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SET DESIGN

Sanditon Season Two Leans Into Romantic Escapism

After the series was saved from cancellation by an outcry from fans, production designer James North turned up the color for season two
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How a Midcentury Style Lake House Became the Money Laundering Epicenter of Ozark

Ahead of the April 29 series finale, the cast of the Netflix drama fondly remembers the iconic filming location
Set Design

The Academy Award for Best Production Design Goes To…

Production designer Patrice Vermette won for his creation of an intergalactic world 20,000 years in the future
Set Design

Oscars 2022: The Ceremony Is Returning to the Dolby Theatre With a Crystal-Covered Stage

Hamilton production designer David Korins gives AD an early look at his glittering creation
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A Champagne-Colored Plaza Hotel Suite Stars In Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick’s New Broadway Play

In the Neil Simon comedy Plaza Suite, the real-life married couple acts against one decadent backdrop
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A Look Back at Billions’ Most Over-the-Top Real Estate

The Showtime drama has filmed at some of the New York area’s swankiest addresses

9 Examples of Brutalist Architecture in Film

Love them or hate them, imposing and angular concrete buildings bring drama to any movie set
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The Architecture of the Batcave Through the Years

Batman’s lair has been modernized over time, but some things remain constant
Set Design

The Enduring Legacy of Gilded Age Architecture—Now on HBO

During the prosperous end to the 19th century that is currently the subject of a star-studded HBO drama, architects like Stanford White and Richard Morris Hunt put their own spin on Beaux-Arts classicism
Set Design

The Crown Has Become the Scene of a Prop Heist

Around $200,000 worth of antiques, a replica Fabergé egg, and a gold candelabra disappeared from the set of the Netflix show
Set Design

Bridgerton Season Two Is Coming—Get an Early Look at the Regency–Style Sets

AD visited the massive studio outside London where the Netflix smash hit comes to life
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Baroque Architecture and an Active Volcano Make Cyrano a Visual Feast

The new musical adaptation of the play was filmed in Noto, Sicily, and atop Mount Etna—until it erupted
Set Design

Creating the Real Fancy World of Fake Heiress Anna Delvey

Somewhat poetically, the locations in the new Netflix show Inventing Anna are fictionalized versions of their real counterparts
Architecture

Backdrops For Squid Game, Westworld, and More Came From This Iconic Spanish Architect’s Designs

Ricardo Bofill—who died last month—even dabbled in cinema during his lifetime
Set Design

What The Gilded Age Can Teach Us About Interior Design

Julian Fellowes’s new HBO series draws heavily on the New York that Edith Wharton wrote about in the last decade of the 19th century, and in her pioneering book The Decoration of Houses
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And Just Like That… Showcases Some of New York’s Most Elegant Restaurants

Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and company have been dining in style since their Sex and the City days
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8 Times the Palace of Versailles Appeared on the Big Screen

The former French royal residence has had quite a few starring roles
Set Design

Inside the Global Design of Around the World in 80 Days

Production designer Sebastian Krawinkel and set decorators Mark Rosinski and Birrie Le Roux turned Romania and South Africa into eight countries for Masterpiece’s new adaptation of the classic
Set Design

Forget the Clothes—Here Are the Best Pieces of Designer Furniture From And Just Like That…

Carrie and Charlotte obviously know as much about wallpaper as they do about Manolo Blahniks
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These Are the Most Iconic Design Moments From Pedro Almodóvar’s Career

In his superb new movie Parallel Mothers, the Spanish auteur once again puts colorful characters in stylish surroundings with a healthy dose of kitsch