Premieres August 18
Inside HBO Max’s Emmy®-Nominated Production Design Panel
Five Emmy®-nominated Production Designers. Five completely different visual worlds.
In this special Decorating Pages roundtable, I sit down with the designers behind The Pitt, The Gilded Age, Euphoria, Hacks and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms to talk about the creative decisions behind their nominated work.
From contemporary hospitals and Gilded Age mansions to medieval Westeros, Las Vegas comedy and the heightened world of Euphoria, we get into the design process, locations, construction, collaboration, problem-solving and the choices that ultimately shape what audiences see on screen.
Featuring:
Nina Ruscio — The Pitt
Bob Shaw — The Gilded Age
François Audouy — Euphoria
Rob Tokarz — Hacks
Tom McCullagh — A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
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Listen to the Roundtable
In this special episode of Decorating Pages, I sit down with five Emmy®-nominated Production Designers from HBO Max to talk about the creative decisions behind some of television’s most ambitious worlds.
Featuring Nina Ruscio, Bob Shaw, François Audouy, Rob Tokarz and Tom McCullagh, the conversation goes beyond the finished sets and into the design process—research, locations, construction, visual storytelling, collaboration and the problem-solving it takes to bring each series to the screen.
Watch the Full Conversation
See the complete conversation with the Production Designers behind The Pitt, The Gilded Age, Euphoria, Hacks and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.
We talk about how each designer approaches world-building, what changes between the first concept and the final set, and the design choices audiences may never notice—but that completely shape the way a story feels.
Watch the full Decorating Pages HBO Max Production Designer Roundtable on YouTube.
Now Watch the Work
After hearing how these worlds were created, see the nominated episodes for yourself on the official HBO Max FYC site. FYC Access Code: B25C8W3R
Meet the Production Designers
NINA RUSCIO
The Pitt
Production Designer Nina Ruscio created the working emergency department at the center of The Pitt, using Pittsburgh’s Allegheny General Hospital as a real-world reference and then reshaping that DNA into a camera-ready set. Her design had to support the show’s intense 15-hour timeline, constant patient movement, 360° shooting, and a huge amount of practical medical equipment while still feeling grounded, functional and unmistakably cinematic.
BOB SHAW
The Gilded Age
Known for richly detailed period environments, Shaw’s work on the series brings the architecture, wealth and social ambition of 1880s New York to the screen through an intricate mix of designed sets and historic inspiration.
FRANÇOIS AUDOUY
Euphoria
For Season 3, Audouy helps expand the show’s already distinctive visual language through detailed environments, props and production design created to support its heightened, cinematic storytelling.
ROB TOKARZ
Hacks
Production Designer Rob Tokarz expanded the world of Hacks across more than 200 sets in Paris, New York, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. His work ranged from Deborah Vance’s evolving personal and public spaces to a fully invented 1970s sitcom, Who’s Making Dinner?, complete with period color, wood tones, custom details and a fake television history convincing enough to feel like it had existed for 50 years.
TOM McCULLAGH
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
His work creates a more intimate and grounded corner of Westeros for the series, building the medieval world surrounding Dunk and Egg while distinguishing it visually from the larger-scale worlds audiences already associate with the franchise.
Kim Wannop
Host
Emmy-winning Set Decorator Kim Wannop hosts Decorating Pages, taking listeners inside the art departments behind film and television through candid conversations about design, collaboration and the real process of bringing a world to the screen.
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For Your Consideration
Explore HBO Max’s Emmy®-nominated programming and watch the submitted episodes at the official HBO Max FYC site.
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FYC Access Code: B25C8W3R