Will
Giles.

Lacoste crocodile spinning

I can make anything......literally anything.

DisciplineSet Design · Art Direction
Creative Production
BasedAuckland
New Zealand
Contactwilliamgiles94@gmail.com
Currently working as a Senior Set Designer for the Minecraft Movie 2 Currently working as a Senior Set Designer for the Minecraft Movie 2 Currently working as a Senior Set Designer for the Minecraft Movie 2 Currently working as a Senior Set Designer for the Minecraft Movie 2 Currently working as a Senior Set Designer for the Minecraft Movie 2 Currently working as a Senior Set Designer for the Minecraft Movie 2

Film / Television

Award-Winning Set Design

Our Flag Means Death.

HBO Max · Set Designer

Set design for HBO's pirate comedy — translating the show's heightened, painterly visual language into period ship interiors and stylised exteriors.

Production Designer Ra Vincent Supervising Art Director Adam Wheatley ★ ADG Award Nominee 2024 Excellence in Production Design — Half Hour Single-Camera Series

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

Amazon Prime · Set Designer

Large-scale set design across one of the most ambitious productions ever made for television. Includes design work on the Bridge of Ostirith.

Production Designer Ramsey Avery ★ ADG Award Winner 2023 Excellence in Production Design — One Hour Fantasy Single-Camera Series

Sweet Tooth.

Netflix · Set Designer

Set design across the post-apocalyptic world of Netflix's Sweet Tooth — hybrid environments balancing the show's fairytale tone with grounded, lived-in design.

Production Designer Russell Barnes Supervising Art Director Adam Wheatley

Celebrity Treasure Island.

2023 · Warner Bros · Creative / Challenge Producer

Designing and producing physical challenges on location for the 2023 season of Warner Bros' celebrity reality series.

Experiential / Retail

2023 — 2025

Rhode London Pop-Up

2024 · Experiential · Made Workshop

Hailey Bieber's skincare brand made its London debut at Motcomb Street. A seamless wraparound environment — glossy curves, an illuminated counter, and oversized pill-shaped brand elements anchoring the space.

The Beatles — Red & Blue 50th Anniversary

2023 · Experiential · Made Workshop · Amelia Studios

For the 50th anniversary of The Beatles' Red and Blue albums, the original balcony balustrade from the iconic photoshoot was lifted and reimagined as an installation inside Abbey Road Studios — a working tribute to the archive itself.

On × FKA Twigs — Selfridges Corner Shop

2024–2025 · Experiential · Made Workshop

On Running's SS25 collection with FKA Twigs at Selfridges. Foam-clad steel frames, acid yellow seating and full-height AV towers turned the retail floor into a controlled spectacle.

Commercial

2024 — 2025

Tiffany & Co. — With Love, Since 1837

2024 · Set Design · Dan Tobin Smith Studio · Rachel Thomas Studio · Made Workshop

Set design for Tiffany & Co.'s With Love, Since 1837 global campaign — bridging the House's 19th-century heritage with a contemporary visual language. Drawing on the legacy of Gene Moore across the Lock, T, Knot, HardWear, Sixteen Stone and Tiffany® Setting collections.

Lacoste — Play Big

2024 · Set Design · Made Workshop · BETC Paris

A 9m × 3m sculptural crocodile, built London-to-Paris in two weeks for Lacoste's global Play Big campaign. Photographed by Willy Vanderperre. Creative direction Ibby Njoya. Agency BETC Paris.

Tesco Xmas 2024

2024 · Set Design · Made Workshop

Set design for Tesco's Christmas 2024 campaign — a polished, broadcast-ready environment translating the brand's accessible identity for the holiday season.

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About

Bio
Will Giles — rotating portrait

Award-winning set designer. Creative producer and art director based in Auckland, with ten years across film, architecture, civil and civic projects — most recently with London's Made Workshop.

Trained as an architect at CPIT Christchurch (BArch, 2015), I started my career as an architectural graduate in Auckland before moving into design coordination on Auckland Transport's City Rail Link, then project management on civil infrastructure including the Downtown Ferry Terminal Seawall repair.

A passion for art and architecture led me into freelance CGI — advanced 3D modelling in 3DS Max and Rhino, real-time visualisation in Unreal Engine.

In April 2018 I had a serious car accident that left me with a brain injury. A year of rehabilitation — relearning how to walk and talk — remains the achievement I'm most proud of.

From 2019 I moved into film and television as a Set Designer, contributing to Netflix's Sweet Tooth, Amazon's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (ADG Award winner, 2023) and HBO's Our Flag Means Death (ADG Award nominee, 2024), and producing for a Warner Bros. celebrity reality series.

Most recently I worked at Made Workshop, one of London's leading creative set design and build studios, designing across commercials, experiential, retail pop-ups and brand events for some of the world's biggest names. I've now relocated home to New Zealand and am bringing that experience back with me.

Back in New Zealand. Looking for ambitious projects.
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Auckland · NZ
Lacoste crocodile spinning
Based Auckland, New Zealand