concreative

Matthew Touma was in Canada on a snowboarding trip when he started to look at concrete in an entirely new way

WORDS LAURA BARRY

An unlikely series of events led chef Matthew Touma to explore concrete as a design medium – and career. On a break from a 15-year work stint, he was in Canada snowboarding when he discovered the creative possibilities of the building material. “I was staying with a friend who had recently made a concrete benchtop for his kitchen, and every day after snowboarding we would sit at his bench, having a meal and talking into the evening. I loved to sit there,” he says. “The look and feel of it made me feel so grounded.” Back in Australia in 2009, Matt rented a small garage around the corner from his apartment and began researching concrete, teaching himself how to pour and polish it, and how to make formwork (the timber…

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Inside Out (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2021

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