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Objects of Influence: props, brands and storytelli

Designers in Film No 4: George Nelson If a film n

Designers in Film No 4: George Nelson

If a film needs to suggest optimism, intelligence and the promise of modern living, George Nelson is your man.

Nelson shaped a way of living in his design.
As design director at Herman Miller, he helped define American modernism, bringing clarity, lightness and a sense that the future could be both rational and joyful.

The Action Office Desk (1964). Clean lines, walnut, chromed steel. Designed for a new way of working.
Seen with some modification in 2001: A Space Odyssey, it sits so beautifully within Stanley Kubrick’s vision of the future.

The Bubble Lamps (from 1952). Soft, glowing, almost weightless.
The Saucer Pendant appears in Torch Song, The Father, Goodnight Mommy and the TV series Limbo. Its cocoon-like form diffuses light evenly, creating atmosphere rather than drama.

Originally inspired by Swedish silk lamps, Nelson developed a process using a sprayed plastic coating first used by the U.S. military. The result is a shade that feels both industrial and delicate.

The Cigar Lotus Floor Lamp. Organic, sculptural, unmistakable.
Seen in Severance, where it sits comfortably within Devon and Ricken’s mid-century interior. It brings warmth to a world tinged with fear and suspicion.

What Nelson understood, is that modernism didn’t have to be austere. It could be humane. Light-filled and playful. And we love him for it.

And beyond these pieces, his wider catalogue threads through film and television. Clocks, benches, the Coconut Chair, the Marshmallow Sofa. All part of a visual language that continues to define what “modern” looks like.

👀 Spotted a George Nelson piece on screen? Share it. We’re fairly sure there are more hiding in plain sight.

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

WIN tickets to Set & Scene 2026 🎟️ Film and Furni

WIN tickets to Set & Scene 2026 🎟️

Film and Furniture is proud to be an official partner of Set & Scene 2026 - a new London event bringing together the people who design and build the worlds of film, theatre, live events and immersive experiences.

Founder and Editor Paula Benson will be moderating the session:
Objects of Influence: Props, Brands and Storytelling

To celebrate the partnership, Film and Furniture is giving away three pairs of tickets to attend @setandsceneshow 25 April at Central Saint Martins, London.

🎟️ Want to be there?
Head to the link in bio to enter
Giveaway closes Sat 18th April
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The Drama, up close Our favourite furniture and i

The Drama, up close

Our favourite furniture and interior moments from across The Drama.

From Charlie (Robert Pattinson) and Emma’s (Zendaya) Boston apartment to the film’s wider interiors.

In their apartment, mid-century pieces sit alongside vintage finds, creating a space that feels genuinely lived with.

Look out for:
Cesca dining chairs
The Snoopy lamp by Flos
Isamu Noguchi Akari light sculptures
The Marset Dipping Light
A vintage rattan chair
And table lamps… everywhere

Production design by Zosia Mackenzie

👀🛍️ Want the details? Head to FilmandFurniture.com to find and source the pieces (link in bio)

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

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