Production Designer Laurin Kelsey talks about the color strategy behind Elle on Prime Video. To make Elle stand out in Seattle’s gray, rainy world, Laurin and the design team toned down the surrounding palette. Even the school posters, classroom books, and background details avoided overly saturated colors so Elle could visually glow and bring brightness into each space. Watch the full interview on Decorating Pages Podcast. @amazonmgmstudios @elleonprime @laurinkelsey.productiondesign Elle Prime Video, Elle production design, Laurin Kelsey, Legally Blonde prequel, Elle Woods, production design color palette, set decoration, Seattle design, Decorating Pages Podcast, production designer interview, Prime Video, Amazon MGM Studios

Production Designer Laurin Kelsey talks about designing Elle’s Los Angeles world for Elle on Prime Video. In this clip, Laurin shares how the production came to LA to capture the real Beverly Hills feeling — palm trees, sunshine, Beverly Hills Hotel, Cinerama Dome, Elle’s house, and the visual identity of her life before Seattle. Watch the full interview on Decorating Pages Podcast. @amazonmgmstudios @elleonprime @laurinkelsey.productiondesign

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 Hills and Seattle, and designing the spaces that shape her world before UCLA and Harvard. In this episode, we discuss Elle’s bedroom, the Woods family house, the Seattle high school, the Cosmo office, Blockbuster, and how the design team balanced 90s authenticity with a fresh visual style for today’s audience. This conversation is a thoughtful look at how production design and set decoration can reveal who a character is becoming through palette, texture, space, and detail. Listen to Decorating Pages for more interviews with the production designers, set decorators, and art department teams behind your favorite shows and films. 👉 Get the FREE Quick Reference Set Decorating Template: www.decoratingpagespodcast.com 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. 🔔 Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, TuneIn, and iHeartRadio so you never miss an episode. 📲 Follow for daily design content Instagram: @decoratingpages (https://www.instagram.com/decoratingpages) TikTok: @decoratingpagespodcast YouTube: Decorating Pages Podcast (https://www.youtube.com/@DecoratingPagesPodcast)

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 Hills and Seattle, and designing the spaces that shape her world before UCLA and Harvard. In this episode, we discuss Elle’s bedroom, the Woods family house, the Seattle high school, the Cosmo office, Blockbuster, and how the design team balanced 90s authenticity with a fresh visual style for today’s audience. This conversation is a thoughtful look at how production design and set decoration can reveal who a character is becoming through palette, texture, space, and detail. Listen to Decorating Pages for more interviews with the production designers, set decorators, and art department teams behind your favorite shows and films. 👉 Get the FREE Quick Reference Set Decorating Template: www.decoratingpagespodcast.com 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. 🔔 Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, TuneIn, and iHeartRadio so you never miss an episode. 📲 Follow for daily design content Instagram: @decoratingpages (https://www.instagram.com/decoratingpages) TikTok: @decoratingpagespodcast YouTube: Decorating Pages Podcast (https://www.youtube.com/@DecoratingPagesPodcast)

Respect the Set. Every set tells a story. Every book, coffee mug, family photo, piece of artwork, and carefully placed prop has a purpose. It took an entire team of craftspeople to build that world. These are just a few photos I’ve collected recently of food and drinks left on set. It might seem harmless, but one spilled coffee or forgotten lunch can damage furniture, props, costumes, or hours of work. More importantly, it’s a sign of respect for the people who created the environment. Let’s remind everyone that the set is not the break room. If you have photos of food or drinks left on set (no names or productions necessary), I’d love to include them in a future post to help spread the message. 📧 Send them to KimWannop@DecoratingPagesPodcast.com Let’s keep our sets beautiful, safe, and ready for the next shot. #RespectTheSet #SetDecorator #ProductionDesign #FilmCrew #BehindTheScenes

In this clip from Decorating Pages, I’m talking about the production design and set decoration of Return of the Jedi, released May 25, 1983. Designed by Norman Reynolds and set decorated by Michael Ford, Return of the Jedi gives us some of the most memorable environments in the original Star Wars trilogy: Jabba’s Palace, the Death Star, Endor, and the Ewok village. What makes the design so strong is the contrast. Jabba’s Palace is dark, textured, grimy, and strange — a world where every surface feels aged, dirty, and dangerous. Endor takes the fantasy in a completely different direction, using trees, ropes, platforms, and woven textures to create a handmade world that feels built instead of manufactured. It’s a great example of why blockbuster design works best when the worlds feel physical, specific, and lived in. Watch the full episode of Decorating Pages for more on summer blockbusters and the production design that built movie history.

In this clip from Decorating Pages, Emmy-winning Set Decorator Kim Wannop breaks down why Star Wars became the biggest blockbuster of the 1970s and how its design changed the look of sci-fi forever. Instead of a clean, shiny future, Star Wars gave audiences dust, grease, dents, cables, repaired ships, used furniture, and worlds that felt old, layered, and already lived in. From Luke Skywalker’s sandy home world to the Millennium Falcon’s battered interior and the cold, repetitive scale of the Death Star, the production design created contrast, history, and believability. This is why the world of Star Wars still works. It feels like it existed before the camera arrived. Watch the full Decorating Pages episode on the production design of summer blockbusters.

In this clip from Decorating Pages, Emmy-winning Set Decorator Kim Wannop breaks down how summer blockbusters became cultural events — and why production design plays such a huge role in making those films unforgettable. From Jaws and the birth of the modern summer blockbuster to the worlds that audiences instantly understand, this clip looks at the design behind the movies that define summer. A blockbuster is not just a movie that makes money. It is a movie that becomes unavoidable, memorable, and built around a world we want to step into. Watch the full Decorating Pages episode on the production design of summer blockbusters.

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 the 1970s through the 2020s. We look at how films like Jaws, Star Wars, Grease, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jurassic Park, Pirates of the Caribbean, Jurassic World, Top Gun: Maverick, Inside Out 2, and Barbie used production design, set decoration, color, scale, architecture, and world-building to become more than movies. They became cultural events. This episode breaks down why the design of a blockbuster has to work instantly. The audience needs to understand the world the second they see it — whether it’s a beach town in danger, a galaxy far away, a suburban home hiding an alien, a dinosaur theme park, a pirate ship, or a dream house covered in pink perfection. If you love production design, set decoration, filmmaking, movie history, summer movies, or behind-the-scenes film craft, this episode is for you. Subscribe to Decorating Pages for interviews and design conversations with the production designers, set decorators, and art department creatives behind film and television. Hosted by Emmy-winning Set Decorator Kim Wannop. SUBSCRIBE: to the Decorating Pages podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/decorating-pages/id1387136186 SHOP THE SETS ON MY ONLINE AMAZON STORE! https://www.amazon.com/shop/influencer-ecaef66e 🎬 Hello and welcome to Decorating Pages! I’m Kim Wannop, your host, diving deep into the world of film and TV set design. Each episode of the Decorating Pages podcast brings you exclusive interviews with Hollywood's top Set Decorators, Production Designers, Directors, and Actors who craft the stunning visuals that bring stories to life. Discover the behind-the-scenes magic that takes designs from script to screen. Don't miss out—subscribe now and join our community of design enthusiasts! Well Hello There!! Website: https://www.decoratingpagespodcast.com Blog: https://www.decoratingpagespodcast.com/blog Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/618875801838692/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/decoratingpages/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/decoratingpagespodcast/ SHOP! https://www.amazon.com/shop/influencer-ecaef66e