Ronan Bouroullec says he has been drawing since his childhood in Brittany. ‘I grew up in the countryside, far from my friends. My brother was much younger. We had no TV. I played football alone, against a wall. Drawing became a necessity, it filled the void.’ He still feels the need to draw every day, and keeps a personal studio – a large, light-filled apartment in Paris’ 9th arrondissement – for that purpose.
On the day I visit, many years’ worth of drawings are spread out over the floor, being narrowed down to a
