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...turner. But it makes me laugh that people take it seriously." Still, Eco treats lowbrow cultural phenomena with the same seriousness as higher-flown accomplishments. In one essay, for example, he analyzes the essence of Italian society by observing Mike Bongiorno, a TV game show host; another dissects the design of the 1,000-lire note. He has also described how comic-book hero Flash Gordon imparted American ideals to children growing up in Mussolini's Italy. Everything is grist for his mill. Eco's catholic approach is reflected by the way in which contemporary paintings on the walls...
...this mystery magician Sophie's protector or a predator? No suspense there. But while the story adheres to fairy-tale contours, it constantly surprises with the richness of imaginative detail. The film begins in the soot and bustle of an old European city, with a design scheme both grim and dapper: even the evil blobs who chase Howl wear straw hats. The castle, which treads back roads on four Seussian legs, is a spectacular jumble of ship parts, old wooden houses and gigantic barrels. Palaces and shimmering lakes, warplanes and fire sprites all come to life at the breath...
...television business in the 1980s, the company was struggling, and most people knew nothing about him. But when Sharp brought its liquid-crystal-display TVs to the global market, it began making record profits. To be the best, a company has to have sound knowledge about market demand, design and manufacturing - plus technological strengths. Machida has succeeded because of his company's sharper focus. Kakoli Senapati Frankfurt, Germany
...wonder States, made the bold decision to dig a tunnel through Mount Catillo on the right bank, which diverted the river to the other side of the mountain and down a precipitous gorge. There, Cardinal Agostino Rivarola was given the assignment to create a landscaped public park. His design features terraced walkways and craggy steps, which lead to clearings with dazzling views of waterfalls and temples dedicated to Vesta, the goddess of the hearth, and Tiburnus, the mythical founder of Tivoli who ousted the occupying Sicilians from the area. But over the last half of the 20th century, Villa Gregoriana...
...Part of the issue is to make the connectivity quicker. [Another part] is to make it a much more enjoyable experience,” said Alan Altshuler, the dean of the Graduate School of Design and a member of Harvard’s Master Planning Advisory Committee...