His Dark Materials S2
Cittàgazze — a city in a parallel universe. Signage, murals, packaging and custom fabrics for the Escher-inspired world of production designer Joel Collins.
Charlie Innell · Graphic designer & illustrator · Film + television
Things the camera believes.
Signage, packaging, fabrics, post — the printed matter of other people's worlds. The Crown, His Dark Materials, Killing Eve, Atlanta.
Between productions — the diary is open
01
The work
Atlanta S3
Paper Boi on tour through Europe. A coffee shop in Amsterdam, an atelier in Paris, a food truck in London, merch by the rail.
Killing Eve S4
140 sets — Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Havana, the Alps — built almost entirely inside the M25, mid-pandemic. The season took the BFDG Award for Best Production Design, Independent TV Drama.
All Creatures Great & Small S4/5
The Yorkshire Dales in wartime. Everything printed, posted, bottled or sign-written in Darrowby — down to the postmark.
02
Capabilities
Engagements
- Full run of showScript breakdown to strike. Budgets held, clearances survived.
- Lead designerLed the graphics team on the final season of The Crown — briefs, budgets and colleagues across three time zones.
- Dailies & short noticeFeatures and rescue weeks. Recent: Beekeeper 2, Highlander, Digger.
- Off the screenBrand, print and illustration commissions — occasionally the props get made for real.
Deliverables
- Signage & sign-writing
- Packaging, labels & ephemera
- Custom fabrics & wallpapers
- Flooring & tilework
- Murals & scenic illustration
- Books, newspapers & post
- Hand-drawn typography
- Screenprint, letterpress & riso
- Script breakdowns & budgets
- Team leadership
03
Credits
| Year | Production | Role | For |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Beekeeper 2 | Graphic Designer | Feature |
| 2025 | Highlander | Set Dec Graphic Designer | Feature |
| 2025 | Digger | Graphic Designer | Feature |
| 2024 | Out of the Dust | Graphic Designer | Netflix |
| 2024 | All Creatures Great & Small S5 | Graphic Designer | Channel 5 |
| 2023 | Sweetpea S1 | Graphic Designer | Sky Atlantic |
| 2023 | All Creatures Great & Small S4 | Graphic Designer | Channel 5 |
| 2022–23 | The Crown S6Lead | Lead Graphic Designer | Netflix |
| 2022 | Never Let Me Go (pilot) | Graphic Designer | Disney / FX |
| 2022 | The Crown S5 | Graphic Designer | Netflix |
| 2021 | Killing Eve S4 | Graphic Designer | BBC One |
| 2021 | Atlanta S3 | Graphic Designer | Disney / FX |
| 2020 | Anatomy of a Scandal | Graphic Designer, Dailies | Netflix |
| 2019 | His Dark Materials S2 | Graphic Designer | BBC One / HBO |
| 2019 | A Gift from Bob | Graphic Designer | Feature |
| 2019 | Sex Education S1 | Assistant Graphic Designer | Netflix |
| 2019 | Endeavour | Graphics Assistant, Dailies | ITV |
| 2018 | Saint Maud | Graphic Designer | Feature |
| 2017 | Goodbye Christopher Robin | Graphics Assistant, Dailies | Feature |
| 2016 | The Collection | Illustrator | Amazon |
Killing Eve S4 won the BFDG Award for Best Production Design, Independent TV Drama. Full filmography on IMDb — or skip ahead and start the breakdown.
04
About
Graphic designer and illustrator. Ten years making the printed matter of other people's worlds — the matchbox in the safe house, the postmark on a 1941 envelope, whisky labels for distilleries that never existed.
Cittàgazze was mine from the shop signs to the soda tins. The last season of The Crown had my name at the top of the graphics list. I still draw most days; screenprint, letterpress and riso when the schedule allows.
Now and then the work escapes the set and gets made for real — its own kind of continuity error.
London. Travels with the unit.
Training: BA (Hons) Illustration, First Class — London Metropolitan University.
Tools: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign; a drawing board that still gets used.
05
The breakdown
Six questions. The same ones Charlie would ask anyway.
Your answers arrive as a proper brief. Charlie reads it, and replies between setups — usually within a day or two.
Scene 1 of 6
Sent. That's a wrap.
Charlie has the brief. She replies between setups — expect a note within a day or two.