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ECHO

Production Designer

manoto TV

ECHO was a weekly live music show combining performances, interviews and music news. The set transformed an existing studio into a distinctive music environment without altering its permanent architecture.

Director: Various
Production Designer & Art Director: Mona Wishkahi
Producer: Maral Mohammadi & Sarah Kissom
Presenters: Maral Mohammadi & Sarah Kissom
Motion Design: William Miles
@manototv 2017/2018

Focus

A portable scenic system designed around the existing studio architecture, integrating graphics, music references and practical elements into one visual identity.

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Constraint-Led Design

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Architectural Brand Environment

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Portable Scenic System

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Live Television Production

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The Challenge

Create a distinctive music environment inside an existing studio that couldn't be permanently altered.

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My Approach

Turned the studio's existing architecture into part of the design, layering portable scenic, graphic and music-inspired elements around it.

Key Contribution

Led the design from concept through to a flexible, repeatable studio system for weekly live production.

Developed the Visual Identity

Designed Around Existing Architecture

Created Bespoke Scenic Elements

Integrated Graphics + LED

Delivered Weekly Installations

Reflection

Working with the architecture rather than against it turned a production constraint into the defining idea of the design.

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