When the red carpet is rolled out in front of The Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 10 for the 96th Academy Awards, the sets on stage will evoke the kind of glamour for which Hollywood is known. The designs are by production designers Alana Billingsley and Misty Buckley, who made history last year as the first female designers to create the sets for the Oscars. Their designs were so successful, they are back this year, once again working with executive producer Raj Kapoor, director Hamish Hamilton, and lighting designers Bob Dickinson and Noah Mitz on the concepts for the show which is broadcast live on ABC.
“The concept for this year was to design a contemporary space where people can meet, exchange, create. Like a modern-day plaza,” says Buckley in an exclusive interview for Vanity Fair. “The finishes are soft plaster, warm whites, and tones that pull the whole design together.”
"I’m very logistically savvy and architecturally steady and Misty is the poet,” says Billingsley in the same interview. “She infuses the spirit into the shapes. We were trying to create this very modern-feeling plaza that is sort of intimate yet also very grand and aspirational."
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