What inspired the factory set in the second season?

I saw a photograph of a Rennie MacIntosh building from England, of an old library [with] a really interesting inside. It was very rectangular, very hard-edged, and had a great chandelier hanging in the centre.

I keyed off that photograph, created an illustration of the factory set and showed it to Joss. That’s actually what got me the job, that illustration. It was all black and white and was very dark and hard-edged. It related very much to a photograph of the Rennie MacIntosh library.