Inside The Lowdown: Brandon Tonner-Connolly & Tafv Sampson on Tulsa Truths

Production Designer Brandon Tonner-Connolly and Set Decorator Tafv Sampson take us inside FX’s The Lowdown—a grounded Tulsa world built with real locations, a rebuilt diner, and a bookstore layered with 5,000 hand-picked titles and an apartment above it. We unpack color choices, hero props for investigative storytelling, and the small, invisible decisions that make the sets feel lived-in. Perfect for set decorators, production designers, art directors, and anyone who loves craft-driven TV design.

Topics: bookstore layout, apartment-over-shop, diner counter/booths, Tulsa ephemera, practical vs. VFX, color language, continuity, prop strategy, Easter eggs.

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