Decorating Pages: TV and Film Design

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, including Laurie’s house, the boys’ bedroom, the kitchen, the hospital room, the prison visiting room, the wedding locations, and the Glasgow architecture that grounds the story across multiple decades.
In this conversation, Emer talks about using social realism photography, fashion photography, mood boards, hand drawings, wallpaper, pattern, color, and Scottish municipal architecture to create a world that feels emotionally truthful. She also discusses the responsibility of portraying working-class homes with warmth, pride, and specificity, rather than reducing them to gray or downtrodden spaces.
Kim and Emer also discuss the “cozy claustrophobic” design of Laurie’s house, the pistachio and pink palette, how domestic spaces change over time, building the upstairs of the house, transforming a rough location into a major set in eight days, and designing the prison visiting room with glass, brutalist influence, and controlled discomfort.
This episode is a must-listen for fans of Half Man, Richard Gadd, Jamie Bell, HBO dramas, production design, set decoration, Scottish television, character-driven interiors, and anyone interested in how sets carry emotion, memory, trauma, and story.
Half Man is now streaming on HBO Max.
For Your Consideration: HALF MAN — Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More)

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Discover the Art of TV & Film Design with Decorating Pages Podcast
Hosted 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.
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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 universe, using real Los Angeles locations, character-driven sets, old apartments, theaters, bars, trailers, offices, practical destruction, and behind-the-scenes filmmaking spaces.
The conversation explores Simon’s East Hollywood apartment, Trevor’s faded-glory LA home, Marvel’s DODC prison, the black-and-white episode, and how Wonder Man uses production design and set decoration to tell a superhero story that feels personal, funny, human, and rooted in Los Angeles.
Emmy voters, please consider Wonder Man for Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Program — Half-Hour.
Official FYC page:https://debut.disney.com/fyc/disneyplus/series_fyc/wonder-man-1768593147910?tab=episodes
A must-listen for fans of Marvel, Wonder Man, production design, set decoration, Los Angeles filming locations, Hollywood history, and behind-the-scenes television craft.

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Discover the Art of TV & Film Design with Decorating Pages Podcast
Hosted 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.
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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 1970s sitcom set created for Deborah’s fictional television history, the custom wallpaper, the Paley tribute, shooting at the Academy Museum, Deborah’s mansion and closet, the Las Vegas cube sequence, and the massive design work behind the final season.
He also shares how the Hacks team created around 158 sets across 75 shooting days, built part of the Las Vegas Strip on stage, and used locations, graphics, set decoration, and period detail to support the comedy and emotional story of the series.
This episode is a must-listen for fans of Hacks, Emmy voters, production designers, set decorators, art directors, film students, television lovers, and anyone who wants to understand how great sets help tell story.
Hacks is now streaming on HBO Max.
For your Emmy consideration.
YouTube trailer link: https://youtu.be/4OegsEuqMmo?si=27cDJlZfKob9iFv3
@Hacks @HBOMax #Hacks

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Discover the Art of TV & Film Design with Decorating Pages Podcast
Hosted 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.
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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 Outstanding Drama Series, Season 2 returned to Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center with another 15-hour real-time emergency room shift set during Fourth of July weekend.
In this interview, Nina and Matt break down the immersive production design of The Pitt Season 2, including the expanded triage area, the 360-degree ER set, the ambulance bay, medical equipment, hospital continuity, practical lighting, dressed drawers, background storytelling, and the enormous challenge of creating a hospital world that feels completely real from every angle.
This is a deep dive into production design, set decoration, medical drama design, HBO Max’s The Pitt, Emmy FYC craft, and the invisible work that makes one of television’s most acclaimed dramas feel so authentic.

For Your Consideration: The Pitt Season 2 Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour Or More)

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Discover the Art of TV & Film Design with Decorating Pages Podcast
Hosted 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.
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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 version of the 90s that feels specific, emotional, and cinematic.
Then the conversation moves into Netflix’s Black Rabbit, where Alex talks about designing the layered, textured, three-level restaurant set, working with Set Decorator Lydia Marks, using virtual walkthroughs, and creating a New York space filled with history, character, and tension.
This episode is a craft-focused deep dive into production design, set decoration, research, restraint, maximalism, and how environments shape story.

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Discover the Art of TV & Film Design with Decorating Pages Podcast
Hosted 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.
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