Science Week - Jane Ni Dhulchaointigh

The Story of Sugru

In her lecture, Jane will tell the story of Sugru - bringing it from an idea to reality - through a long and winding road of creativity, science, collaboration, experimentation and learning.

About Jane Ni Dhulchaointigh

Jane Ni Dhulchaointigh is the creator of a new silicone material product called Sugru that is getting DIYers and makers all over the world absurdly excited. She is an artist, inventor, avid DIYer, hater of waste and believer in creativity. Jane's ambition was to create something that everyone could use to fix or adapt mass produced products to make them work better for them.  After 7 years of R&D, Sugru is now produced and mailed to the world by a small team of product designers and scientists based in East London. Sugru was recently named has been selected for 'Design of the Year 2010' by the London Design Museum.  

Before inventing Sugru (in a long and interesting process from 2003 - 2009) Jane studied product design at the Royal College of Art in London, and sculpture at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin.