Designer sketchbooks
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Together with the director, the designer is at the heart of the creative process. They form a very close partnership, and the set and costume design help define the creative direction of the production. The designer's sketchbook is a collection of their research, sketches and final drawings and is the central reference for all design aspects.
Designs from the sketchbook are initially shown to and discussed with the director, and copies are later displayed on the walls around the rehearsal room to give the company a strong visual sense of the production. The costume department, make-up artists, jewellers, prop-makers and wigs department all work from these designs, which form a distillation of the thought-processes behind the production.
