Decorating Pages: TV and Film Design

Production Designer Laurin Kelsey joins Decorating Pages to discuss designing Elle , the new Prime Video series from Amazon MGM Studios . Laurin takes us inside the visual world of a younger Elle Woods and explains how production design helped build her backstory through color, contrast, nostalgia, and character. We talk about finding Elle’s signature pink, creating the difference between Beverly...

In this episode of Decorating Pages, Emmy-winning Set Decorator Kim Wannop takes a design-forward look at the production design of summer blockbusters. From Jaws and Star Wars to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial , Jurassic Park , Pirates of the Caribbean , Top Gun: Maverick , Inside Out 2 , and Barbie , this episode explores how production design and set decoration helped turn summer movies into cultura...

Production Designer Cabot McMullen , Art Director Raf Lydon , and Set Decoration Buyer Susan Chooljian join Decorating Pages Podcast to discuss the production design of HBO’s Rooster . Host Kim Wannop talks with the team about designing Ludlow College, creating an East Coast campus world in California, and building half-hour comedy sets with scale, texture, history, and character. Cabot shares his...

Presented by HBO Max | For Your Consideration – HALF MAN – Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More) Production Designer Emer O’Sullivan joins Decorating Pages to discuss the production design of the HBO/BBC limited series Half Man , created by Emmy-winning Richard Gadd and starring Richard Gadd and Jamie Bell. Emer breaks down the design of Half Man , i...

Presented by Disney/MarvelFor Your Consideration — Wonder ManOutstanding Production Design For A Narrative Program — Half-Hour Production Designers Cindy Chao and Michele Yu and Set Decorator Lizzie Boyle join Decorating Pages to talk about the production design and set decoration of Marvel’s Wonder Man . Host Kim Wannop discusses how the team built a grounded Hollywood story inside the Marvel uni...

Today on Decorating Pages , this Emmy FYC episode is presented by HBO Max in celebration of Hacks for Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Program, Half-Hour . Host Kim Wannop talks with Emmy-nominated Production Designer Rob Tokarz about the final season of Hacks and the detailed production design behind Deborah Vance’s world. Rob breaks down the submitted Emmy episode, including the 197...

This episode of Decorating Pages is presented by HBO Max in celebration of The Pitt Season 2 for Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour Or More) Production Designer Nina Ruscio and Set Decorator Matt Callahan join Kim Wannop to discuss the Emmy-winning HBO Max medical drama The Pitt . After Season 1 earned 13 Emmy nominations and five Emmy wins, including Outs...

Production Designer Alex DiGerlando joins Decorating Pages to discuss the production design of FX’s Love Story and Netflix’s Black Rabbit . Alex breaks down the sleek 90s-inspired world of Love Story , including Carolyn Bessette’s apartment, the Calvin Klein offices, Jackie Kennedy’s home, the George magazine offices, real New York locations, period magazines, and the challenge of designing a vers...

Set Decorator Kim Leonard joins Decorating Pages to talk about her work on High Potential , including Morgan’s layered character house, the fast-moving “Morgan Visions,” and the real process of decorating a one-hour network television series in Los Angeles. Kim also shares the story behind her Palm Springs restoration of a 1958 Palmer & Krisel house with original Steve Chase details , now conn...

With The Late Show with Stephen Colbert coming to an end, Emmy-winning Set Decorator Kim Wannop looks at the design history of late-night television through the rooms we know so well: the desk, the guest chair, the skyline, the curtains, the bandstand, and the host’s chair. In this episode of Decorating Pages , Kim breaks down late-night TV set design from Johnny Carson to David Letterman, Stephen...

Production Designer Loren Weeks and Set Decorator Michael Nallan join Decorating Pages to discuss the production design and set decoration of Netflix’s psychological thriller The Beast in Me , starring Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys . Host Kim Wannop talks with Loren and Michael about how Aggie’s house became a character in the series, from the rich wallpaper and cluttered writing room to the unfin...

Kim Wannop talks with Production Designer Martha Sparrow and Set Decorator Patricia Cuccia about the production design and set decoration of Hulu’s The Testaments . They discuss Agnes’s bedroom, the dollhouse motif, Gilead’s plum color palette, giant school sets, handmade tile, wallpaper, custom mirrors, and how the design expands the world of The Handmaid’s Tale through a younger generation. A mu...

On this episode of Decorating Pages , Kim Wannop talks with Production Designer Howard Cummings and Set Decorator Julie Ochipinti about the incredible worldbuilding behind Fallout Season 2 on Prime Video. Howard, known for Behind the Candelabra , Westworld , and Fallout , and Julie, Oscar nominated for The Prestige and Emmy nominated for Westworld , discuss moving the production to Los Angeles, re...

In this solo episode of  Decorating Pages , Kim Wannop shares 15 movies every production design student and new set decorator should watch — not just the obvious staples, but the films that teach real lessons in character, mood, atmosphere, restraint, clutter, glamour, symbolism, and storytelling through space. The episode is built around the idea that a room can tell you who a person is before th...

Production Designer Victor Molero joins Decorating Pages to break down the production design of Season 2 of The Night Manager (Prime Video) . This episode dives into global location strategy across London, Colombia, and Spain , plus how Tenerife (Canary Islands) doubled for multiple countries. Victor shares the behind-the-scenes process of designing sets that support character psychology — from cl...

n the 250th episode of Decorating Pages, Emmy-winning Set Decorator and host Kim Wannop looks back at how the podcast started, how it grew into a go-to source for production design and set decoration conversations, and what comes next for the show. Kim shares the story behind launching the podcast in 2018, building it while working in film and television, growing the YouTube channel, creating the...

Production Designer Sara K White (Emmy-nominated for The Flight Attendant ) joins Decorating Pages to break down the production design of Peacock’s Ponies —a 1970s spy series built through color, texture, ceilings, and period logistics that would break a normal person. In this episode: the CIA “bubble” room design inspired by sound baffles, a women-forward Soviet beauty salon sequence, and the Kom...

Kim Wannop goes LIVE on the red carpet at the 30th Annual Art Directors Guild (ADG) Awards in Los Angeles, grabbing quick interviews with production designers, art directors, set decorators, and animation artists about world-building, schedules, and craft. This episode includes red carpet moments with Pixar’s Elio team, Mid-Century Modern, Sponge Bob the movie, Hacks, Monster, The Pitt, Palm Royal...

Award season is here, and the  2026 Oscar nominees for Production Design  are stacked. In this episode of  Decorating Pages Podcast , host  Kim Wannop  breaks down the  five nominated films  through a design lens — palettes, lighting choices, texture, aging, scale, and the tiny set dressing details that make a world feel real. Nominees covered:  Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle Afte...

I’ve got a real one for ya. On this episode of Decorating Pages , I’m talking Death by Lightning (Netflix) with Production Designer Gemma Jackson (Emmy winner, Oscar nominee) and Set Decorator Hannah Gawthorpe — and this is a masterclass in period production design and set decoration .  They built 1880s America — New York, Chicago, Washington, Ohio, and the White House — entirely in Budapest , and...

Dancing with the Stars has to deliver a brand-new world every week — live — with choreography, cameras, lighting, and set changes happening at full speed. In this episode of Decorating Pages, Emmy-winning set decorator and host Kim Wannop talks with Production Designer James Yarnell, a 20-year DWTS veteran and ADG-nominated for the show’s “Wicked” episode. James breaks down how the DWTS ballroom i...

Pluribus on Apple TV+ is a masterclass in modern TV world-building — from massive exterior construction to meticulous interiors where every detail supports character and story. In this episode of Decorating Pages , Emmy-winning set decorator and host Kim Wannop interviews Production Designer Denise Pizzini and Set Decorator Ashley Michelle Marsh (previously featured on the podcast for Better Call...

Murderbot is ADG-nominated for Episode 1: “FreeCommerce” — and the production design and set decoration work is a huge part of what makes the show feel so specific, lived-in, and visually smart. Discover the sci-fi production design magic behind the ADG-Nominated  Murderbot  with Production Designer  Sue Chan and Set Decorator  Rob Hepburn . From inflatable TPU solar habitats to 3D-printed med lab...

Slow Horses Season 5 is packed with gritty London texture, smart MI5 world-building, and production design choices that carry character and story — and the series is Art Directors Guild (ADG) nominated . On this episode of Decorating Pages , Emmy-winning set decorator and host Kim Wannop interviews Production Designer Choi Ho Man about designing Slow Horses across multiple seasons: evolving the MI...

Hamnet is period filmmaking at its most grounded and immersive. In this episode of Decorating Pages , Emmy-winning host Kim Wannop interviews Production Designer Fiona Crombie and Set Decorator Alice Felton about the design and decoration of Hamnet — from Shakespeare’s family home and the glove workshop to the Globe Theatre and garden builds. Topics include period-authentic materials, sightline-co...