How these designers are redefining concrete | CBC On Design @CBCArts
How these designers are redefining concrete | CBC On Design  @CBCArts
Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Concrete is all around us, but we don’t think about it much. In this episode of CBC On Design, industrial designers Matt and Shawna Heide redefine the possibilities of concrete by making it into beautiful and colourful home goods.

CBC On Design explores how an industrial designer's idea evolves to become a product in your home; from idea, to concept, to creation we follow some of the most exciting innovators and manufacturers as they create functional art for the globe right here in Canada.

CBC On Design explores how an industrial designer's idea evolves to become a product in your home; from idea, to concept, to creation we follow some of the most exciting innovators and manufacturers as they create functional art for the globe here in Canada.

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