Film and Furniture

The mid-century architecture and furniture of Don’t Worry Darling

Olivia Wilde’s new movie Don’t Worry Darling has been attracting attention not only for its high profile cast (including Harry Styles, Florence Pugh and Chris Pine) but also because...

The photo of Marilyn Monroe  on a brown sofa which Armas reenacts for ‘Blonde’

One of the lead publicity shots for the movie Blonde features actress Ana de Armas reenacting a famous photograph of Marilyn Monroe sitting on...

The colour code: Movie palettes in print

Colour has a big part to play in film. It sets the tone and mood, conveys emotion and effects us on a psychological level. Movie palettes aid storytelling to enhance the narrative or define...

The art and design of a A Clockwork Orange – a podcast

Film and Furniture founder Paula Benson joins the stellar line up of previous guests in Kubrick's Universe: The Stanley Kubrick Podcast where she discusses the 'The Art and Design...

Thomas’s super-cool photographic studio in Blow-Up

Michelangelo Antonioni's Blow-Up is as much about the lifestyle of a photographer living and working in sixties swinging London, as it is about a mysterious murder. The 1966 film...

House of Gucci furniture: Maurizio’s Italian desk table could be yours!

The sculptural table ‘House of Gucci desk’ which features in Maurizio Gucci's office in House of Gucci was chosen by Director Ridley Scott and...

Recreating the Overlook Hotel – a set decorator’s journey

The secluded Overlook Hotel in Kubrick's The Shining is the embodiment of fear and fascination, and has etched itself into the brain of many a film fan. Following our...

2001 film set in miniature by students of the National Film and Television School

Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece 2001 A Space Odyssey continues to fascinate over five decades after its release. It's been pored over, scrutinised and replicated in...

Film Awards 2022 Part 2: The production design and set decoration categories of the Oscars and BAFTAs

We love to shine a spotlight on the production design, art direction and set decoration of the movies, which...