Ayanna Blair-Ford

Ayanna Blair-Ford is a London-based Production Designer, Art Director and spatial designer of Caribbean heritage, trained in architecture at the Royal College of Art. Combining architectural thinking with cinematic storytelling, she creates visually rich, emotionally resonant worlds across narrative film, television, commercials, branded content and live experiences. With expertise spanning production design, art direction, graphics, CAD, 3D visualisation and spatial design, she is known for translating complex creative ideas into distinctive, highly crafted visual environments.

Her recent narrative work includes Production Designer on Afterbirth (dir. Amy Cudden), Bless You (dir. Alicia Quayson), and Hindsight (dir. Remi Moses), a BFI Network Short Film Fund-backed film. She also production designed The Donor, which premiered at SOUL Fest, won multiple festival awards and was selected for the Aesthetica Film Festival. Ayanna was Art Director on BBC Films’ End of Play (dir. Edem Wornoo), which premiered at the BFI London Film Festival before screening internationally and winning Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film at the Bolton Film Festival.

Alongside her narrative work, Ayanna production designed the visual rollout for Little Simz’ Sugar Girl EP, creating the visualisers and accompanying content for the release. She has also art directed and production designed commercial campaigns and branded content for clients including British Vogue, Nothing, Square, Hayu, TikTok and the International Women’s Forum, while assisting on large-scale productions for brands including Fiverr featuring Steven Bartlett and Morrisons. Earlier in her career she worked under Production Designer Naejin Kim as Art Director on Channel 4’s The Big Breakfast, which received two Royal Television Society Award nominations, and led the Art Department on the BAFTA-winning Sky Arts series Life & Rhymes.

Whether developing intimate character-led films, artist-led visual worlds or ambitious commercial campaigns, Ayanna approaches every project through the lens of narrative, creating spaces that feel culturally authentic, visually striking and deeply connected to story.