Award-winning Stage and Screen Designer Tony Walton dies at 87

[ad_1] Tony Walton A production designer who for more than half a century brought broad visual imagination to creating different stage looks for Broadway shows and won him three Tony Awards died Wednesday at his Manhattan home. He was 87 years old. Daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton, with her mother Julie AndrewsHe said the cause was …

Graphic Designer Bob Gill, Who Raised ‘The Message’, Dies at 90

[ad_1] Disrespectful graphic designer Bob Gill, who helped transform his profession from its decorative roots to an idea business, died in Brooklyn on November 9. He was 90 years old. The death in a nursing home was confirmed by his wife, Sara Fishko. Mr. Gill once played the piano with the drummer. Charlie Watts (and …

Gira Sarabhai, the designer who helped shape modern India, dies at 97

[ad_1] Gira Sarabhai, architect, designer, curator and historian, who helped found some of the most important design institutions in postcolonial India and helped shape generations of designers, artists and craftsmen, died at her home in Ahmedabad on July 15. West Indian state of Gujarat. He was 97 years old. His death was confirmed by his …

Emmanuel Olunkwa: A Versatile Designer Gets a New Platform

[ad_1] Name: Emmanuel Olunkwa Age: 27 Motherland: Los Angeles Now Lives: In a one-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn’s Stuyvesant Heights neighborhood. Request for Fame: Mr. Olunkwa is a filmmaker, independent magazine editor and furniture designer appointed as the new editor of Pin-Up magazine. her interdisciplinary practice In keeping with the mantra of communication theorist Marshall McLuhan, …

George Rhoads, Designer of Fantastic ‘Ball Machines’, dies at 95

[ad_1] George RhoadsA peculiar artist who created elaborate sculptures in which balls made seemingly random journeys along labyrinthine paths and initiating the ringing of bells, the ringing of bells, and the pulsating tones of xylophone keys died July 9 in Loudun, western France. He was 95 years old. His granddaughter, Chip Chapin, said his caretaker, …