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PROPERTYMASTERSGUILD.ORG 23 C o n t e m p o r a r y F e a t u r e F i l m PROP CULTURE: Severance has a very distinct look. How did you approach the design of it? CATHERINE MILLER: For Season 2, we spent much time researching and finding references of brutalist aesthetics. We drew upon the design concepts of Dieter Rams for inspiration. We also allowed the world we had built is Season 1 to inform our creations for Season 2. PROP CULTURE: Severance is a show built on every detail being meticulously planned. How do you approach a project like that? CATHERINE MILLER: I am so lucky to work Severance, Season 2 Catherine Miller, PMG E x c e l l e n c e i n O n e H o u r C o n t e m p o r a r y T e l e v i s i o n S e r i e s 2 0 2 5 with the best property team in the world. We have a dedicated crew that cares deeply about the work. Each person on our team tackles a different aspect of the prep and execution of the show. And we all contribute to the actual fabrication of the props. (We have become experts in all things from weaving custom finger traps to baking marshmallows from scratch and everything in between.) PROP CULTURE: Do you have any advice to impart to newer craft members or those who want to join the trade? CATHERINE MILLER: Be curious. Always have hunger to learn and understand how objects in our lives work and how we as people and communities relate to them.