Word: designers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...competition is a problem in landscape design. This year the competitors have been furnished with topographic maps of a given piece of property supposed to be along the Charles River. On the assumption that a benefactor has given money to the Topiarian Club, of which men in the Landscape Architectural School are the members, for a small country club, the plans submitted are to include a garden and an experimental growth of plants, a boat house for canoes, and tennis courts, as well as other arrangements for the pleasure of the members of the club...
...winning model gives a striking silhouette of the characters, who are grouped about the summit of a hill from behind which a flood-light effectively blends soft yellow, blue and violet rays, while one bright star shines brightly in the sky. The simplicity of the design well fits the spirit of the play for which it is intended--"The Mystery of the King's Berth," a one-act Christmas mystery by Adair Archer '17, formerly of the Workshop...
...painting, which is a decorative design rather than a formal picture, is by Pierre Laurens of Paris. In a laurel enclosed circle, the idealized figure of youth--standing against a background of dim hills--holds a flaming lamp which, through the sacrifices made to keep it lighted, still burns brightly. Symbols of what youth gave up to do its part in the world war are depicted in the lower left corner outside the circle. At the lower right are various war emblems, while in the upper corners doves bearing olive branches are faintly suggested in the center, at the bottom...
...consulting architect. When he realized that he was not deceived in his suspicion that he was being studiously ignored, he also resigned. His successor, like the apprentice of Michael Scott, the magician of the ironic legend, made a pathetic fiasco relieved only by faint reminiscences of the original design...
After studying in this country for some time, part of it under the Fine Arts Department here, Mr. Jones went to Berlin where he studied scenic design at Reinhardt's Theatre. Since returning to America, he has designed scenery and costumes for the Russian Ballet, "Caliban," Claire Kummer's comedy "Good Gracious, Annabel," and "A Successful Calamity," with William Gillette. Mr. Jones designed the scenery for John Barrymore's last three successes: "Redemption." "The Jest," and "Richard the Third," and one of his latest works is that in the new Ben Ami play produced by Arthur Hopkins. Because they...