This symposium, supported by the Victoria and Albert Museum, was held to celebrate and disseminate the findings of the EU funded project, Preservation of Plastic ARTefacts (PopART). It brought together academics, artists, designers, manufacturers, conservators and curators to discuss the impact of plastics on art and design and their future potential in our lives. A thread running through the papers and discussion was eco design and sustainable use of plastics. Nora Fok is an artist who has found inspiration in plastics. She works with nylon monofilaments to make intricate and complex wearable sculptures inspired by a variety of natural forms. Originally from Hong-Kong, she came to Britain to study ‘Wood, Metal, Ceramics and Plastics’ at Brighton Polytechnic. Her work is in a number of national collections including the Crafts Council, the National Museums of Scotland and the V&A. She talked about her practice under the title Cloud Nylon.