pattern Archives - Film and Furniture https://filmandfurniture.com/tag/pattern/ For design geeks, film nerds and furniture fans Fri, 01 Mar 2024 19:31:22 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Checkmate! The story behind Kubrick’s carpet in The Shining revealed https://filmandfurniture.com/2017/11/kubricks-carpet-in-the-shining/ https://filmandfurniture.com/2017/11/kubricks-carpet-in-the-shining/#comments Fri, 24 Nov 2017 17:35:56 +0000 http://filmandfurniture.com/?p=9317 Updated 30.5.18 Film and Furniture regulars will know one of the original inspirations for this very website was the hexagonal patterned carpet in The Shining‘s Overlook Hotel. The carpet in The Hotel’s corridor features prominently in several key scenes of Kubrick‘s 1980 film, including young Danny’s first unnerving encounter with room 237 as he investigates on his tricycle. The carpet’s dynamic orange, brown and red colour way and mesmerizing graphic pattern leap out at us from the screen, so it’s no surprise that it has become the most iconic carpet to ever feature in film. We reveal who designed this … Continued

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]]> https://filmandfurniture.com/2017/11/kubricks-carpet-in-the-shining/feed/ 18 The Power of Pattern: The carpet in The Shining / a chat with Patternity https://filmandfurniture.com/2015/09/the-power-of-pattern-the-carpet-in-the-shining-a-chat-with-patternity/ https://filmandfurniture.com/2015/09/the-power-of-pattern-the-carpet-in-the-shining-a-chat-with-patternity/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2015 11:36:35 +0000 http://www.filmandfurniture.com/?p=3246 I’m fascinated by pattern. As a matter of fact, the inspiration behind Film and Furniture was the famous patterned carpet in the corridor of the Overlook Hotel in Kubrick’s The Shining. I started to investigate if the carpet was still in production and was led down a rabbit hole of conjecture and conspiracy  (more on that below). I began to realise that there’s a whole world out there as interested in furniture, carpets and homeware in films as I am. A penchant for pattern also led me to discover Patternity – “The Global Destination for Pattern”. Last week I dropped in … Continued

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