art deco Archives - Film and Furniture

Feature, Guest Blog: 20 Feb 2025

The Art Deco Nightmare of Batman (1989): How Gotham City Became a Character

When Tim Burton made Batman in 1989, he created a world—one that was impossible, dark and alone. Gotham City wasn’t just a location. It...

Feature: 06 Dec 2022

Bardo – designing a world that spans dreams and reality (with exclusive interview and previously unseen images)

Spending just shy of 3 hours in a cinema on a Saturday afternoon watching Bardo, False Chronicle of a...

Feature: 14 Oct 2022

Designing See How They Run, a film about a play about a whodunnit

In March 2020, London's theatres closed their doors due to lockdown. We all despaired. What use is a closed theatre? To a film crew, quite a lot of use...

Feature: 23 Feb 2021

The rich, deep decor of Lee Daniels’ Billie Holiday biopic

Andra Day is captivating and wholly believable as Billie Holiday in Lee Daniels’ new movie The United States vs. Billie Holiday and has already been recognised for her performance...

Feature: 23 Dec 2016

The Art-Deco-meets-Sci-Fi wall coverings in Passengers spaceship bar

In sci-fi space travel film Passengers starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt, the large spaceship houses a grand and luxurious art deco-style bar. Production designer Guy Hendrix Dyas wanted...

Feature, Guest Blog: 29 Sep 2016

How the Art Deco set design of The Great Gatsby embodies the essence of the 1920s (and win the movie!)

Art Deco furniture is experiencing a revival right now. In this guest feature, Hannah Russell - co-founder of online...