Notas del episodio
Australian interior designer James Kintore — founder of Kintore Design and co-creator of the furniture brand Mat and Kin — joins Share Your Bitcoin Journey for a conversation about materiality, the time chain, and what it means to design for things that last.
Known for uncompromising craft on the New South Wales coast, James builds small-batch walnut and cast-bronze pieces made to outlast the buyer. His Woollahra Residence was published in The Local Project and Artedomus. In this episode he shares how the same logic that drives his materials led him to Bitcoin, why he calls Bitcoin "an energy agreement," and what made him leave Australia in 2025 to rebuild on a Bitcoin standard in Costa Rica.
IN THIS EPISODE:
• Growing up rural in South Australia — space, craft, and early design instinct
• Building Kintore Design and Mat and Kin
• The 250-year-old French oak and materiality as a time chain
• The 2020 awakening when the money printer fired
• "Bitcoin is an energy agreement"
• High-net-worth clients, the Australian dollar, and real estate
• Banking friction, CGT pressure, and going where you're treated best
• Why AI raises the value of real human creation
• Sydney to Costa Rica — Bull Bitcoin, Simpay, Bitcoin Jungle in Uvita
• Advice for young Australian designers and makers
• What a BFTA micro-grant would unlock: finishing his book
ABOUT JAMES KINTORE:
Australian interior designer and furniture maker. Founder of Kintore Design. Co-creator of Mat and Kin. Now building life and work on a Bitcoin standard in Costa Rica.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kintoredesign
Watch the video: https://youtu.be/TjghYaEnCIM
Bitcoin for the Arts is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit empowering artists with Bitcoin micro-grants, workshops, and education.
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