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Returning home from school aged 10, there was yet another new piece my father Joe had added to the ever-growing Farley collection. This time, it was a large 16^th century oak piece with ornate wrought iron work. A Westphalian – or Stollentruhe – chest, as they are called, originating from western central Germany. It made a change from the stuffed bear or fairground horse that greeted me as I opened the front door each day.

From Barbie to Beaconsfield : Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer judge the Joe Farley Award 2023

Fresh off the back of the pink juggernaut that is Barbie, Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer kindly took time out from their hectic schedules to join Mark at this year’s judging of the Joe Farley Award at the National Film and TV School in Beaconsfield.

Hollywood’s latest Writers and Actors Strike: A Roundup of the actions of SAG-AFTRA and the WGA, then and now

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A historical moment occurred this year in the Film and TV industry when the SAG-AFTRA joined the WGA on strike, marking the first time since 1960 that both unions took collective action, bringing many upcoming productions to a halt.

The belated Joe Farley Awards 2020/2021 : Congratulations to winners Nivitha Muralikrishna and Grace Shepherd

Supporting emerging talent is something that we’re very passionate about and have been championing for almost thirty years, so we weren’t going to let a ‘little’ thing like the ongoing pandemic get in the way of our annual award for the first year Production Design students at the National Film and Television School. Some changes to the usual format had to be made of course but we’re very happy to announce that we have been able to award the 2020 and 2021 winners of the Joe Farley Award. Huge congratulations go to the 2021 winner Nivitha Muralikrishna for her interpretations of Erin Morgenstern’s ‘Night Circus’ and the 2020 winner, Grace Shepherd for ‘Invisible Cities’.

The Joe Farley Award 2019: Congratulations to the winner, Eve Finnie

Another year and another batch of eight hopeful Production Design students at the NFTS readied themselves to present their work to Mark and his guest judge.

Suite Dreams: Newly upholstered seating from the Farley collection

Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin….

When it comes to seating, as important as the frames is the fabric that’s put on them. The Farley workshops are currently restoring many of the suites of furniture and runs of chairs that make up our extensive seating collection.

Gabriel Robertson wins the 2018 Joe Farley Award at the NFTS

We’re already storming through 2019 and though last year seems like a distant memory, the Production Design students, and their work for the Joe Farley Award, are still vivid in our minds.

The 2017 British Film Designers Guild Awards, in pictures.

We left this year’s British Designers Guild Awards with our feet aching from dancing, our hands sore from clapping and our heads preparing to throb in the morning, but what a fab night it was!
Pinewood heaved under the weight of film design talent as the great and the good were honoured at the 2017 BFDG Awards held at Heatherden Hall, Pinewood Studios on Saturday the 13th of January 2018.

This Is What A Filmmaker Looks Like: Ruth Pickard wins the 2017 Underwire Festival Production Design Award

Take 127 short films, mix in a bucket load of female film making talent, spread it over five days, and you’ve got Underwire Festival 2017. Celebrating the ‘raw cinematic talents of women’, Underwire is the only film festival in the UK celebrating female film making across the crafts. It’s BAFTA recognised and is supported by industry leader organisations and sponsors and most importantly, it’s growing year on year.

Tessa Flanagan wins the Joe Farley Award 2017: Judging day at the NFTS

If you’re preparing to crew up for your next art department then we urge you to look no further than this year’s crop of Joe Farley Award entrants. Every year we’re blown away by the amazing work produced by the first year Production Design students at the National Film and Television School when we go to judge the annual Joe Farley Award.

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