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USModernist Radio chats with Film and Furniture’s Paula Benson

The latest podcast from USModernist Radio features discussions between Host and Executive Producer George Smart and three film industry professionals with connections to architecture: Film and Furniture's very own...

Glamour and Modernity in 1930s Italian film set design

The catalogue Rationalism on Set: Glamour and Modernity in 1930s Italian Cinema explores a little-known period of Italian cinematic history, highlighting the strong Modernist influence apparent in the set designs created...

The chair in Alien Covenant: 2017’s most significant furniture piece in a movie?

What's the significance of the Carlo Bugatti chair in Alien Covenant? Alien: Covenant is a bloody horror with enough aliens, spaceships and gore to be...

Batman’s taste in modernist furniture revealed in Batman v Superman: Part 2

Part 2 of this article on Bruce Wayne's house in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice details the exact pieces of furniture we spotted...

Midcentury East furniture show / Seating the stars (part 1)

Midcentury East was a delight yesterday! The newer East London version of the much-loved Modern Shows takes place twice a year at the Goldfinger designed Haggerston School in London...

God is in the details – ‘Barcelona chair’ in Tron: Legacy.

Sexy as hell, an icon of the modern movement and one of my personal favourite pieces - the Knoll Barcelona chair designed by Mies...

Modernist glass house in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

The glass house from the cult 1986 movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off has been sold for $1.06m (£632,000). The Rose House in Illinois, near Chicago was designed by architect, museum...

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