Property design, commonly known asprop design, is the design ofprops (theatrical property) for use in theatre, film, television, etc.^[1] Designers of props work in liaison with thecostume designers,set designers andsound designers, under the direction of theart director ortechnical director.

The term is also associated with home orinterior design.

As with most theater, props originate from Ancient Greece where they would use urns and pebbles to represent voting ballots and ballot boxes during Aeschulyus'Eurmidine.^[2] This is possibly the most simplistic prop design as these props were either found objects in the case of the pebbles, or in the case of the urns terracotta or possibly bronze was used to craft them.

Shakespeare's plays had many props and in the case ofHamlet one of the props was a skull. Back then prop design was not advanced enough to build, or create a skull. This resulted in grave diggers being hired to go and find the needed skulls.^[3] If the prop did not require the digging of graves it is most likely hand crafted from wood, metal, stone, or sewn from cloth. Shakespeare's played used natural props such as trees, and moss banks that were brought on stage forA Midsummers Night Dream.^[3]

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