Journal

Notes on Cinema & Craft

Essays on production design, art direction and the craft of building worlds.

Rebuilding 19th-Century Baku for "Taghiyev"

From oil derricks to palace interiors — the research, references and craft behind a monumental period reconstruction.

Why a single red can carry grief, memory and rage — a colorist's approach to designing emotion.

How a fine-art training shapes the way I read a script and build a world one frame at a time.