The Knick
Costume designer for The Knick
PROFILE
Ellen Mirojnick
FROM Ellen Mirojnick
Design and Architecture
Designing The Knick The Knick is a new Cinemax drama series directed by Steven Soderbergh that examines turn-of-the century medicine in New York City. The series depicts life in 1900 in a shockingly realistic fashion; it features terrifying medical devices, filthy city life and shows the transition to electricity. The designers describe why they chose not to be nostalgic in any way about the time period.
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