• Pull up to the Bumper: Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair turns 10!

    7 June 2013

    Celebrating its first decade, the Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair graces Brick Lane this weekend – for one day only, it allows ‘anyone with a few quid in their pocket’ to buy some of the edgiest British art for a song.

  • 20:20 with Sir Terry Farrell – a special Blueprint event

    7 June 2013

    Blueprint with Farrells are very pleased to present the inaugural Blueprint 20:20 seminar on 27 June 2013.

  • Barbara Hepworth | Graphic Works

    4 June 2013

    Barbara Hepworth is celebrated first and foremost as a sculptor – but lesser known are her graphic works. The Hepworth Gallery now holds the entire collection of her extensive works in print, using lithographic and screenprinting techniques.

  • Ai Weiwei at the 2013 Venice Biennale

    4 June 2013

    Ai Weiwei continues to hold the world’s attention as he exhibits at the 55th Venice Biennale. Opened by none other than the artist’s own mother on May 28th, Weiwei’s installations at Venice will constitute his ‘only major new solo show in 2013’.

  • LFA: Atlas of the Unbuilt World

    4 June 2013

    As the London Festival of Architecture launches a month-long season celebrating the built environment, the ‘ATLAS OF THE UNBUILT WORLD’ illustrates perfectly its global and speculative outlook. With many other events developed with nations from around the world this one brings all together; however, the unifying factor of currently unbuilt status is shared by all projects, drawn from 40 countries.

  • 'Endless Process’ | Dirk Van Der Kooij + Video

    4 June 2013

    The 3D printing furore has arguably peaked and as with anything, the hyperbole tends to give way to a more meaningful wake. The initial wave of excitement having passed, the application of technology can be seen in a way that is perhaps less spectacular, but more insightful as we begin to see its impact on day-to-day life.

  • £2,000 Blueprint for the Future 3D printing competition

    3 June 2013

    Blueprint magazine has joined forces with Additive Earth Systems and the Bartlett School of Architecture to launch an architecture and design competition using existing – and future – 3D printing technology. The best five pieces of work in each category will be printed and displayed at Design Junction during London Design Week in September and there is a £1,000 cash prize on offer for the best creation in each category.

  • #BPFinalPush: Blueprint Student Competition

    22 May 2013

    It’s that time of year when design students are rushing to mount degree shows, and completing their all important final projects, the magnum opus of their academic careers. If you’re a final year architecture, design or art student working towards D-Day, this one is for you.

  • What future for creative education?

    15 May 2013

    There is a storm brewing on the subject of design, art and architectural education. Earlier this year, a number of creative industry and cultural bodies claimed a victory as the government abandoned plans to push art and design in secondary education further into the margins than it already is . But just two months after that announcement, the curriculum has been criticised over its claims to prioritise ‘life skills’ over art and design disciplines.

  • Govine Tendencies: Jeremy Till on GOV.UK’s Design of the Year

    22 April 2013

    I was pretty depressed on the night of Wednesday 17th April 2013. I was sat by myself overlooking the beautiful but bleak Norfolk marshes with a sense of foreboding about what the BBC would bring me, the day after the day of Thatcher's funeral. And then my twitter feed flickered in to life.