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Designers in Film No 3: Marc Newson If a film nee

Designers in Film No 3: Marc Newson

If a film needs to suggest the future, it often turns to Marc Newson. Interestingly, Newson was fascinated from an early age with film sets such as those in Bond by the great Ken Adam, and Stanley Kubrick Dr. Strangelove and 2001: A Space Odyssey.

The sculptural Gluon Chair (1993) and accompanying footstool made its way on to the sets of Prometheus (production design by Arthur Max). It suggests a future that has learned how to live with itself. It was conceived as a modular chair and footstool pair, that could be joined together to form longer sofas or benches.

The Orgone Chair is another Newson form that also appears in Prometheus. it continues a similar language of seamless surfaces and rounded volume. Objects that feel almost aerodynamic, even at rest.

The Nimrod Chair (2002) for Magis is made from blow-moulded polyethylene, and generous upholstery - a silhouette that refuses to be ignored - as seen in Severance, where it introduces a note of retro-futurist optimism into Lumon’s unsettling world.

Newson’s work often plays this role on screen: Futuristic, but slightly off-key.

The Wood Chair takes a different direction: Steam-bent timber forming a continuous, looping structure, as seen in Passengers, where its organic form contrasts with the engineered perfection of the spacecraft interiors.

What ties all of this together is Newson’s instinct to push materials beyond expectation.

👀 Where have you spotted Marc Newson’s designs on screen?

🛍️ Find furniture from film in our marketplace at FilmandFurniture.com — we do the sourcing so you don’t have to.

💔 Our favourite interior moments in The Drama @a2

💔 Our favourite interior moments in The Drama

@a24's The Drama directed by Kristoffer Borgli (@kristogger) follows the relationship of Charlie (Robert Pattinson) and Emma (Zendaya), which begins to unravel after a confession during a dinner party.

The film is staged largely within their shared Boston apartment. A late Victorian space with high ceilings, large windows and a spiral staircase. Crucially, it’s a real apartment rather than a constructed set, which gives the interiors a natural, lived-in quality. We find mid-century modern design mixed with vintage pieces. Nothing feels overly dressed but succeeds in oozing atmosphere.

Among our favourites:
– The Marset Dipping Light, with its softly graduated glass sphere (pic 2)
– Orange Snoopy lamp (pic 3)
– A padded vintage rattan chair (pic 5)
– Cesca chairs around the dining table (pic 6/7/8)
– Two large Noguchi pendant lights spanning the dining and living areas (pic 8)
– Emma’s bedside lamp: the Matin pleated table lamp (pic 9)
– Charlie’s bedside lamp: the Akari 2A by Isamu Noguchi (pic 10)
– Blue tweed Knoll sofa
– Charles Pollock chairs

👀🛍️ Find these exact pieces, and where to source them for your own home, at FilmandFurniture.com (🔗 LINK IN BIO)

Books line the shelves in abundance, reflecting Emma’s role as a literary editor, and artwork plays a central role too. Pieces including Peony II by Sara Cwynar, Photocell by Erik Saether, and Shambolic Figure by Tristan Unrau reflect Charlie’s world as a museum curator. Several scenes were also filmed at the Addison Gallery of American Art.

Production design by Zosia Mackenzie @clubzed
Set Decoration by Vanessa Knoll, Kimberly Murphy
@thedrama is in cinemas now.

#filmandfurniture #thedrama #A24 #furniture #lighting #filmdesign #productiondesign #interiordesign #robertpattinson #zendaya

We all love an Eames Lounge Chair. But it’s also a

We all love an Eames Lounge Chair.
But it’s also a chair that keeps returning to the screen.

@filmandfurniture's Paula Benson was invited by @wsj (The Wall Street Journal) to discuss the Eames Lounge Chair - why it continues to signal taste and status, and why filmmakers return to it time and again, for their 'Coveted' video series.

From mid-century modern interiors to contemporary settings, it’s rarely just a place to sit. It’s a shorthand for character.

Few designs carry meaning this consistently across decades of film and television.

Filmed at the Herman Miller factory in Los Angeles and at our partner @hollowaysofludlow ’s beautifully curated Bath showroom.

🎬 Watch the full video on YouTube (link in bio — Film and Furniture in the Press)
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#filmandfurniture #EamesLoungeChair #CharlesAndRayEames #FilmDesign #ProductionDesign #SetDecoration #film #movies #cinema #filmset #setdesign #furniture #furnituredesign #interiordesign #design #designinspiration

Easter Weekend Giveaway! 🐣 To celebrate Film and

Easter Weekend Giveaway! 🐣

To celebrate Film and Furniture’s contribution to The Wall Street Journal’s Coveted short film on the Eames Lounge Chair, we’re giving away a design-led prize for film and furniture lovers.

WIN
Eames Starburst Playing Cards
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An iconic furniture postcard set featuring chairs that have appeared on screen

🎬 Enter now: LINK IN BIO

🎬 Watch the WSJ feature that inspired it all (link in bio)

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Hope you’re enjoying your Easter eggs… but what ab

Hope you’re enjoying your Easter eggs… but what about the ones hidden in films? 👀

In cinema, Easter eggs are those clever, often playful details tucked into the frame. And when they appear through furniture, décor and set design, they become something far more interesting. Not just a nod, but a direct quotation. Films referencing films through the objects and spaces we see on screen.

Take Toy Story, where Sid’s carpet unmistakably lifts the Hicks Hexagon pattern from The Shining, bringing a sense of unease into a child’s bedroom.

Or Ready Player One, which goes even further, meticulously recreating the Overlook Hotel in full.

Then there’s Barbie, weaving in visual nods to 2001: A Space Odyssey and Psycho.

The Simpsons recreates the Korova Milk Bar from A Clockwork Orange

High Anxiety parodies Vertigo through its sets

WALL·E gives us a HAL-like red eye.

Even a carved wall in Raiders of the Lost Ark hides R2-D2 and C-3PO from Star Wars

Once you start spotting them, you realise... film design is constantly in conversation with itself.

Happy Easter egg hunting - And if that Hicks Hexagon Overlook carpet has caught your eye, you can shop our officially licensed The Shining rugs and carpets via the link in bio.

#filmandfurniture #StanleyKubrick #GretaGerwig #StevenSpielberg #FilmDesign #ProductionDesign #SetDecoration #film #movies #cinema #theshining #theshiningcarpet

Designers in Film No 2: Dieter Rams If a film or T

Designers in Film No 2: Dieter Rams
If a film or TV series needs to suggest precision, minimalism, order or design authority, it often turns to Dieter Rams.

Long before minimalism became a global aesthetic, Rams had already defined it. “Less, but better.” Not as a slogan, but as a discipline. Film and television return to his work when they need clarity and restraint.

The 620 Chair Programme (1962). Modular, adaptable, intelligent.
Appearing in Severance, it reflects Rams’ belief that design should evolve with use.

The Braun L46 wall-mounted speaker. Seen in Alex’s bedroom in A Clockwork Orange. Designed to integrate seamlessly into the Vitsoe Universal Shelving System.
Alex creates chaos around him, yet his bedroom is where he asserts control through objects.

The Braun wall-mounted stereo system (1960s). Amplifier, reel-to-reel, record player and speakers, all composed into a single architectural unit. A complete environment for sound.
Seen in Severance, where its calm logic mirrors Lumon’s controlled world.

The FS 80 television (1964). Minimal, precise, almost anonymous. Plastic, glass, powder-coated steel.
Also in Severance, where its restraint becomes part of the visual language.

Rams stripped objects back to their essence. The result is design that feels timeless.

🎥 If you want to understand the man behind the philosophy, the documentary Rams is essential viewing.

👀 Where else have you spotted Dieter Rams’ designs on screen?

🛍️ Find furniture from film in our marketplace at FilmandFurniture.com — we do the sourcing so you don’t have to.

#filmandfurniture #DieterRams #Severance #AClockworkOrange #FilmDesign #ProductionDesign #SetDecoration #film #movies #cinema #filmset #setdesign #furniture #furnituredesign #interiordesign #design #designinspiration #architecture #movieprops #behindthescenes

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