The Design Secrets Behind Netflix’s My Brilliant Career With Felicity Abbott

Production designer Felicity Abbott returned to Australia after nine years working overseas to create the world of Netflix's My Brilliant Career, a new adaptation of Miles Franklin's iconic novel.  In this episode of The Edit, Felicity tells Home Beautiful Editor-in-Chief Elle Lovelock how her team transformed historic South Australian properties, built entire homes from scratch and used everything from architecture and landscaping to furniture, colour and the smallest objects in a room to tell the story of the characters who live there.  Plus, Felicity reveals the surprising Victorian status symbol she discovered during her research, and the painstaking tricks used to make heritage locations and studio-built interiors appear completely seamless on screen.  This episode covers:  Why My Brilliant Career brought Felicity back to Australia after nine years overseas  How she begins designing a world from the script and its characters  Finding the historic South Australian homes used in the series  Building entire houses and interiors from scratch  Making the architecture feel distinctly Australian  Why colour is the foundation of Felicity's production design  Sourcing and creating Victorian furniture, antiques and homewares  How tiny household objects reveal a character's backstory  Recreating Victorian gas, candle and tallow lighting  The magic - and sadness - of watching a film set come to life and eventually disappear  Check out Felicity’s work here  You can watch My Brilliant Career now on Netflix  🎧 Listen to The Edit and follow on Apple Podcasts  Listen and follow on Spotify  👀 Watch and subscribe to The Edit on Home Beautiful's YouTube  Watch full episodes  Credits:  Host: Elle Lovelock  Guest: Felicity Abbott  Edited by: Leah Porges  Head of Vodcasting: Rachel Fountain  With thanks to our wonderful Home Beautiful team.  The Edit is a production of Home Beautiful and Are Media. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.