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Suzie McMurtry


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Suzie is an artist, designer, and researcher from the San Francisco Bay Area currently living in London where she recently completed an MA in Material Futures at Central Saint Martins.

Broadly, she’s interested in socio-ecological systems. She has a background in fiber & printmaking & has been working in sustainable fashion since 2017. Her making research practice is directed towards exploring climate resilience, circularity, greenwashing, & regenerative design. She engages with these themes using speculative, clothing, material, service, & social design.

She's shown her artwork in Colorado & California, & her design work in the UK and the Netherlands.



I’m open to work! Please reach out regarding my availability for workshops, material consulting, or design & visual research.

︎Bigumigu
︎Dutch Design Week 2022
︎LS:N Global (The Future Laboratory)

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I’m reading...
Jia Tolentino
Naomi Klein
Ursula K. Le Guin
Octavia Butler
Maria Puig de la Bellacasa
Donna Haraway
Shoshanna Zuboff
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Timothy Morton
Jenny Odell
Durga Chew-Bose
Center for Humane Technology




Sandmade

for Baume et Mercier X MAMF

2021


Even the most abundant-seeming of earthly materials, like coastal sand, are becoming scarce. How will we valorize resources differently in the making of luxury goods?

Here I proposed using an imperfect & antiquated technique to create a sand cast watch for Baume et Mercier, a luxury watch brand hoping to tell a story about the sustainability of its product.