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heights. Cobel's house interior set is about twenty feet in the air. The crew built the side of each of their houses that were facing each other onstage. They could be shot walking up to their houses on stage, and then walking inside, and then looking out a window. Mark can't see Cobel, but she has vantage points through every one of her windows into his place. Ricken & Devon's House Mark's sister Devon (Jen Tullock) is married to writer Ricken (Michael Chernus). The cover of Ricken's new book is bright orange, which contrasts with the Lumon blues and greens. Ricken is the most accentuated character in the show, which is why their house has bright colors. I wanted Ricken and Devon to live in a house that was the opposite of Lumon. The production found a house that was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Pleasantville, New York, a community of about three hundred houses. About ten of them were designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and the rest were designed by his proteges and people that worked for him. The original house that I picked couldn't be used because of COVID, the original owner was ninety-six. Coincidentally, he used to work at Bell Labs. We ended up shooting at another Frank Lloyd Wright house in the same Pleasantville neighborhood. One thing I loved in Dan's writing is the question: Why are we doing things the way that we are? We can't keep going this way. The possibilities and the world of Severance are endless. I thought about how the creators of this space were inventing these severed employee characters, and Lumon could make the employees do whatever they want. Dan's writing was the license to do that, and Ben gave me the license to do it as a designer. Designing Severance is probably my most experimental work. The production wanted to create something super-fun, and super-strange, and powerful. We all did it together, and we were all on the same page. You don't get that very often. ADG G. RICKEN & DEVON'S HOUSE. SET PHOTO. H. EXTERIOR LUMON INDUSTRIES. Jeremy Hindle, Production Designer Nic Francone, Additional Production Design Chris Shriver, Super vising Art Director Angelica Borrero, Art Director Hingi Kim, Stephen Davan, Emma Mendelson, Jeannette Kim, Juliana Barreto Barreto, Adrienne Carlile, Katya Blumenberg, Assistant Art Directors Fredi Buch, Eric Fehlberg, David Swayze, Hugh Sicotte, Jamie Rama, Concept Artists Tansy Michaud, Graphic Artist Andrew Baseman, Set Decorator G H