Does ‘the Word created’ involve merely matter or design?

This text is from a transcript of a talk by David Gooding, entitled ‘The Creator and the Creation Stories’ (2001).

It involves both things: he created the stuff, and then he created the design. It’s a thing to be remembered that, when God made man, he made him of pre-existent material, didn’t he? Man was formed of the dust of the ground, and then God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life (Gen 2:7). But that dust of the ground evidently existed before Adam existed, so where did the dust come from? From the scientific point of view, that is a very interesting question. Where did all the heavy elements necessary for human life, that are not normally producible on this planet, come from? Anyway, my short answer to this question is that God created both: he made the matter, and then he designed it. Both things are true.