First published 2019
Production designer Deborah Riley opens the doors to HBO's design workshops and reveals how her team constructed the world of Westeros. This official collection spans all eight seasons and shows the creative process behind King's Landing's towering walls, Winterfell's ancient stones, the volcanic fortress of Dragonstone, and the icy ramparts of Castle Black. Riley earned BAFTA and Emmy awards for her work on the series. The book contains 432 pages of concept art, sketches, and production images that trace each location from initial drawings to finished sets. Showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss contribute a foreword, while Emmy winner Gemma Jackson provides a preface. The large format book measures 9.75 by 13 inches and serves as one of four official retrospective volumes from Insight Editions. Riley's behind the scenes details show how designers translated George R.R. Martin's imagined kingdoms into physical spaces that could house dragons, dire wolves, and the complex political dramas of the Seven Kingdoms.
Genres: history, art, fantasy, design
Vibes: atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, world-building
Setting: Westeros, King's Landing, Winterfell, Dragonstone, Castle Black
Period: Season 1 to Season 8
432 pages · Hardcover · Insight Editions