier, GAFPA, Jumbo, Lland studio, Inigo Minns, Modular by Mensah, New American House, Norell/Rodhe, O.K. – Office Kovacs, Point Supreme, Porto Academy, Rotor Deconstruction, Sameep Padora & Associates, Sanchez Benton architects, Atang Tshikare, Willow Technologies, Zeller & Moye.