LA LA LAAAAND

Finally recovered from heading up Props for a Coca Cola Advertising Campaign for the majority of December. Working with one of the most colourful and energetic photographers i have ever met Yu Tsai and stylist Zanna Roberts...

Extremely proud of my rep Kerriann Clem that produced the whole show....Made some amazing friends (Ulise Da Silva, Mary Zeeble (http://crewyou.com/) Saul Germaine to name a few..) here are some highlights...












Thank you to my wonderful team that worked their little booties off...Graham Keegan, Lauren Cunningham, Anne Costa and Melissa Jusufi..

Yoyo

Dressed the sets and Props for this lil number back in november-
Nicola Roberts is underated-she is sooo captivating in the flesh-
Loved working with Shawthing management-bunch of absolute beauties



Single due for release on the 8th January 2012

The Inconvenient Knot

Knotty knot not

Last night we shot after hours at the Conran Store, Fulham Rd
We got up to much mischief in the beautiful store with Jo Stobbs performing as the inconvenient Christmas knot. Jamie Richfield shot some beautiful footage and Antoine Breant cast some seductive shadows and glows....extremely excited to see the footage!. Thanks Betsy Smith for staying late at the store and clearing up after us! Thank you Raz Khan for generously lending your 5d, and Hayley Macdonald and Mared Edwards for creating such a beautiful headpiece!




Window is opening on the 1st December where the knot will be performing live in store...look forward to seeing ya'll there!

Renault Twingo Case of Curiosities for Nicola Roberts

Facilitated the creation of Nicolas vision of her world encapsulated within a Renault Twingo car...

With the help of Julia Dias diamonte fingers, Helen Mearns glitter fingers, Hela Dondertmens craftiness, Ashley Murray Fowlers woodwork skills and Helen Gibbons general greatness! What a team!

Before and After

Before........

After......

A Day In The Office

Last weekend i created some Office Sets for Gaggles new music video for their track "Army of Birds". It was dIrected by up and coming LA based director Cassandra Hamilton. Above is a sneak preview of the sets which were later destroyed by a transformed member of Gaggle.
http://www.cassandraleehamilton.com
http://www.myspace.com/gagglespace

PULSE Magazine

Earlier on in the year i put up a few behind the scene shots of a men watch shoot i did for Sphere magazines supplement "Sphere".
Well they have finally gone to print so here they are sprinkled with a bit of post production magic






Magician/photographer Micheal Hedge
Art DIrector Lisa Elander

The Awakening

Back in the summer of this year I created sets for James Morrisons Album artwork for his new album "The Awakening". Now the album has been released I can show some behind the scene set ups of his FAUX "home studio"





Phil Pynters also shot Benecio Del Toro at the same location in Shoreditch for Vogue




This amazing location preserved in the style of a georgian merchant is 4 Princelet St

Cinderella Eyes

Cinderellas Eyes

Back in February this year I created Sets For Nicola Roberts new solo Album "Cinderellas Eyes" Its due for release on the 26th September. Have a look at the behind the scene video of the shoot here...

http://www.nicolaroberts.co.uk/2011/07/video-behind-the-scenes-of-nicolas-album-photoshoot/

There was a quarrel with some live swans (mating season so they obviously didn't want to be disturbed) so we had to hire a taxidermy one last minute! But there were also ponies, sweets, tapes, HAIR, chips and gravy, mattresses, flowers, ladders, mushrooms...the list goes on and on!! plus we also got to shoot at the Master Shipwrights house in Deptford which is DREAMY-

Paper Mountains

Beautiful still taken by Blair Mowat from the short "Paper Mountains" which i designed for director Lynsey Miller this past weekend. Brilliant performances by little Emily, Mary Jo Randle, beautiful ballerinas, amazing lighting by DOP Dave Procter-Reeeeaaaally looking forward to seeing the cut!!

Incey Wincey Spider...

Here is a sneak peak of my latest still life project. Creating miniature landscapes for "Luxury High end, Action Watches" for men all to be published in Sphere Magazine next month. Shot by Michael Hedges, Art directed by Linda Elander.

The sets included a volcanic landscape, an underwater world, a tropical rainforest and a metallic machine interior...



*can you spot the creepy crawlersss?

DOUBLE LESSON

I production designed this short alongside my great art department (Standby Beck Rainford and Props Master Helen Gibbon, art dept assistant Daniela Monti)
The short Stars Phil Davis and is written & directed by George Kay
It is part of the First Cut strand on Channel 4

Airing 7.30pm, Channel 4 & Channel 4 HD
Friday 15th July 2011

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/double-lesson


"superb… An eye-opening, award-worthy half-hour of television"
The Daily Telegraph

"Truthful, appalling and heartbreaking all at once, it is the realisation of everything that First Cut aspires to"
The Times

"haunting… subtly written, beautifully delivered by Davis… writer/director George Kay is a name to watch"
Radio Times

"powerful… Worthy of several awards"
The Observer

***** "Phil Davis gives a mesmeric performance… extraordinary… It's riveting viewing"
Daily Mail

GLASTONBURY*

I managed to stay a whopping 10 days at Glastonbury helping a friend set up a backstage VIP restaurant called the Muddy Duck! I put my hand to a jigsaw and cut a pleatherer of Ducks out of wood amongst hanging a vast amount of drapery. The restaurant looked great and the food was divine...

One major highlight of my time there was definitely into a private gig of this genius "King Charles" In hospitality