Des
ITV Series
November 2019 - January 2020
Production Designer: Anna Higginson
Art Directors: Stephanie Nicole /Thalia Ecclestone
Set Decorator: Jade Bateson
Graphic Designer: Shaun Mitcheson
Role: Assistant Graphic Designer
Des is a British three-part television drama miniseries set in 1983. It retells the events of Dennis Nilsen who murdered 15 victims between 1978 and 1983. The series tells the story of the arrest and trial of serial killer Dennis Nilsen, known as Des, through the prism of three different men – Nilsen himself, Detective Chief Inspector Peter Jay, and biographer Brian Masters. The series explores the personal and professional consequences of coming into contact with a man like Nilsen.
Top Left: Screengrab from series showing the crime scene board depicting the Nilsen case: paperwork, crime scene photographs etc. Top Right: Newspaper clipping from in-house police publication to use as dressing in police station set
Top Right: Newspaper clipping from in-house police publication to use as dressing in police station set
Left: Case paperwork, photographs, booklets of evidence photographs and re-creation of prison booklets
Right: Police warrant ID badge for hero character
Left: Dressing poster for community centre set mentioned in script, Middle Top: Certificate used for dressing
Top Right: Missing persons paperwork, Top Centre: Police evidence Box label, Right: Missing persons poster
Top Left: Mix of community posters for a community centre set. Top Right: Postcards for various house dressing
Left above: Organisation and design of 1970’s passport for hero character
Above right: 1980’s bills and letters for dressing
