Plains of Yonder Seattle studio inject their unique style into
three seasons of ‘White Lotus’ opening credits.
Art Directors, Katrina Crawford and Mark Bashore of Plains of Wonder and designed all three of the TV series White Lotus opening credits. Ninety seconds is a long time for opening credits but in a survey by HBO 75% of the audience said they watched it all. The sequences also went viral on social media and helped create the buzz around the show. Plains of Wonder worked closely with Mike White, the series creator, writer and director to produce the moody opening titles in which the stories and the characters are embedded and clues are given about the plot.
Season One’s sequence (above left) was inspired by old Western credits. “They have this child’s storybook-like quality to them that’s like a portal into the world,” says Bashore.
Season Two’s sequence (above middle) was taken from fresco art in the Sicilian villa where the characters stayed. It is full of plot and character clues delivered with stories from ancient mythology.
Season Three’s sequence (above left) were inspired by Thai temple art and architecture.
The Emmy Award -winning composer of the themes for the first two seasons is Cristobal Tapia de Veer.
Plains of Yonder studio said they have been contacted by interior designers from all over the world asking for the wallpapers they have created. Mark Ashmore said “We don’t own that artwork, but man, if we did, we’d be in a whole ‘nother business.”
Print designer and illustrator Lezio Lopes collaborates with
fashion designer Camilla Franks on a ‘White Lotus’ collection
Lopes, who is Brazilian and now Sydney based, collaborated with The Plains of Yonder studio on the first three seasons’ White Lotus opening sequences. He has recently teamed up with global fashion designer Camilla Franks to create three new prints for her ready-to-wear, ‘The White Lotus X Camilla’ collection. Camilla was inspired by Lopes’ exotic graphics in the opening sequences of the first three seasons of Apple TV+’s White Lotus series and proposed a collaboration. “Lezio’s illustrations really capture an incredible sense of complexity in such a luscious way” Franks said.
‘Severance’, with its extraordinary opening sequence, has
spinoff demand for 1970s keyboard
Ben Stiller gives the extraordinary 3D work of
Oliver Latta a platform in TV series,‘Severance’
Two seasons and 19 episodes of Severance and we’ve never
skipped the opening credits.
Ben Stiller, producer and director of the TV series, Severance, discovered German artist, Oliver Latta’s amazing animations on Instagram.
So, yes, posting on Instagram can change your life!
Oliver Latta’s visuals suit the sci-fi psychological theme of the show and are as disturbing, surreal and unsettling as the show itself.
His unique blend of art, design and technology won him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Design in 2022
for Season One and again in 2025 for Season Two, along with his collaborator / typographer, Teddy Blanks.
Opening sequence season 1 and season 2
The opening sequences are set to the haunting music of Theodore Shapiro, a prolific American film and TV composer. He won an Emmy award for the opening title theme of Severance Season One.
‘Severance’ cult extends to the keyboard used by the employees of the fictional Company, Lumon
For fans of the show, it is now possible to buy an exact replica of the keyboard that the employees of the fictional company, Lumon use.
The Atomic Keyboard company made the MDR Dasher keyboard after a very successful Kickstarter campaign. They attracted 600 backers who pledged US$350,000, shattering the initial US$50,000 goal.
The design is based on a keyboard from the late 70’s and will be available from August 2025, although there is already an expensive waiting list for this US$899 keyboard.
If you have watched the show you know there will be some “Innie” fans who are buying these without telling their “Outie” partners exactly how much they cost.
‘Severance’ TV series, Apple TV+
Created and written by Dan Erickson, Severance stars Adam Scott (image: top left) as an employee of a dystopian corporation who undergoes an experimental procedure to separate his work life from his home life. It has received 41 Primetime Emmy Award nominations and has been renewed for a third season