The 007 furniture and interior thread

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  • matt_umatt_u better known as Mr. Roark
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    A couple pieces from M's flat in CR:

    Barcelona Chair (Vintage) by Mies van der Rohe***

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    Barcelona Table by Mies van der Rohe

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    Aeron Chair by Hermann Miller

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    ***This iconic modernist piece was already used in a Bond film in YOLT as well.

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  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    I love this thread.
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    Thank you, @matt_u! I hadn't been able to figure out what kind of table that was, and I was unaware that the Knoll Barcelona series included one. :-)
    I love this thread.

    I hope this thread can be a nice little hangout for those of us interested in (Bond) interior!
  • matt_umatt_u better known as Mr. Roark
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    You're welcome @Torgeirtrap !
    The Louis Poulsen PH 4/3 table lamp, designed in 1967 by Danish architect Poul Henningsen, is M's desk lamp of choice in QoS:

    ... and the Interstuhl Silver Chair as well. M's choice is the mid height one.

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    Interstuhl provided furniture to SP as well, a white Interstuhl MOVYis3 16M0 Conference Chair is the one Madeleine is sitting on during the torture scene:

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    Yes! I'm sure I've seen that one with a taller height before somewhere, but I never thought that the mid height one could be an Interstuhl, because of the differences between the two.

    Didn't know that the chair Madeleine is sitting in is an Interstuhl either – thanks! It's cool that other brands than Omega, Aston Martin and Bollinger make repeat appearances.
  • edited August 2020 Posts: 17,819
    More chairs: The Vatne 807 chair and a special edition 4 seat sofa can be seen in Tiger Tanaka's office in YOLT. The chair and sofa was designed by Fredrik A. Kayser for the Norwegian furniture brand in 1965, and was exported to several countries – the most important being Denmark, USA and Japan. The company was owned by the Stokke group between 1989 and 2002, and after having closed down in 2009 due to the 2008 financial crisis, Vatne started producing furniture again in 2010 – the 807 series included.

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    I'm mesmerized by the light fixture (tower? skysrcaper?) in the second screenshot. How tall is it? Does it curve all the way to the stars and light outer space?
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    Revelator wrote: »
    I'm mesmerized by the light fixture (tower? skysrcaper?) in the second screenshot. How tall is it? Does it curve all the way to the stars and light outer space?

    Me too! I have to watch YOLT again, but I don't think we get a better view of the light fixture than that angle. Maybe it was something Ken Adam came up with?
  • edited September 2020 Posts: 17,819
    Via @vernerpantonofficial on Instagram:
    First photo: 1977 - Bond villain Karl Stromberg (Curt Jurgens) reclines on a Pantonova sofa in the „The Spy Who Loved Me“
    In 1971, Verner Panton designed the modular wire Pantonova seating system for Varna, the now-legendary Danish restaurant.
    The Pantonova seating system consists of three distinct modules: linear, concave and convex. The modules can be used on their own as sculptural elements, or freely combined and arranged into various organically shaped seating formations, such as a circle, a half-circle, a wave, or an S-shape. Today produced by @montanafurniture
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    Looks uncomfortable. Karl would've got his dorsal fin stuck between the bars.
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    QBranch wrote: »
    Looks uncomfortable. Karl would've got his dorsal fin stuck between the bars.

    That's what pillows are for!
  • ImpertinentGoonImpertinentGoon Everybody needs a hobby.
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    Bumping this to maybe get some more discussion and ids on this picture:
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    So the books have been identified as:
    Time's Arrow, by Martin Amis
    A Brilliant Darkness, by Joao Magueijo
    Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945, by Tony Judt

    The camera behind the books is apparently a digital Leica M9.

    The brown bottle should be Blackwell rum, although to me it looks different then their normal label. And it clearly isn't their Limited Edition 007 rum.

    I havent't seen anything on the desk, the lamp, the glassware and the bowl (?).


    Edit: I never understand how linking twitter works. Just to be clear, this is where I got the picture from: https://mobile.twitter.com/PhilNobileJr/status/1347224696840982528
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    Where's Torg when you need him?!

    @ImpertinentGoon Cheers for sharing a clearer photo. Red matchboxes in the martini glass - would rather see Swan Vestas there instead, but am assuming these are a Jamaican brand.

    There's always the possibility that some of these items are custom one-offs made for the film. Or at least, this is what I say when I fail to ID them...

    The whiskey bottle and passport are a bit of a headscratcher.
  • edited January 2021 Posts: 17,819
    Bumping this to maybe get some more discussion and ids on this picture:
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    So the books have been identified as:
    Time's Arrow, by Martin Amis
    A Brilliant Darkness, by Joao Magueijo
    Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945, by Tony Judt

    The camera behind the books is apparently a digital Leica M9.

    The brown bottle should be Blackwell rum, although to me it looks different then their normal label. And it clearly isn't their Limited Edition 007 rum.

    I havent't seen anything on the desk, the lamp, the glassware and the bowl (?).

    Great summary, @ImpertinentGoon! :-)
    The shape of the camera suggest that it might be a Leica, but searching images of the M9, and M10 afterwards, might it be the latter that is seen in the photo?
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    M10:
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    I do wonder what lamp that is. Looks familiar. As @QBranch points out though, there might be a few custom made (or maybe even rare vintage) items on display here too.
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    Also, I must add those book to my reading list. Could be interesting to read up on the same literature as Bond himself!
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    edited January 2021 Posts: 14,680
    That's it, Torg - the M10 Leica, without a doubt. You can tell by the white writing, winder and D-pad.
  • ImpertinentGoonImpertinentGoon Everybody needs a hobby.
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    Jup, does seem like it. Thank you for pulling the comparison. I didn't have the patience for that and just went with something I saw on Twitter.
    For a second, I thought it could be a Q2 as there have been rumours of a 007 special edition of that model for a while, but that one doesn't have the pattern on the case.
    Also it makes much more sense to go with the most current, top of the line model.
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    I thought of the Q2 as well, but as far as I can tell from the photo above, the backside of the camera looks a bit different to the Q2.

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    I see Leica released an update to the M10 recently, the M10-R. Filming for NTTD probably took place too long ago for the camera to be the M10-R though.
  • edited January 2021 Posts: 17,819
    A little find from QOS: The Platner Arm Chair, designed by Warren Platner in 1966, can be seen in the Hotel Perla De Las Dunas, towards the end of the film.

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    More information can be found here.
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    Haven't seen this mentioned elsewhere, but Verner Panton's Flowerpot lamp can be seen at Piz Gloria in OHMSS.

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    The Flowerpot lamps was created by Panton in 1968, and originally manufactured by Danish lighting manufacturer Louis Poulsen. Clearly inspired by the counterculture movement of the late 60's, verner-panton.com describes the lamps like this:
    In 1968 the students' revolts in Paris, Rome and the United States were overthrowing stiff, old values, and initiating the Flower-Power generation of peace, love and harmony. Same year, Stanley Kubrick pictured the future of the year 2001, featuring the Verner Panton Chair, and man was soon to set foot on the moon. In the world of design, a colourful, playful pendant hung in restaurants and exhibitions, and very soon, in everybody's homes. The Flowerpot with its two semi-circular spheres facing each other has long proved its lasting design quality and is just as much a synonym of our time, too.
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    The lamp (in all its variations) is today produced by &Tradition.
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    We should send a note asking Piz Gloria to incorporate those lamps into its underground villain's lair. If they say it was a set don't believe them, a supervillain is probably in residence.
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    Revelator wrote: »
    We should send a note asking Piz Gloria to incorporate those lamps into its underground villain's lair. If they say it was a set don't believe them, a supervillain is probably in residence.

    Haha, yes!

    I wonder if any of the furniture used in the film on location at Piz Gloria is actually still up there?
  • edited May 2022 Posts: 17,819
    Planning more updates to this thread soon, but until then I've made a few notes from my first viewing of NTTD last night, where a few instantly recognisable interior pieces got a bit of screen time.

    The Eames 'Hang-It-All' coat rack: It "could" just be a similar design, but what looks to be the Eames Hang-It All coat rack can be seen at the right hand side of the screen when Bond and Moneypenny enters Q’s flat. It looks to be the black with walnut hooks variant.

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    An AJ Table Lamp inspired lamp: As spotted and mentioned over at jamesbondlifestyle.com, a table lamp very similar to the AJ Table Lamp can be seen in Q’s flat. What separates this from the real one designed by Danish designer Arne Jacobsen is the base of the lamp, which is quite different. The AJ Table Lamp base is much thicker, and does not have that bend this table lamp has at the back. The AJ Table Lamp is one of my personal favourites, and I recently bought one for myself after having saved up for it for a looooong time.

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    Arne Jacobsen coffee Pot: As Nomi sits down while talking to Moneypenny at her office, we can see the Arne Jacobsen coffee Pot by Stelton, part of the Cylinda Line hollowware range from 1967.

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    Panthella Floor Lamp: It's placed all the way at the back, so it's difficult to be sure, but it looks like Madeleine has decorated the cabin with the Panthella Floor Lamp, designed by Verner Panton in 1971, and produced by Louis Poulsen.

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    The Falcon chair: The iconic Falcon Chair (also known as Falcon First or Falcon Phoenix depending if it's the version with buttons or seams in the back cushion) can be seen in the cabin at the start of NTTD. Designed by Sigurd Ressell in 1971, it was originally produced (and in 2017 relaunched) by Vatne Møbler, but is now made by Hjelle. The chair seen in the film looks to be the lowback, buttoned back cushion version with a wood frame. The Falcon Chair models from Hjelle are made with metal or steel frames.

    I really want to own one of these chairs one day, but as with any designer furniture, they're very expensive – unless you happen to find a used, vintage one for a good price.

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    The Hunter Chair: I'm not to familiar with this chair, so I might be wrong about the chair seen in the cabin at the start of the film, but it looks like there's a highback version of Torbjørn Afdal's Hunter Chair (the 1967 version) in the living room area, standing next to the Falcon Chair.

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    There's another chair from the cabin I'm trying to find more information about, but 've had no luck so far. It has a similar design to a few other vintage Norwegian chairs I've seen before, but it might be a more modern design.
  • ImpertinentGoonImpertinentGoon Everybody needs a hobby.
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    Superb! Thanks for reviving this thread.

    Remmert at JB Lifestyle seems to agree with you about the Eames Hang-it-All.
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    Superb! Thanks for reviving this thread.

    Remmert at JB Lifestyle seems to agree with you about the Eames Hang-it-All.

    Always meant to revive this thread, but it's been very difficult to find the time. Hope to post more stuff soon.

    Ah, nice! I had a look at the JB Lifestyle site to see what they had found from NTTD, but I didn't catch their post on the Hang-it-All. Thanks!
  • edited May 2022 Posts: 17,819
    Almost forgot about these two:

    This is just guesswork, but I wonder if the chair behind the desk in Madeleine's office in NTTD is an Eames office chair – perhaps the Eames aluminum Group Executive Chair? These chairs were first introduced in 1958, and are produced by Herman Miller.

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    There's also this one. I can't even be sure if it's indeed a chair, but it certainly looks like we're seeing what could be a chair with wooden slats in the bottom right corner of the screen when Bond's on the phone in the cabin. One series of chairs comes to mind looking at that shape, and that's the Scandia chairs, designed by Norwegian architect and designer Hans Brattrud. The first model of the collection, the Scandia Jr., was designed in 1957 and was first produced by Hove Møbler in 1960. Brattrud made more models the following years - all of which are still available, now produced by Fjordfiesta. Looking at number of slats and the height the chair might be, it's likely a Scandia Senior or Scandia Nett – if I'm correct in guessing that this is a chair, and indeed a Scandia chair.

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    Scandia Senior (here pictured with an optional headrest).

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  • ImpertinentGoonImpertinentGoon Everybody needs a hobby.
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    Because I am jealous of all the research and great things you post here, I will drop a link to an article in Architectural Digest about some of the NTTD sets that has some nice pictures from different angles than we see in the film and a few quotes by set decorator Véronique Melery. It seems like this hadn't been posted here yet:
    https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/inside-the-sets-of-the-new-james-bond-flick-no-time-to-die
  • edited May 2022 Posts: 17,819
    Because I am jealous of all the research and great things you post here, I will drop a link to an article in Architectural Digest about some of the NTTD sets that has some nice pictures from different angles than we see in the film and a few quotes by set decorator Véronique Melery. It seems like this hadn't been posted here yet:
    https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/inside-the-sets-of-the-new-james-bond-flick-no-time-to-die

    That was a really great read. Thanks for sharing @ImpertinentGoon! :) In particular I found the comments on Bond's Jamaica home interesting:
    “We wanted the house to feel very lived in, welcoming and devoid of any luxurious flourishes. We used a mix of traditional objects and furniture that come from different parts of the world. Bringing it all together was about creating a natural, tropical place, which was at the same time, very subdued and elegant.”

    Although I found the place to have some luxurious feel to it (it's Bond after all), it also did feel very much like a lived in place. The photos in the article are great; we clearly see the attention to detail in creating this place!

    I hadn't noticed it until looking at the photos in this article, but we clearly see a butterfly style chair in the background when Bond and Nomi enters his Jamaica home:

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    There are a lot of chairs like this the market. Also known as the BKF chair or Hardoy chair, it was originally designed in 1938 by architects Antonio Bonet, Juan Kurchan and Jorge Ferrari Hardoy. More information about the chair can be found in the Wikipedia article covering the chair.
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    I'm glad to see this thread return. Someone needs to make an Avant-Garde super-cut of the Bond series but with only furniture, no humans.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited May 2022 Posts: 18,343
    Revelator wrote: »
    I'm glad to see this thread return. Someone needs to make an Avant-Garde super-cut of the Bond series but with only furniture, no humans.

    I'd be all for that too. Your reference to it only featuring furniture and not humans brings to mind the following review of Octopussy and The Living Daylights by Anthony Burgess in The Listener:

    "Two stories which, in their fascinated poring on things - guns, techniques, foodstuffs - remind us that it is the mastery of the world things rather than people that gives Fleming his peculiar literary niche."

    I have to say I agree wholeheartedly with Burgess there, although I would add the coda that Fleming is also a masterful writer of the underwater world too, as Kingsley Amis pointed out. Fleming was indeed a masterfully descriptive writer and that's something I really miss in the work of other authors of genre fiction, such as Agatha Christie who focuses far more on plot and dialogue than descriptive passages. It's also largely missing in most of the work of the Bond continuation authors that followed Kingsley Amis. In fact I'd say the closest equivalence to Fleming is more with writers of literary fiction than the spy fiction genre generally throws up, some notable exceptions aside.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Great assessment there, @Dragonpol. You certainly know what you're talking about.

    As for this thread, I would've participated sooner but I thought it was a generic thread for everyday furniture, which I can't say I'm keenly interested in.
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