Across the project’s development, Bleat founder Tristin Norwell became a familiar face in the Retrouvius shop and has incorporated salvaged, reclaimed, vintage and sustainable materials throughout the studio’s multifunctional editing rooms. Earlier this month he gave us the grand tour.
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Take the grand tour with Bella Freud. An absolute treat to revisit one of our favourite projects. Read the full article on the Vogue website.
One of our favourite projects and favourite clients - Thank you Bella!
❝Unsurprisingly, the west London street where Bella Freud lives has an illustrious—and highly fashionable—history. Welcoming Vogue into her home, she recalls a period in the ’90s when “everyone who’s ever been creative, practically” would stop by the maisonette at the front of her building, including the likes of Kate Moss, Mario Sorrenti, and Glen Luchford. “But this bit at the back was a bit of a dump,” she explains. “And then when it became available, I bought it.
Working with architect Maria Speake of Retrouvius, Freud quickly gutted the place and reshaped it into the open-plan, window-filled “sanctuary it is today—then filled it with all the weird and wonderful objects that have made the house a home. The items covering its walls and stacked across its shelves speak to Freud’s eclectic circle of friends and collaborators as much as they do her own, playful aesthetic as a fashion designer.❞
CREDITS
Vogue Magazine, March 2023
Words: Liam Hess
Director: Posy Dixon
Director of Photography: Lee Burnett
Editor: Katie Wolford
Producer, Luca: Liv Proctor
Producer, Vogue: Naomi Nishi
Associate Director, Creative Development, Vogue: Billie JD Porter
Associate Producer: Natalie Harris
Assistant Camera: Max Edmed
Gaffer: Leo Olesker
Audio: Ro Colman
Production Assistant: Sarah Dines
Production Coordinator: Ava Kashar
Production Manager: Kit Fogarty
Line Producer: Romeeka Powell
Senior Director, Production Management: Jessica Schier
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell
Post Production Coordinator: Jovan James
Supervising Editor: Kameron Key
Post Production Supervisor: Edward Taylor
Director of Content, Production, Vogue: Rahel Gebreyes
Senior Director, Programming, Vogue: Linda Gittleson
Executive Producer: Ruhiya Nuruddin
VP, Digital Video English, Vogue: Thespena Guatieri
Featured Works:
Pinch Pot Cups by Kim Sion
Lucian and Bella Freud Portrait: ‘Lucian Freud standing on his head, with daughter Bella’, circa 1985. ©️ Estate of Bruce Bernard (courtesy Virginia Verran)
Painting of Bella Freud: Bella, 1981 (Oil on Canvas), By Lucian Freud Private Collection© The Lucian Freud Archive
Portrait of Susie Bick and Nick Cave By Polly Borland
Bella Freud Barbers Painting: Untitled, 2019, By Richie Culver
Painting of Shirt and Tie, Acrylic on Canvas by Charlie Gosling
Artwork above Lucian Freud Paint Tray by Blondey
