production design

Futuristic cutlery fit for a Space Odyssey

(Updated 24 May 2018) Kubrick’s sci-fi masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) gave us a glimpse of what the future might look like. So visionary and well researched was the production design, film set design...

2015 Oscar nominations for Production Design

Congratulations to all the hugely talented nominees of Best Production Design in the Oscars. Not forgetting of course, all those visionaries - from set decorators to set builders and the entire art department -...

Maps in the movies – the Paris Connection

Film and Furniture are proud to present a guest feature by map and cinema expert Roland-Francois Lack (founder of The Cine-tourist website and teacher of French and Film at University College London) plus wise...

A fitting new home for the factory work bench in Les Miserables

Anne Hathaway as the luckless seamstresses Fantine in Les Miserables (2012) confronts her fellow factory workers in a scene in Les Miserables which triggers her ultimate downfall. The scene...

Set for Adventure: Guest feature on spy film set design by SpyVibe

Set For Adventure looks at conventions and styles in film set design of the Mystery/Adventure film genre and is one of SpyVibe's most popular features. SpyVibe founder Jason Whiton...

The 1960s Man from UNCLE: The definitive guide to furniture and decor in the original movie sets. Part 2 The Spy With My Face

Part 2 of this 5 part series looks at the film sets, furniture, interiors...

The 1960s Man from UNCLE: The definitive guide to furniture and decor in the original film sets. Part 1.

Part 1 of a 5 part series. The forthcoming and much discussed remake of The Man from U.N.C.L.E (2015) directed...

Minion Yellow: Pantone’s first colour to be influenced by a movie

The Pantone Color Institute have launched a new colour: Minion Yellow - the first hollywood-influenced official colour created in honour of the cheeky characters in Universal Pictures and Illumination...

Almodovar’s Volver: Red is the colour for danger, passion, love and death.

Fiona Cole shares her love for colour in the art direction and set design of Almodovar's Volver - plus a competition to WIN a stunning...