Interview: Rupert Blanchard on Crane.tv

London Designer and maker Rupert Blanchard creates bespoke furniture from discarded drawers, secondhand pieces and scrap material, but is adamant that his work should not be considered part of the upcycling trend. In 2011 Blanchard won ‘Best Product Design’ at The British Design Awards, and during London Design Festival he opened up his East London studio as part of the Shoreditch Design Triangle. Blanchard takes Crane.tv on a day out to visit some of his favourite local haunts around London’s Brick Lane and Bethnal Green including a welder, a junkshop and a scrapyard and let’s us know why sneaking out of the house as a teenager inspired his future career.

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Posted on 16 October 2012

Mario Schifano 1960-1967, Luxembourg & Dayan

One of Italy’s most significant post-war painters, Mario Schifano considered painting as an intrinsically human art form capable of capturing the lifeblood of contemporary culture.

Last Chance to See: Marcel Odenbach’s Probeliegen, Freud Museum, London.

Rupert Blanchard creates bespoke furniture from discarded drawers, secondhand pieces and scrap material, but is adamant that his work should not be considered part of the upcycling trend.

Mythopoeia, Group Show, Tiwani Contemporary London

The Tiwani Contemporary, London, draws inspiration from the age-old role of storytelling and gathers together four international artists for its latest group exhibition, entitled Mythopoeia.