Eros V: A Few Of My Favourite Things

Whether he's making horror-comedy commercials or award-winning genre shorts, there's a joyful chaos to Eros V's work.

The British-Greek writer-director, repped by World War Seven in the US and MindsEye in the UK, has work that includes the SXSW-winning Meat Puppet, Channel 4's JUICE and campaigns for KFC, Marmite and QuickBooks.

Here we find his workspace filled with objects that reveal both the artist and pop-culture prizer, one of which may or may not be trying to kill him.

The Japanese Notebook

I like to draw, doodle and write nonsense.

Some of my best ideas begin as stupid sketches, and I storyboard everything by hand so I always keep my notebook close.

Just like a western gunslinger is never without his six-shooter, I am never without my Japanese fineliner pens and thick off-white pages.

I burn through one of these things every few months and bring them out in meetings to draw and imagine my way through any problem.

On the last TV show I directed, JUICE, I drew a sketch of a whole street set we could build, as an idea to combine various exterior locations on our budget, and it became the basis for the show’s iconic main street.

The Take 9 Cowboy Hat

This hat was bestowed upon me by the costume department of my last shoot to honour my great leadership.

(I took it while they were not watching.)

One of the scripts was country music-themed, and I am not one to half-ass a theme.

We found a superb location, brought in vintage guitars, a classic car, old licence plates, and even a tiny custom cowboy hat and boots for The Count, of Sesame Street fame, all to make the world feel true.

I believe this is known as “world-building”.

And of course, I led by example, by wearing this hat for the whole shoot.

The Labubu

Yes, I have one and I like it and I don’t care if it was cool two years ago.

I like its face and will keep it till I’m on my deathbed.

It’s got great design and personality, and mine has this beautiful tie-dye colour scheme.

I love little creatures, puppets and monsters, and they always feature in my work.

As I’m often travelling and can’t bring my collection of 1980s Star Wars toys with me, I take this little guy instead.

It’s poseable, and I sometimes use it to plan out how a puppet or character might move in a shot.

Plus, it was a present from my younger brother.

The Prized G-Shock

I’ve had a G-Shock since I was a teenager.

Its key features are: tells the time, is indestructible.

My last G-Shock lasted 10 years, and I only had to get a new one because moss started to grow on it.

That’s how good it was.

The earth was trying to reclaim its nutrients, and it still worked perfectly.

I’d like to see your Apple Watch do that.

The G-Shock reminds me that if you do something simple and do it right, it’ll stand the test of time.

May we all learn from it.

The Soviet Organiser

This plastic organiser is from Yugoslavia and has seen more shit than any of you.

I use it to keep things organised and remind me that communism failed.

I’m obsessed with the blend of form and colour you get in late-USSR industrial design, a sentence I never thought I’d write.

These objects are robust, beautiful, simple and built to last.

I love colour, and the controlled use of it in all my work.

When I’m making anything, I try to think about how little can be used to create something beautiful.

Like this little plastic tray, that had no business being so well designed.