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Essays written for the Art Directors Guild, and conversations about how the work got made.

New York Post · July 25, 2026

Little House on the Prairie Production Designer Reveals the Reboot’s Behind-the-Scenes Secrets

Inside the making of the Ingalls homestead and the town of Independence — how the sets came together, and what it took to build them.Interview

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Dwell · July 17, 2026 · Kelly Faircloth

The Little House on the Prairie Reboot Maintains the Americana Fantasy of the Log Cabin

“We actually built it that way — no nails, all wood pegs.” On the cabin as the show’s real lead, and the enduring pull of the American log house.Feature

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Architectural Digest · July 16, 2026 · Michael Gioia

Where Was Little House on the Prairie Filmed? Inside the Ingalls’ Western World

Laura, I’ve a feeling we’re not (actually) in Kansas anymore — the Manitoba prairie, the homestead build, and the 29-building frontier town.Set Design

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Netflix Tudum · July 9, 2026 · Brookie McIlvaine

The Locations of Little House on the Prairie: Book to Screen

A location-by-location walkthrough with Markowitz and set decorator James V. Kent — the wagon, the cabin build, the well, the Independence backlot.Interview feature

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The Credits · Motion Picture Association · Hugh Hart · July 2, 2025

“Duster” Production Designer Jonah Markowitz Brings 1970s Arizona to 2025 New Mexico

On throwing out the usual seventies earth-tone playbook, deconstructing an Elvis Presley bowling alley, and why Duster’s seventies are really the sixties.Interview

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ADG Perspectives · 2025 · By Jonah Markowitz

Duster: A Sun-Bleached World of Memory, Myth and Motion

On the primary-color palette, the decision to build no hallways or exits, and the desert as a state of mind.Essay for the Art Directors Guild

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ADG Perspectives · July/August 2023 · By Jonah Markowitz

On Stage and Behind Closed Doors: George & Tammy

On designing the couple’s public stages against their private rooms, and rebuilding the Landmark suite at triple its real scale.Essay for the Art Directors Guild

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Interior Design · DesignWire · 2025

10 Questions With… Jonah Markowitz

On the road into production design, the research behind a period interior, and what makes a set feel lived in rather than dressed.Interview

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Wide Open Country · December 24, 2022 · Bobbie Jean Sawyer

How ‘George & Tammy’ Recreated Country Music’s Hallowed Ground

Rebuilding the rooms and stages where the music actually happened — from Nudie’s Rodeo Tailors to the venues that made the pair famous.Interview

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Little House on the Prairie

Season 1 premiered July 9, 2026 on Netflix.

Duster

HBO, 2025.

George & Tammy

Paramount, 2022.

The Diary of a Teenage Girl

2015.