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Peter Saville, Nick Knight, Mariacarla Boscono, Gideon Ponte, Francesca Burns and Alana Zimmer

Soft Furnishings

As backdrop to an editorial story for July 2009 Wallpaper* magazine, Peter Saville's febrile imagination constructs an imaginary 'Erotic House' of Pop perversity, sexualising an entire post-modern environment and fetishising furniture, fashion and flesh alike.

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  • The Making of Soft Furnishings
  • Editorial Gallery
  • Interviews and Analysis
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  • Highlight Films
    Filmed live on set, these shoot highlights capture every ensemble, interior and sexual scenario staged inside Peter Saville's 'Erotic House'
  • The Making of Soft Furnishings
    This three-minute 'Making Of' film examines all the action behind the scenes of Peter Saville and Nick Knight's truly unique 'Erotic House'
  • Editorial Gallery
    Nick Knight's editorial images for the 'Sex issue of Wallpaper*, July 2009
  • Interviews and Analysis
    A series of video interviews and analytical shorts conducted on-set examine the key inspirations behind 'Soft Furnishings'
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About

Soft Furnishings was a fashion shoot with a difference, sprung from the fertile imagination of graphic design legend Peter Saville and captured by Nick Knight for the July 2009 issue of Wallpaper* magazine. Inspired by the distinctly modish fetishisation of contemporary furniture design - and applying this to the sexualisation of an entire environment - Peter Saville worked with Knight, set designer Gideon Ponte and the Wallpaper* team to construct an imaginary 'Erotic House' of Pop perversity, layering abstract and contrasting colours and textures inspired by Richard Hamilton's collages and Allen Jones' canvases to invent a variety of 'rooms' for the eroticised abode.

To people this post-modern dreamhome, Nick Knight and Peter Saville turned to stylist Francesca Burns, Italian model Mariacarla Boscono and Autumn/Winter 2009 fashion from the likes of Chanel, Prada, Yves Saint Laurent and Lanvin, accessorised by the less standard accoutrements of the sexual playroom.

The entire process of creating and documenting Saville's 'Erotic House' was documented real-time on SHOWstudio, highlights uploaded live from the set and a three-minute 'Making Of' short released alongside the editorial's publication in the July 2009 'Sex' issue of Wallpaper*.

Credits / Contributors

  • Peter Saville Peter Saville
    Graphic Designer
  • Nick Knight Nick Knight
    Film Director
  • Mariacarla Boscono Mariacarla Boscono
    Model
  • Gideon Ponte Gideon Ponte
    Set Designer
  • Francesca Burns Francesca Burns
    Fashion Editor
  • Alana Zimmer Alana Zimmer
    Model
  • Shoot

  • Art Direction: Peter Saville
  • Photography: Nick Knight
  • Styling: Francesca Burns at Management + Artists
  • Set Design: Gideon Ponte 
  • Models: Mariacarla Boscono at Women Management, Alana Zimmer at Supreme, Tony Bruce at Storm, David O'Donnell
 
  • Hair: Christian Wood 
Make-up: Hannah Murray at Julian Watson
 
  • Nails: Marian Newman at Streeters 
  • Casting: Sidonie Barton 
  • Digital Capture: Joseph Colley 
  • Photographic Assistance: Tristan Thomson, Andy Vowles and Adam Goodison 
  • Styling Assistance: Julia Sarr Jamois, Helen McGuckin and Rosa Maria Bertoli 
  • Set Design Assistance: Poppy Bartlett 
  • Make-up Assistance: Lauren Parsons 
  • Hair Assistance: Jess Furlan 
  • Production: Gainsbury & Whiting 
  • Production Assistance: Stefania Farah NK Image 
  • Production: Charlotte Wheeler 
  • Lighting: Kinetic 
  • Post Production: Epilogue Imaging 
  • Location: Park Royal Studios, London
  • SHOWstudio

  • Creative Direction: Paul Hetherington
  • Editorial Direction and Interviews: Alexander Fury 
  • Editorial and Production Management: Laura Bradley 
  • Technical Development: Ross Phillips and Dorian Moore
  • Camera Operators: Rik Patel, Antonio Silva and Andy Vowles
  • Vision Mixing: Jez Tozer
  • Film Editing: Harry Hanrahan 
  • Design Assistance: Kate Swingler
 
  • Editorial Assistance: Isabella Burley, Lauren Fried and Caroline Legrand

 

  • Special thanks to all at Wallpaper* and Anna Blessmann

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