Interior Design Blog
Urban Picnic
August 27, 2010
Jenny Brewer, idfx
This bank holiday weekend furniture designer Gareth Neal will be taking over neglected spaces around East London, creating pop-up urban picnic sites for Londoners as part of the Vauxhall Collective's Great British Weekend initiative. With ping-pong, egg and spoon races, hula-hoops and a selection of specially made furniture in newly grassy spaces, the event promises a fun, summer fete atmosphere for city picnickers.
The temporary picnic sites will arrive at a mystery location this Saturday and then in Elys Yard at the Truman Brewery on Sunday, inviting visitors to enjoy the 'interactive and fantastical' spaces. Aiming to play on themes of traditional fares, with Neal's beautifully decorative furniture adding a contemporary craft twist. Produced in birch with intricately patterned veneers, Neal's pieces are typical of his eye for detail and intelligent use of form and surface aesthetics.
His work was chosen as part of the latest initiative from the Vauxhall Collective, one of the UK's largest arts bursary schemes, with a selection panel that boasts members from the Design Museum, Crafts Council, Tent and Origin.
28 August 11am - 7pm - mystery location
29 August 11am - 7pm - Elys Yard, Truman Brewery
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