We are always searching for the tension between the historic and the modern. Because of the research and the attention to detail, our designs have an underpinning of truth. We don't fake it. If we were to settle for fake history, we would be condescending to our audience. We try to evoke the spirit of another time and place.
Architecture has amazing power.
We just finished working on a film called Caveman's Valentine for which we had to design a set to represent the inside of a man's skull. The result was an eeriness and a mystery that you could almost smell. You've created a Beverly Hills boutique, a SoHo loft, an abandoned printing shop, even a complete Victorian house with a greenhouse and gardens. We dream of designing buildings or interiors that the public will really use with the same sense of narrative, the same respect for architecture and objects, and the same holistic vision we bring to our movies. When you design for films, all of your work gets dismantled and put into storage when you are finished shooting.