(1) Playmofan
(2) The Original Disneyland Hotel
(2a) Disneyland Hotel interior lobby area
(3) Christmas and winter photoshop styles
(4) “We are writing a primer on planning for the same people which probably is an indication that the American industrialists are replacing the intellectual liberal in whatever his role is as defender of the intangible that never materializes.” – Oscar Stonorov
(4a) Schroeder playing a Beethoven sonata from A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969)
(4b) “There are several important consequences of Walt’s unconventional approach to architecture. Because of his devotion to tangible things, for instance, the Disney theme parks are full of compelling, believable detail: they seem more real, somehow, than the world outside the berm, even though the 1800s have vanished, along with the last of the unexplored jungle rivers, and the future still lies up ahead, muffled in hope and the trappings of a thousand bad science-fiction movies. But a creative technique based on models and pictures also favors style over content, clear and simple emotions over a range of more difficult choices.” – Imagineering the Disney Theme Parks by Karal Ann Marling
(5) Subway Depths, Lit by Art (WSJ)
In the mezzanine, commuters will walk past life-size images of New Yorkers from the 1940s. A shimmering cityscape, as viewed from the old elevated platforms, will be re-created in glass.
In all, Ms. Shin’s pieces are expected to cover about 1,900 square feet. “I hope, as commuters go through this new technology and this new subway line, the new will be the old and the old will be the new,” said Ms. Shin, 40 years old.
(6) An Artist Amasses a Rare Collection (WSJ)
(7a) “The Second Coming” by W.B. Yeats
(7b) The Fight Between Carnival and Lent at the Kunsthistorisches Museum by Pieter Bruegel