Sculpture for Nick Knight / SHOWstudio
Exploring the outer realms
Candy Mountain is a design, development and production studio, driven by transforming exciting ideas into reality.
We offer a comprehensive suite of services, encompassing original concept creation to finished productions, curation and technological integration.
Based in the UK and Japan, we were officially established in 2017.
Our publicised work and roots date back to 1991.
Mask Design and Development for Yenesai
Hero Costume with FBFX for Dune (2021)
Hero Mask with Scott Keery Props for The Northman (2022)
DESIGN with impact
Our work spans the following areas:
Technology
Working on advances in VR/AR, coding, novel printing technologies and robotics with patents pending and tested ideas.
Striving to improve, evolve and influence changes within the industry and our environment with major projects in motion and a growing R&D department.
Craft
From designing props and costumes for various blockbuster movies including Dune, The Northman, Maleficent and Sweeney Todd, to hand-crafting couture leather items and custom jewellery for Fendi, Ungaro and Swarovski.
Candy Mountain marries craft with exquisite detail, combining traditional techniques with innovative development.
Candy labs
Through social engagement, our educational programs, workshops and training, Candy Labs aims to nurture future generations of creative talent in pursuing their dreams in a constantly evolving world.
Running workshops for film productions in Tokyo and offering short masterclasses from our studio in Acton, developed and taught by leading industry professionals.
'Systems of Care' by Vytautas Niedvaras
Candy Labs
Our workshops are now in development.
Coming soon!
Beginner, intermediate and advanced full-day educational workshops covering the following subjects:
3D Printing with Eszter Kerecsen
Couture Leatherwork with Ed Griffiths
Costume Prop Design and Making with Ed Griffiths
Spatial Sound and Immersive Audio with Christian Duka
For enquiries please contact hi@candymountain.co.uk.
Capacity is limited. Ages 16+
our growing team is a collective of designers, consultants, entrepreneurs,
artists, technologists, ENGINEERS…
Team
Director (Tokyo Office)
Co-Founder & Operations Director
Co-Founder & Art Director
Lead Programmer
Fashion Designer / Agency Director
Technology Officer
Innovation Officer
Junior Art Director and Strategist
Project Manager
imagination to manifestation
Our work connects with people through film, fashion, music, events, education, for renowned brands and start-ups.
Building pathways for cultural, virtual and physical concepts to become reality by solving complex challenges across continents…
Previous event from Distance Anatomy, our collaborator for the Candy Mountain XOLO event on 11th August.
Photo Credit: liminalwarp
