LCF and CFS invited designers Christopher Raeburn, Matthew Miller, Alina Moat and myself to be involved in the NIKE "Materials Sustainability Index " Makers Challenge project. Nike has been developing an app which measures and evaluates thousands of materials "carbon footprint" and "environmental impact" which is being tested and used by teams of chosen LCF students. We are currently mentoring these teams with the design brief set by Nike. It is a really exciting project and I feel honoured to be involved. I have also been working with Istituti Marangoni for 5 years now and currently lecture on textiles and sustainable fashion. This is a very different experience but one I really enjoy and feel lucky to be a part of. Describe your favourite collection ever created. Always the next one! In recent years, you have changed your design direction onto the path to sustainability... What are your plans of developing your creativity? Any desire to come back to fashion design? Was it something particular why you decided to stop designing clothes and be a full time jewellery designer? I love making accessories and would like to expand this range -- at the moment, I am happy to move slowly and steadily. All my pieces are hand-made and production is difficult, so my creativity is constantly challenged on many levels. What is your design process like? What is a starting point for you? I always start with materials/textile design or manipulation -- I do not draw or sketch. We make