Can you imagine only have two weeks to design a project! That's what Jennifer Lukehart, set designer, had when she took on the job of designing the set for the much anticipated return of Arrested Development which is scheduled for this Sunday, May 26th. The kicker here is she was expected to recreate a set from ten years ago. Nothing had been saved, so she had to rebuild everything. Imagine trying to find fabrics from the 80's or 90's now! Even the color stories are different. If you are an Arrested Development groupie from the past, you won't be disappointed though, she did a pretty good job at recreating the set, so much so, that the returning actors felt sentimental when they saw the set!
I thought it would be fun to look at House Beautiful's sneak peek at the set and interview with set designer, Jennifer Lukehart. If you haven't read the interview in House Beautiful, I invite you to click here to read it and view additional photos. House Beautiful dishes with Jennifer "about everything from the Art Deco look of a certain apartment and why you should use dark lampshades at home to how she replicated the Bluth penthouse in just two weeks. Reading Jennifer's interview, I realized that she has many of the same questions and issues as I have as a designer with real life clients only the players change. She interviews the director, producer or the production manager to get the info she needs to build her rooms. The questions are somewhat similar to the ones I pose to my clients, such as, "what's the budget, what's your lifestyle,", etc. The approach to basically "wave your magic wand" design and mine differs in ability to use custom items. She pretty much has to use what she can find through prop house rental and on the floor at retail level. I think it would be fun to switch places for a day! After all, who wouldn't want to see their work on television!
Here are a few of the photos that I borrowed from the House Beautiful interview and what Jennifer had to say about them. [....]
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