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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 dream home, 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.

In 2017, spearheaded by Raquel Couceiro, the project was revisited. A new film and interview reflect upon the shoot, the apartment and the Peter Saville mythology.

Credits:

Direction and Film Edit: Raquel Couceiro
Direction: Nick Knight
Models: Mariacarla Boscono at Women Management, Alana Zimmer at Supreme, Tony Bruce at Storm, David O'Donnell
Art Direction: Peter Saville
Styling: Francesca Burns at Management + Artists
Hair: Christian Wood
Make-up: Hannah Murray at Julian Watson
Nails: Marian Newman at Streeters
Camera Operation: Rik Patel, Antonio Silva, Andy Vowles
Set Design: Gideon Ponte
Music: Angelo Badalamenti 'Twin Peaks (Laura Palmer's theme)', Kreng 'Wrak', Joel McNeely 'A Mother’s Grief', Various Artists - 'Provenience', Kreng 'Konker', Emptyset 'Collapse', Kreng 'Balkop', Various Artists 'The Tower Master'
Casting: Sidonie Barton
Production: Gainsbury & Whiting, Charlotte Knight
Styling Assistance: Julia Sarr-Jamois, Helen McGuckin, Rosa Maria Bertoli
Set Design Assistance: Poppy Bartlett
Make-up Assistance: Lauren Parsons
Hair Assistance: Jess Furlan
Production Assistance: Stefania Farah