Jesse Butterfield is a designer and researcher based in London whose practice investigates the entangled relationships between material cultures, places, and the systems that shape them. Positioned within an expanded field of design, his work considers the reciprocal influence between design and the world it inhabits: how materials, ecologies, and infrastructures co-produce meaning, value, and form. Engaging with hands-on-making as both method and inquiry, his projects often unfold through the dynamics of material behavior, embracing unpredictability as a site of knowledge. The outcomes range from objects to installations, films to texts—each emerging as a response to specific contexts and collaborations.