Netflix / CW FUI

FUI and screen design for Netflix's Another Life (Season2) among other CW productions like Batwoman, Flash, . Designing the fictional interfaces that characters interact with on screen.

FUI (Fictional User Interface) design is a discipline most don't realize exists until they need it. I designed the screens, displays, and interfaces that appear in-frame on Netflix productions — the kind of work where getting it wrong means an audience notices, but getting it right means they're pulled deeper into the story.

The constraint is the point. A sci-fi interface has to feel plausibly futuristic without being distracting. It has to read clearly on camera at odd angles, under production lighting, often out of focus in the background.

I learnt a lot about looping sequences so the technician on set controlling this screen can easily que the right instance for the shot in retakes and keep those cuts as efficient as possible. Great team over at Scarab that do some extraordinary work behind the scenes.