Design Notes & Set Dressing approach

• Authentic but elevated reality that evolves across each of the 8 dates/episodes.

• Discovering how everyday spaces can be framed and enhanced to reveal emotional depth and function as emotional landscapes.

• Production design that doesn’t call attention to itself, but rather creates a genuine world that feels lived-in and emotionally resonant.

• Balance visual richness with naturalistic truth, crafting environments that feel discovered rather than designed.

DESIGN DEVICES IN CONNECTED SPACES

• COLOUR PALETTE

  • Dominant warm tones: Amber, ochre, soft golds, and gentle yellows creating cocoon-like environments

  • Complementary cooler accents: Desaturated teals and blues creating depth and balance

  • Organic greens: Abundant plant life creating living environments

  • Slightly muted colors that feel genuine rather than heightened or stylised - leaving room for pops of striking colour - the blue scrunchy etc

• TRANSLUCENT LAYERS & THRESHOLDS

  • Sheer fabrics & curtains: Diffusing light and creating dreamlike atmospheres that soften edges while revealing silhouettes

  • Beaded curtains & textured screens: Creating permeable boundaries that characters can pass through

  • Textured glass: Distorting yet revealing, creating a sense of seeing someone through a personal lens

  • Multiple frames within frames: Doorways, windows, and architectural elements that create compositions where characters exist in shared spaces

• LIGHT QUALITY & INTERACTION

  • Warm glows of amber and red in M&L House

  • Dappled natural light: Filtered through foliage or window coverings to create organic patterns that dance across faces and spaces

  • Bokeh effects ? - emphasise the present moment & subjectivity ?

DISCONNECTED SPACES

• Harder Architectural Lines: More geometric and less organic shapes

• Use of Negative Space: Emptiness that creates emotional distance

• Reflective/Cold Surfaces: Glass, metal, concrete that create visual barriers eg Sixth Date (Election Night/Restaurant): Space that allows for progressive visual fragmentation that mirrors their argument—starting cohesive and becoming increasingly divided?