NeoMam Studios created seven bedrooms based on the unique styles associated with some of the world’s most well-known film directors, from Sofia Coppola and Wes Anderson to Tim Burton and Guillermo Del Toro.

The Peter Jackson-inspired bedroom takes its cues from the director’s adaptations of The Hobbit and Lord Of The Rings, with distinct references to The Shire, from the natural colour palette to the rounded structure. The bedroom inspired by the work of Guillermo Del Toro, who is known for his out-of-this-world movies like Pan’s Labyrinth, features bold, striking colours, while the pale pastel palette of Sofia Coppola’s room is reminiscent of films like Marie Antoinette.

A part from the vintage touches, colour also comes to the fore in the bedroom inspired by Wes Anderson – aspects of The Royal Tenenbaums and The Grand Budapest Hotel certainly come to mind.

Love Studio Ghibli? You’ll be inspired to recreate the kid’s room NeoMam Studios thought up. Inspired by renowned director Hayao Miyazaki, it’s filled with prints and colourful wallpaper and carpeting. Chequered patterns and stripes epitomise Tim Burton’s eerie bedroom, which wouldn’t look out of place on the set of The Nightmare Before Christmas.

(h/t) HomeAdvisor

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The Thin Gold Line is a collaboration between a group of young entrepreneurs and designers, reimagining popular movie posters in a striking, minimal way.

Run by three brothers, Audric, Lénaïc and Arnold, the concept is to interlink philosophy with sleek, minimal design, with the highest quality printing and paper available.

“Each poster in this Collection reveals the traces famous movies left on the collective unconscious by illustrating their essential form through respecting aesthetic and philosophical criteria,” explain the brothers. “Our golden line is the synthesis of the most minimal and artistic shape with the highest possible recognisability, making it the symbol that best conveys the core of a movie.”

The Cinematic Collection interprets four well-known movies, renamed as The Dark Side, The Red Pill, The Final Frontier and The One Ring. These iconic blockbuster reinventions are printed in Verona, Italy, using the brightest foil (Kurz Luxor) currently available on the market, as well as the darkest Fedrigoni paper, which is 20% darker than Sirius paper.

Follow The Thin Gold Line on Kickstarter to find out more about this project.

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The Architect Africa Film Festival 2016 focuses on film as a means of communication and engagement with a selection of curated works.

The festival will also revolve around the topics of Architecture as a Universal Language; Architecture as a Language of Global Capitalism and Architecture as Local Engagement.

Opened to local productions, emerging filmmakers and students, the selection panel comprises of Professors Lesley Lokko, Lone Poulsen, and Jyoti Mistry, in collaboration with curator Dr Costanza la Mantia.

Highlights for the festival include the following productions:

The Arcades Project 2.0 (2015) and Keeping the City in Line? (2015)

Director: Thomas Aquilina & Alex Lyons

A Place to call Home (2015)

Director: Briar March

Excuse me while I disappear (2014)

Director: Michael MacGarry

Fictions: en route City (2016)

Director: Kgao Mashego

Watch trailers below of some of the films that will be showcased during the course of the festival.

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Video credit: Mahera Omar on YouTube

The Architect Africa Film Festival 2016 (#AAFF2016) will be held at The Bioscope in Maboneng, Johannesburg from 23 – 26 June 2016.

Booking is open via thebioscope.co.za. For more information, visit aaff.co.za.

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Manchester-based artist Jordan Bolton creates striking photographic posters inspired by film and music, using only his iPhone. We asked him a few questions about his passion.

How did you start creating posters?

I sort of stumbled upon it a couple of years ago when I was working on an exhibition based on Manchester music for Piccadilly Station. The original plan was to use famous lyrics in the artworks but after it turned out to be too expensive to license the words I decided to do the artworks as though they were alternative posters for actual gigs played by influential Manchester bands at influential Manchester venues.

The first idea I got with this approach in mind was for The Smiths, the idea being a typewriter with the gig info where the letters would be. Instead of drawing it or using a computer I thought it would be interesting if I got a typewriter and altered it before taking a photograph. I didn’t have a camera, so I used my iPhone instead.

I was happy with the result and after that I made myself rules for each poster, which is that it has to be a photograph, it has to be taken on my iPhone, and nothing can be added or taken away after the photograph has been taken, i.e. no Photoshop. I’ve stuck to that basic template with every poster since.

Once that exhibition was finished I started making posters for venues in Manchester before moving onto film posters. Now I’m working on my Object series of film posters.

Describe your style in three words.

Detailed. Colourful. Organised.

Your movie posters are very intricate. How long does the set up take to create one?

From start to finish, each poster has taken around two weeks. The first week is spent analysing the film and rummaging through pound shops and charity shops trying to find objects that I can alter to appear like the objects in the film. Once I’ve got all the objects I’ll start putting them together on a background and try figuring out the design.

How many times do you have to watch a movie to source all the objects? How long does sourcing take?

I probably watch each film around five times, but each time it takes around four hours to watch all the way through because I’m always pausing, looking around the screen for objects and details then taking a photograph of each detail.

Do you have a favourite poster? 

Right now my most recent three film posters are probably my equal favourites, but I also like The Smiths poster ’cause without that one there wouldn’t be any.

Do you have any other movies that you are working on, or that are on your wish list?

I’m currently working on another Object poster for The Grand Budapest Hotel, which will be finished soon. I have a pretty endless list of films I want to make posters for and lots of ideas I’d like to work on, including a poster series based on recreating the dinner conversations in every Tarantino film.

Who are some of your favourite artists and illustrators?

I’m mainly inspired by films, comic books and music. The directors Roy Andersson and Stanley Kubrick, along with the comic book artists Chris Ware and Richard McGuire, are big influences. They all put a huge amount of precision and detail into their compositions.

One particular inspiration on the current series came from when I was working on The Royal Tenenbaums poster. I saw a clip of a documentary about the making of Fabergé eggs. Seeing how much effort and detail goes into each piece inspired me to put more time and detail into what I do. I wanted to make the poster an equivalent of a Fabergé egg.

I’m also always listening to music when I’m putting my posters together – I don’t think I’ve ever made a single poster without listening to this band called LUH.

Where can people see and get hold of your work?

Prints are available in A2 and A3 from etsy.com and Amazon. You can also follow me on Facebook and tumblr, both of which I update with every new poster I create.

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Every year Design Indaba runs a 10-day film festival in Cape Town, showcasing the latest documentaries and anticipated films from around the world. This year, you’ll be able to enjoy the FilmFest in Port Elizabeth, Joburg, Durban and Potchefstroom too, from 11 February to 20 February.

Not sure what to expect? Watch the 10 trailers below before you book your tickets.

THE WOLFPACK

In a nutshell: The lives of seven isolated home-schooled children who find meaning through movies.

VERY SEMI-SERIOUS

In a nutshell: An inside look into the lives of New Yorker cartoonists.

HEART OF A DOG

In a nutshell: Artist Laurie Anderson deals with life, love and loss.

ANOMALISA

In a nutshell: A highly rated stop-motion animation about a lonely motivational speaker’s life-changing weekend.

LIVE FROM NEW YORK!

In a nutshell: The phenomenon that is Saturday Night Live.

B MOVIE: LUST & SOUND IN WEST BERLIN

In a nutshell: The craziness of West Berlin in the 80s.

A BALLERINA’S TALE

In a nutshell: The story of Misty Copeland, the American Ballet Theatre’s first African-American principal dancer.

FOR GRACE

In a nutshell: The rise of Michelin Star chef Curtis Duffy.

MAVIS!

In a nutshell: The life of legendary soul singer Mavis Staples, of The Staple Singers.

Book tickets for the Design Indaba FilmFest here. Tickets cost R55 each.

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Props are not the first thing that come to mind when you think about a movie you love. Props are simply part of the film, they’re just there.

This fascinating clip, written, edited and narrated by Rishi Kaneria, will change your mind and make you appreciate the significance of these objects – whether it’s the plastic packet blowing in the wind in American Beauty, the briefcase of soap in Fight Club or the necklace in Titanic.

This video is definitely worth a watch.

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Since 1958, LEGO has continued to churn out new and exciting products and campaigns, and 2013 shall be no different – they’re still keeping us guessing!

This year is LEGO’s 55th anniversary and Brad in Montreal has launched a minimalist and modern new campaign for the world’s most celebrated toy. The series of posters shows visual riddles, where the audience must guess the well-known song, movie, children’s story or band represented. We had loads of fun browsing through these posters. Can you solve the riddles? 

Take a look through a few of the posters and don’t peak at the answers! Trust us, you know the answers… just look a little closer. 

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