Decorating Pages: TV and Film Design

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 clinical, minimal spaces that signal loneliness to “luxury trap” environments built to feel beautiful but claustrophobic. The conversation covers scenic painting and aging, custom tiles, museum-scale set dressing and artwork, VFX architectural additions, and building a jungle camp set with practical atmosphere.If you love production design, set decoration, art department workflow, and world-building for TV, this episode is packed with craft details.👉 Get the FREE Quick Reference Set Decorating Template: www.decoratingpagespodcast.comDiscover the Art of TV & Film Design with Decorating Pages PodcastHosted by Emmy-winning Set Decorator Kim Wannop, this podcast takes you behind the scenes of your favorite shows and movies. Each episode features in-depth conversations with the industry’s top production designers, set decorators, prop masters, and art department professionals, offering rare insight into the creative process of visual storytelling.Whether you’re a film and TV fan, aspiring designer, or entertainment industry pro, Decorating Pages Podcast is your backstage pass to the world of production design. Learn how sets are built, stories are shaped visually, and characters come to life—one episode at a time.🔔 Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, TuneIn, and iHeartRadio so you never miss an episode.📲 Follow for daily design contentInstagram: @decoratingpagesTikTok: @decoratingpagespodcastYouTube: Decorating Pages Podcast

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 Set Decorating Masterclass, expanding into Production Design Film Study episodes, and becoming a trusted stop during awards season for behind-the-scenes interviews with top designers and decorators. She also recaps her Oscars watch party attempt, the YouTube copyright mess, and why the future of Decorating Pages is even more visual, more in-depth, and more focused on celebrating the craft of film and television design. 👉 Get the FREE Quick Reference Set Decorating Template: www.decoratingpagespodcast.comDiscover the Art of TV & Film Design with Decorating Pages PodcastHosted by Emmy-winning Set Decorator Kim Wannop, this podcast takes you behind the scenes of your favorite shows and movies. Each episode features in-depth conversations with the industry’s top production designers, set decorators, prop masters, and art department professionals, offering rare insight into the creative process of visual storytelling.Whether you’re a film and TV fan, aspiring designer, or entertainment industry pro, Decorating Pages Podcast is your backstage pass to the world of production design. Learn how sets are built, stories are shaped visually, and characters come to life—one episode at a time.🔔 Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, TuneIn, and iHeartRadio so you never miss an episode.📲 Follow for daily design contentInstagram: @decoratingpagesTikTok: @decoratingpagespodcastYouTube: Decorating Pages Podcast

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 Kombromat surveillance facility—a tunnel maze filled with 70+ matching 1970s TVs that took months to source.👉 Get the FREE Quick Reference Set Decorating Template: www.decoratingpagespodcast.comDiscover the Art of TV & Film Design with Decorating Pages PodcastHosted by Emmy-winning Set Decorator Kim Wannop, this podcast takes you behind the scenes of your favorite shows and movies. Each episode features in-depth conversations with the industry’s top production designers, set decorators, prop masters, and art department professionals, offering rare insight into the creative process of visual storytelling.Whether you’re a film and TV fan, aspiring designer, or entertainment industry pro, Decorating Pages Podcast is your backstage pass to the world of production design. Learn how sets are built, stories are shaped visually, and characters come to life—one episode at a time.🔔 Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, TuneIn, and iHeartRadio so you never miss an episode.📲 Follow for daily design content Instagram: @decoratingpages TikTok: @decoratingpagespodcastYouTube: Decorating Pages Podcast🎬 Explore More from Decorating PagesLove the behind-the-scenes world of TV + film design? Check out these exclusive resources curated by Kim Wannop, Emmy-winning Set Decorator and host of Decorating Pages Podcast:🎓 Learn Set DecoratingTake my Set Decorating Masterclass—15 audio lessons packed with insider tips for breaking into the film & TV industry. Includes FREE Quick Reference Template. Start here: https://www.decoratingpagespodcast.com/masterclass

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 Royale, The Studio, Black Rabbit, Wizards Beyond Waverly Place, Dancing with the Stars, Taylor Swift "The Fate Of Ophelia", Lifetime Achievement honoree Jan Engel, and more — plus a full rundown of the ADG Awards 2026 winners and special honors, including Jon M. Chu, Bo Welch, Jann Engel, Tom Southwell, Stephen McNally, and Thomas E. Sanders.ADG Awards, Art Directors Guild, Production Design, Set Decoration, Art Department, Film Production Design, Television Production Design, world-building, behind the scenes.👉 Get the FREE Quick Reference Set Decorating Template: www.decoratingpagespodcast.comDiscover the Art of TV & Film Design with Decorating Pages PodcastHosted by Emmy-winning Set Decorator Kim Wannop, this podcast takes you behind the scenes of your favorite shows and movies. Each episode features in-depth conversations with the industry’s top production designers, set decorators, prop masters, and art department professionals, offering rare insight into the creative process of visual storytelling.Whether you’re a film and TV fan, aspiring designer, or entertainment industry pro, Decorating Pages Podcast is your backstage pass to the world of production design. Learn how sets are built, stories are shaped visually, and characters come to life—one episode at a time.🔔 Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, TuneIn, and iHeartRadio so you never miss an episode.📲 Follow for daily design contentInstagram: @decoratingpagesTikTok: @decoratingpagespodcastYouTube: Decorating Pages Podcast

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 After Another, Sinners — plus what the Academy tends to reward, why period films often dominate, and which designs feel like the biggest swings of the year.If you love production design, set decoration, and behind-the-scenes craft, this one’s for the people who pause the movie just to stare at the corners of the frame. 👉 Get the FREE Quick Reference Set Decorating Template: www.decoratingpagespodcast.comDiscover the Art of TV & Film Design with Decorating Pages PodcastHosted by Emmy-winning Set Decorator Kim Wannop, this podcast takes you behind the scenes of your favorite shows and movies. Each episode features in-depth conversations with the industry’s top production designers, set decorators, prop masters, and art department professionals, offering rare insight into the creative process of visual storytelling.Whether you’re a film and TV fan, aspiring designer, or entertainment industry pro, Decorating Pages Podcast is your backstage pass to the world of production design. Learn how sets are built, stories are shaped visually, and characters come to life—one episode at a time.🔔 Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, TuneIn, and iHeartRadio so you never miss an episode.📲 Follow for daily design contentInstagram: @decoratingpagesTikTok: @decoratingpagespodcastYouTube: Decorating Pages Podcast

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 we get into how they differentiated every world through layout, wallpaper, practical lighting, and dressing choices. Plus: chandeliers, flags, graphics research, and the kind of logistics that only the art department could love.If you love behind-the-scenes craft, historical details, and design choices that actually tell story, this one’s for you.👉 Get the FREE Quick Reference Set Decorating Template: www.decoratingpagespodcast.comDiscover the Art of TV & Film Design with Decorating Pages PodcastHosted by Emmy-winning Set Decorator Kim Wannop, this podcast takes you behind the scenes of your favorite shows and movies. Each episode features in-depth conversations with the industry’s top production designers, set decorators, prop masters, and art department professionals, offering rare insight into the creative process of visual storytelling.Whether you’re a film and TV fan, aspiring designer, or entertainment industry pro, Decorating Pages Podcast is your backstage pass to the world of production design. Learn how sets are built, stories are shaped visually, and characters come to life—one episode at a time.🔔 Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, TuneIn, and iHeartRadio so you never miss an episode.📲 Follow for daily design contentInstagram: @decoratingpagesTikTok: @decoratingpagespodcastYouTube: Decorating Pages Podcast🎬 Explore More from Decorating PagesLove the behind-the-scenes world of TV + film design? Check out these exclusive resources curated by Kim Wannop, Emmy-winning Set Decorator and host of Decorating Pages Podcast:🎓 Learn Set DecoratingTake my Set Decorating Masterclass—15 audio lessons packed with insider tips for breaking into the film & TV industry. Includes FREE Quick Reference Template. Start here: https://www.decoratingpagespodcast.com/masterclass

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 is designed around the true priority: the dance floor — including how camera movement is choreographed alongside the dancers, how theme weeks are executed on a brutal weekly timeline, and how scenic builds, props, screens, and projection all have to work together without slowing down a live broadcast.Plus: the iconic detail you didn’t know you needed — James literally designed the Mirrorball trophy, and later redesigned it into the Len Goodman Trophy.If you love production design, set decoration, live television, and behind-the-scenes craft stories, this one’s a must.👉 Get the FREE Quick Reference Set Decorating Template: www.decoratingpagespodcast.comDiscover the Art of TV & Film Design with Decorating Pages PodcastHosted by Emmy-winning Set Decorator Kim Wannop, this podcast takes you behind the scenes of your favorite shows and movies. Each episode features in-depth conversations with the industry’s top production designers, set decorators, prop masters, and art department professionals, offering rare insight into the creative process of visual storytelling.Whether you’re a film and TV fan, aspiring designer, or entertainment industry pro, Decorating Pages Podcast is your backstage pass to the world of production design. Learn how sets are built, stories are shaped visually, and characters come to life—one episode at a time.🔔 Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, TuneIn, and iHeartRadio so you never miss an episode.📲 Follow for daily design contentInstagram: @decoratingpagesTikTok: @decoratingpagespodcastYouTube: Decorating Pages Podcast🎬 Explore More from Decorating PagesLove the behind-the-scenes world of TV + film design? Check out these exclusive resources curated by Kim Wannop, Emmy-winning Set Decorator and host of Decorating Pages Podcast:🎓 Learn Set DecoratingTake my Set Decorating Masterclass—15 audio lessons packed with insider tips for breaking into the film & TV industry. Includes FREE Quick Reference Template. Start here: https://www.decoratingpagespodcast.com/masterclass

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 Saul) about designing and building the visual world of Pluribus.Denise and Ashley are Art Directors Guild (ADG) nominated, and this conversation gets into the real craft: detailed prep using outlines, approvals that lock the design, and the scale of builds including a fully constructed cul-de-sac neighborhood, an ice hotel environment with sculpted elements, Air Force One build challenges, and complex location/redress work.If you love production design, set decoration, behind-the-scenes craft, and the reality of making film-level work on a TV schedule — this episode is for you.#Pluribus #AppleTV #ProductionDesign #SetDecoration #ArtDepartment #DecoratingPagesPodcast #BetterCallSaul👉 Get the FREE Quick Reference Set Decorating Template: www.decoratingpagespodcast.comDiscover the Art of TV & Film Design with Decorating Pages PodcastHosted by Emmy-winning Set Decorator Kim Wannop, this podcast takes you behind the scenes of your favorite shows and movies. Each episode features in-depth conversations with the industry’s top production designers, set decorators, prop masters, and art department professionals, offering rare insight into the creative process of visual storytelling.Whether you’re a film and TV fan, aspiring designer, or entertainment industry pro, Decorating Pages Podcast is your backstage pass to the world of production design. Learn how sets are built, stories are shaped visually, and characters come to life—one episode at a time.🔔 Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, TuneIn, and iHeartRadio so you never miss an episode.📲 Follow for daily design contentInstagram: @decoratingpagesTikTok: @decoratingpagespodcastYouTube: Decorating Pages Podcast

Rob Hepburn, an Emmy-winning set decorator known for hands-on fabrication, and Sue Chan, a production designer who crafts warm, lived-in sci-fi worlds, unpack their work on Murderbot. They talk inflatable TPU habitats, 3D-printed med labs, practical LED and OLED lighting, greenscaping with fabricated trees, mobile greenhouses, and clever sourcing versus fabrication choices.

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 MI5 Hub and First Desk offices, keeping continuity seamless, dressing Slough House with lived-in chaos, building “real” locations on stage (including the standout restaurant sequence), and solving the constant reality of location logistics and clearance issues.Slow Horses, Apple TV, production design, Art Directors Guild, ADG Awards, MI5 set, Slough House, London locations, set design, art department, set decoration, behind the scenes.👉 Get the FREE Quick Reference Set Decorating Template: www.decoratingpagespodcast.comDiscover the Art of TV & Film Design with Decorating Pages PodcastHosted by Emmy-winning Set Decorator Kim Wannop, this podcast takes you behind the scenes of your favorite shows and movies. Each episode features in-depth conversations with the industry’s top production designers, set decorators, prop masters, and art department professionals, offering rare insight into the creative process of visual storytelling.Whether you’re a film and TV fan, aspiring designer, or entertainment industry pro, Decorating Pages Podcast is your backstage pass to the world of production design. Learn how sets are built, stories are shaped visually, and characters come to life—one episode at a time.🔔 Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, TuneIn, and iHeartRadio so you never miss an episode.📲 Follow for daily design contentInstagram: @decoratingpagesTikTok: @decoratingpagespodcastYouTube: Decorating Pages Podcast