Andrew Cooper/Netflix © 2023ĭanny’s apartment he shares with his brother Paul (Young Mazino) has such a stripped-down, lived-in vibe. Accessories like hand-woven brooms and blown glass bottles with plant nutrient elixirs add to the aesthetic lifestyle branding. The setup she has is trying to sell a millennial minimalist bespoke lifestyle each plant is like a unique sculpture in a wabi-sabi pot of the client’s choosing (within 4 colors and 4 shapes). She’s drawing from the trend of taking care of plants as if they are beloved pets. The design approached Koyohaus as Amy’s version of a gallery space for plants. The light wood motif is there but in a grid wall pattern with pink desert images on a white wall backdrop. Koyohaus is all about Amy being successful in business, so we wanted it to feel brighter and more vibrant than her home space. How did you want to separate her business from her home life through design? On the flip side, Amy’s workplace has its unique feel. (L to R) Ali Wong as Amy, Joseph Lee as George in episode 103 of Beef. Another important feature was restricting views of the sky. We talked about her house being a cage of her own making, so we leaned into that motif with the floor plan, wood slats, and concrete-colored walls. Her curated aesthetic needed to touch almost every element in her home and Koyohaus. So we wanted her home to represent the great effort she puts into her presentational side, yet still have the darker mood of her inner self. Sonny described Amy as someone who works incredibly hard for her ambitions but at the cost of being honestly herself. Was there a driving force behind its look that connected it to her character? Modern, bespoke with a monochrome palette. Andrew Cooper/Netflix © 2023Īmy’s home has a Le Corbusier vibe to it. (L to R) Steven Yeun as Danny, Ali Wong as Amy in episode 110 of Beef. We had to work closely together to create those compositions that hopefully don’t read like a public park. Episode ten was a fun experience, it was the last week of shooting almost all exteriors in a park, and the challenge was to hide all the walking paths and signage with overgrown greens at a moment’s notice. Was there anything else you and Larkin Seiple discussed to guide the visual style?īeyond our sun-baked look, we talked pretty much every day about upcoming scenes, especially if we were planning to do something extra for a tonal shift. Cinematographer Larkin Seiple and I worked together to create a parched, sunbaked color palette to reference the unrelenting Los Angeles sun. We shot the majority of the show in LA locations, but Danny’s apartment and Amy’s house were stage builds. It was also important for the world to feel like Los Angeles. I thought it was highly ambitious but wanted to help go for it! Visually, we wanted to ground the story in a world that felt real and believable but with moments that veered surreal as the narrative progressed. Sonny sent me his “holy grail” formula: Thirty-five percent Sopranos/Paul Thomas Anderson flawed character comedy, plus thirty-five percent Netflix binge-ability/ White Lotus water cooler moments, plus thirty percent Ingmar Bergman/Hirokazu Koreeda warm melancholic pathos. Was there anything you and Sonny referenced in terms of creating the overall visual style? The material of Beef is deliciously chaotic yet also beautiful in its own way. In conjuring the visual style of the Netflix show, Yun was inspired by the duality of characters, drawing from their inner struggles and public personalities, a motif costume designer Helen Huang pulled from as well.īelow, Yun shares how each of their character attributes played into designing the homes of Danny and Amy. The dark comedy unravels through ten episodes and asks the question: How far are you willing to go to ruin the life of a complete stranger? For Danny and Amy, there are no limits. “I was impressed from the start, and our exchange felt really fun and effortless,” Yun shares with The Credits. Beef creator Lee Sung Jin ( Dave, Undone), who goes by Sonny Lee, reached out to production designer Grace Yun ( Past Lives, Ramy, Hereditary) to share his vision of the series that pins Danny Cho (Steven Yeun), a failing contractor, and Amy Lau (Ali Wong), a self-made entrepreneur, against one other following a heated parking lot altercation.
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