Big Design Adventure

Tim drags a reluctant Kevin to the Wrexham, the Welsh town that shot to fame when actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bought their struggling football team in 2020. How has it really changed? They gave themselves 24 hours to find out. 

Wrexham, a historic market town in North Wales, was once best known for brewing and coal mining, with its football club, Wrexham AFC, quietly toiling away in the lower leagues since 1864. That changed in 2020 when Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bought the club, sparking a global wave of attention. Their ownership and the hit documentary Welcome to Wrexham, turned the town into a cultural
phenomenon and gave its proud community football team a place on the world stage.

Photos of Tim and Kev in action at Wrexham can be found on their Instagram page - @big_design_adventure 

If you want to visit Wayne at the Turf - https://the-turf.co.uk

You can also follow Wayne and the pub on Instagram @turfwxm

And be sure to follow Tim Ross (@modernister) and Kevin McCloud (@kevin.mccloud1)

We’d love to hear from you, reach out to us on [email protected] 

Know someone who would love this podcast? Please help us share this exciting new adventure. 

 

Big Design Adventure is proudly sponsored by Space Furniture (@spacefurniture), the Australian Institute of Architects (@institute_architects_aus) and is produced with the support of the Alastair Swayn Foundation (@alastairswaynfoundation) in Australia, Royal Institute of British Architects (@RIBA) in the UK and New Zealand Institute of Architects (@nziarchitects) in New Zealand. 

 

Hosts: Tim Ross and Kevin McCloud

Guests: Wayne from The Turf

Big Design Adventure is produced by Modernister Films on Wallumedegal land, Australia. 

Executive Producer: Shelley Kemp 

Audio Production: Madeline Joannou – Mylk Media 

Video Production: Ned Williams

Music: Kit Warhurst (@kitwarhurst) 

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Tim and Kev delve into the weird world of science fiction string puppets from the many iconic TV series produced by Gerry Anderson.  From Thunderbirds to Space 1999, Stingray, Captain Scarlet and not forgetting UFO. Stand by for Supermarionation.

For behind the scenes stories of Anderson’s work and how the puppets never could walk properly, visit the brilliant YouTube collection of Century 21 films here:
www.century21films.co.uk

Here’s an explanation of the Ondes Martenot, the early keyboard synthesiser, used by Oliver Messiaen, Daft Punk and Radiohead - but also by Barry Gray to evoke the menace of the Mysterons in Captain Scarlet:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ondes_Martenot

You can hear almost all of Barry’s oeuvre on this Spotify link
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Im4Wqd4Fd89BE61r7R7ED?si=JODPO6hRTBO5BC
D2Z-arjg&pi=jIXIC8EpQ2eyT

And if you’re a devoted nerd, listen to the Gerry Anderson Podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-gerry-anderson-podcast/id1396254711

As a treat you can watch the 90 minute full-length feature film Thunderbirds are Go!
here: https://youtu.be/uNx7AR_j31Q?si=k5DVY-lvf7fvhJD_
The opening sequence of airport architecture and aircraft is inspirational. The Martian Exploration Centre interior is magnificently 1960s. The Swinging Star sequence with Cliff Richard and the Shadows (as puppets) is hilarious.

 

To view images from this episode, head to our Instagram page - @big_design_adventure 

And be sure to follow Tim Ross (@modernister) and Kevin McCloud (@kevin.mccloud1)

We’d love to hear from you, reach out to us on [email protected] 

 

Know someone who would love this podcast? Please help us share this exciting new adventure. 

 

Big Design Adventure is proudly sponsored by Space Furniture (@spacefurniture), the Australian Institute of Architects (@institute_architects_aus) and is produced with the support of the Alastair Swayn Foundation (@alastairswaynfoundation) in Australia, Royal Institute of British Architects (@RIBA) in the UK and New Zealand Institute of Architects (@nziarchitects) in New Zealand. 

 

Hosts: Tim Ross and Kevin McCloud
Big Design Adventure is produced by Modernister Films on Wallumedegal land, Australia.
Executive Producer: Shelley Kemp
Audio Production: Madeline Joannou – Mylk Media
Music: Kit Warhurst (@kitwarhurst) 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tim and Kev head to London to explore a radical 1960s housing development where prospective residents must pass an interview before moving in. But will they make the cut?

 

Winscombe Street consists of five terrace houses in Camden, London, England, designed by the architect Neave Brown for himself and a collective of four other families in the mid 1960s. 

 

For more details and original images from Winscombe, visit - https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/neave-browns-skilfully-composed-winscombe-terrace-listed 

 

And https://www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/blog/anatomy-of-a-house-no16-winscombe-street 

 

Or check out this book on Neave Brown’s work https://bookshopbyuro.com/products/part-of-a-city-the-work-of-neave-brown-architect 

 

There’s a great film by RIBA about his work on YouTube here

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VZYiM9HBH0w

 

To view images from this episode, head to our Instagram page - @big_design_adventure 

And be sure to follow Tim Ross (@modernister) and Kevin McCloud (@kevin.mccloud1)

We’d love to hear from you, reach out to us on [email protected] 

 

Know someone who would love this podcast? Please help us share this exciting new adventure. 

 

Big Design Adventure is proudly sponsored by Space Furniture (@spacefurniture), the Australian Institute of Architects (@institute_architects_aus) and is produced with the support of the Alastair Swayn Foundation (@alastairswaynfoundation) in Australia, Royal Institute of British Architects (@RIBA) in the UK and New Zealand Institute of Architects (@nziarchitects) in New Zealand. 

 

Hosts: Tim Ross and Kevin McCloud
Guests: Jo McCafferty and Declan McCafferty
Big Design Adventure is produced by Modernister Films on Wallumedegal land, Australia.
Executive Producer: Shelley Kemp
Audio Production: Madeline Joannou – Mylk Media
Music: Kit Warhurst (@kitwarhurst) 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To kick off the big design adventure, Kevin heads to the Sydney suburbs to visit Tim in
his 1950s modernist home. Plonking themselves at the table, they launch into a wide-
ranging conversation covering the trials and tribulations of kitchen renovations, the folly
of our before-and-after culture, and just how much Tim tidied up the house for Kev.

To view images from this episode, head to our Instagram page @big_design_adventure
And be sure to follow Tim Ross (@modernister) and Kevin McCloud (@kevin.mccloud1)

We’d love to hear from you, reach out to us on [email protected]

Know someone who would love this podcast? Please help us share this exciting new
adventure.

 

Big Design Adventure is proudly sponsored by Space Furniture (@spacefurniture), the Australian Institute of Architects (@institute_architects_aus) and is produced with the support of the Alastair Swayn Foundation (@alastairswaynfoundation) in Australia, Royal Institute of British Architects (@RIBA) in the UK and New Zealand Institute of Architects (@nziarchitects) in New Zealand. 

 

Hosts: Tim Ross and Kevin McCloud
Big Design Adventure is produced by Modernister Films on Wallumedegal land,
Australia.
Executive Producer: Shelley Kemp
Audio Production: Madeline Joannou – Mylk Media
Music: Kit Warhurst (@kitwarhurst)

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.