Film and Furniture

11/10/2025

🎲 The Ballad of a Small Player — Edward Berger’s dazzling dive into the glittering underbelly of Macau.

From the director of Conclave and All Quiet on the Western Front, Berger swaps Vatican corridors for casino halls in this sensory feast set in the world’s gambling capital - a city where mirrored walls, saturated neons and opulent hotel suites become a visual metaphor for risk, guilt and reinvention.

Production Designer Jonathan Houlding crafts a world that’s as seductive as it is suffocating: shimmering baccarat tables, velvet-drenched lounges and hall-of-mirrors interiors evoke Doyle’s (Colin Farrell) spiralling mind.

Shot by Berger’s long-time collaborator James Friend, the cinematography immerses us in Macau’s chiaroscuro — a world of fortunes won and lost under flickering light.

Also starring Fala Chen, Tilda Swinton, and Deanie Ip, this adaptation of Lawrence Osborne’s novel hits Netflix 29 October 2025, following a limited theatrical release mid-October.

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10/10/2025

How do you channel a Lumon set decorator?
In this clip from our latest Film and Furniture Podcast — Inside the Mysterious and Important Design of Severance — host Paula Benson talks with Season 2 set decorator David Schlesinger () about how Apple TV+’s Severance built its unnerving design language.

From the Warren Platner desk (the “design DNA” of the series) to Dieter Rams’ Braun stereo, Joe Colombo’s plastic futurism, and that uncanny Christmas tree duplication, Schlesinger reveals how every choice reinforced Lumon’s ideology — and the fragile lives of the “outies” beyond it.

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10/10/2025

Are you a Severance fan? Watch our latest Video Podcast - Inside the Mysterious and Important Design of Severance.

In this episode of The Film and Furniture Podcast, host Paula Benson sits down with Severance Season 2 set decorator David Schlesinger to explore the unnerving design language of Apple TV+’s hit series.

Fresh from the show’s Emmy win for production design, Schlesinger shares how the interiors of Lumon Industries—and the contrasting “outie” world—were meticulously crafted to be as mysterious and important as the story itself.

From the Warren Platner desk that became the “design DNA” of the series, to Dieter Rams’ Braun stereo, Joe Colombo’s plastic futurism, and the uncanny Christmas tree duplication, every detail reinforces Lumon’s ideology and the characters’ lives beyond it.

In this episode of The Podcast, host Paula Benson sits down with Severance Season 2 set decorator David Schlesinger to explore the unnervin...

05/10/2025

🎬 It’s World James Bond Day — 5 October, marking the world premiere of Dr No in 1962 and the birth of 007 on screen.

Sean Connery’s debut introduced cinema audiences to Ian Fleming’s secret agent, while Ken Adam redefined production design with sets that fused glamour, innovation and scale. Dr No gave us the stylised gun-barrel sequence, John Barry’s unforgettable theme, a rare glimpse into Bond’s London townhouse (only shown again in Live and Let Die and Spectre), and even a moving “travelator” in the decontamination scene.

Since then, Bond film sets have doubled as showcases for design classics:
– UP Chair & Ottoman by Gaetano Pesce (Diamonds Are Forever)
– G Plan 6250 Blofeld Chair (You Only Live Twice)
– Bodil Kjær Desk (From Russia With Love, You Only Live Twice, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service)
– Pantonova seating system by Verner Panton (The Spy Who Loved Me)
– Cantilever 291 Chair by Steen Ostergaard (The Spy Who Loved Me)

From futuristic lairs to modernist hideaways, Bond’s interiors are every bit as legendary as the man himself. 🕶️🍸

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03/10/2025

Cement your love of Severance with THE chair from Lumon HQ 🪑✨ If you’re looking for a true statement and conversation piece, this is it.

The Ni**od chair, designed by Marc Newson for Magis, makes multiple appearances in the series. It’s first spotted in the Visitation Room — the secret suite Milchick reveals to Dylan as an Outie Family Visitation perk — where its futuristic curves and generous Kvadrat upholstery add both comfort and unease. In this room the chairs were custom-dyed to match the carpet, so that nearly every surface dissolves into the same palette, collapsing depth and making occupants feel absorbed into Lumon itself.

They also return in the Break Room in purple, where, by Season 2, a new side of this space is revealed: more presentable, with a TV screen — almost akin to what a real-world break room might look like.

The Ni**od is a chair that belongs equally on a film set or in your living room.

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🎬 Read our latest 2-part FEATURE on the website, where we identify the furniture and lighting across this addictive TV series — created in partnership with our good friends at Holloways of Ludlow, who, like us, believe good design should be beautiful, functional and long-lasting.
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02/10/2025

The unmistakable silhouette of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Hill House Chair appears in the trailer for Julia Jackman’s 100 Nights of Hero — adapted from Isabel Greenberg’s graphic novel. Actors and Amir El-Masry are seated on these striking ladderback chairs, where design becomes as symbolic as the story itself.

Although designed in 1902 for Walter Blackie’s Hill House near Glasgow, the Hill House Chair is in many ways timeless — making it a fitting choice for a film set in a fantastical, out-of-history world of . Its soaring ladderback and slender, black-stained frame embody Mackintosh’s vision of furniture as an extension of architecture.

Mackintosh’s creations have been spotted on screen before — from American Psycho to Blade Runner — but here they underscore the film’s blend of myth, love and storytelling.

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01/10/2025

🚀 Thunderbirds Are Go – Competition time! 🚀

Were/are you a Thunderbirds or Space 1999 fan? Tracy Villa has always been our dream house – and now you have the chance to step into the world of Gerry & Sylvia Anderson at a very special event.

We’re giving away two tickets to the Private View of the brand-new exhibition. Head over to our Instagram at to enter https://www.instagram.com/p/DPRfsiajTgS/?igsh=MWV4bXBwMjZvNnV3aA==

Thunderbirds + Space: 1999 – A Celebration of Toys & Collectibles
📅 Private View: Thursday 9 October 2025
📍 Museum of Brands, London W11
💡 Can’t make the Private View? Don’t worry – the exhibition runs until February 2026.

29/09/2025

❄️ The Eagan family mansion in Severance exudes icy control. Inside: John Pomp’s Rift Table and chairs in thick hand-blown glass, Christophe Côme’s sculptural Triscota Cabinet, and that unforgettable AB Daniel & Son porcelain plate depicting restraint — a perfect metaphor for Lumon’s ideology.

And then there’s the folkloric Birthing Cabin: Cushman furniture, Carlo Scarpa chandeliers, and andirons shaped as Kier and his wife, merging domestic ritual with corporate myth.

🎬 Our latest article explores much more, including insights from Severance set decorator David Schlesinger on how design reveals wealth, power and belief in the outie world.

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28/09/2025

🪑 Devon and Ricken’s midcentury home in Severance is filled with treasures: Charlotte Perriand’s Consado Console, Hans Wegner’s CH07 Shell Chair, Isamu Noguchi’s Akari lamps and even Jens Quistgaard’s Dansk grinders in the kitchen. Every piece reflects warmth and individuality.

By contrast, Mark and Gemma’s house we see flashbacks of in Season 2 speaks of fragility and grief — bookshelves lined with Russian literature, piles left undone, and a Christmas tree that echoes Lumon’s Testing Floor.

🎬 Our latest article explores much more, including insights from Severance S2 set decorator David Schlesinger on how these pieces — and many others — tell the story of the outie world.

👉 Read Severance Part 2 now via link in bio — created in partnership with our good friends at , who, like us, believe good design should be beautiful, functional and long-lasting.

27/09/2025

Devon and Ricken’s eclectic mid-century haven in Severance is a warm counterpoint to Lumon’s cold corridors. Their Usonian home glows with design history including a George Nelson’s Cigar Lotus Floor Lamp and Poul Henningsen’s PH Table Lamp. Together they create light that feels human, eccentric, and alive — the very opposite of Lumon’s fluorescent control.

🎬 Our latest article explores much more, including insights from Severance set decorator David Schlesinger on how these pieces — and many others — tell the story of the outie world.

👉 Read Severance Part 2 now via link in bio — created in partnership with our good friends at , who, like us, believe good design should be beautiful, functional and long-lasting.
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26/09/2025

Wes Anderson and Jude Law in the lobby of The Grand Budapest Hotel — a snapshot of Anderson’s singular retro-inspired aesthetic. Every frame feels like a meticulously arranged postcard from another era: warm wood panelling, directional signage, earthy tones and those understated lounge chairs, all working together to create a space that is both nostalgic and entirely imagined.

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25/09/2025

Who wants a bubble throne? ✨
Glinda makes it look like the ultimate power seat.

In Wicked: For Good, she is obsessed by this part chariot, part throne – that keeps her literally above it all. It’s a dazzling symbol of her status in Oz, and it even inspires a brand-new song, “The Girl in the Bubble.”

Move over Eames Lounge Chair: this is the seat some design dreams are made of.

WICKED: FOR GOOD – OUT NOVEMBER 21

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