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“January. It was all things. And it was one thing, like a solid door. Its cold sealed the city in a gray capsule. January was moments, and January was a year. January rained the moments down, and froze them in her memory: the woman she saw peering anxiously by the light of a match at the names in a dark doorway, the man who scribbled a message and handed it to his friend before they parted on the sidewalk, the man who ran a block for a bus and caught it. Every human action seemed to yield a magic. January was a two-faced month, jangling like jester’s bells, crackling like snow crust, pure as any beginning, grim as an old man, mysteriously familiar yet unknown, like a word one can almost but not quite define.”

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What went behind the movie Carol, and why interior designers should learn from it

Anyone who has watched the movie ‘Carol’ would undeniably agree on the beauty of the film. It portrays a uniform film that excels in quality in every aspect of the film, from its set design to costume design to cinematography to soundtrack and etc. No one part strays away from the intention of the director or the story line. 

Fans of director Todd Haynes, or the movie would know that Todd created an image book, which serves as a guide to the visual feel of his film. Although the image book was never released, to my understanding, I have sourced a few information about what went behind the planning process, to make ‘Carol’ Carol. 

According to what was described as an image book which Todd had created, it is sounding very similar to a concept, or mood, board that interior designers create at the initial stages of the design process. A concept (or mood) board is extremely important, despite being overlooked by many designers (including those I have worked with). It informs and reminds the designer(s) on the design decisions that he, she, or they should take. It is very easy to forget the importance of the concept board for a small and short project, but nevertheless, having coherence in a project is not an easy task (especially when you have a team of people working on the same project). Through the movie and the understanding of its influences and references, we are able to dissect the information to understand how and why certain references were being used, and the role they play in linking the story together. 

To read more about the influences and cross-referencing of the movie, click here, here, and here.

(Please note that all images belong to the respective credited website as stated on its respective caption.)

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