In addition to these public fountains, the Italian development included an enormous number of original villa garden fountains of spectacular and sometimes amusing designs.
@AlternateRowan produced a series of amusing posters/T-shirt designs lampooning Surrey's plans.
Dani Nordin cops to this and other amusing benefits of designing your lifestyle around a job or business versus letting your work define your life.
The set designed by Annemarie Woods (who also designed the amusing costumes) consists of a giant three-tiered cake stand, notwithstanding Gwendolen's insistence that "cake is never seen in the best houses nowadays," although the implement could also serve for Lady Bracknell's cherished cucumber sandwiches.
Bought at High Valley Books in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, about five years ago, the book is an amusing ode to a design method that was as subversive as it was sustainable when it was published in the early 1970s.
I scanned my enormous room – sleek lines, calm serenity, all of it peppered with amusing quirks of contemporary design, not to mention enough space to swing a tiger by the tail.
Anyway, the list: The original wartime Keep Calm and Carry On poster, rediscovered more than 10 years ago by the owner of Alnwick's Barter Books and digitally touched up by Chris Donald, erstwhile editor of Viz, is an amusing yet poignant instant design classic.
William Neal's sound design makes simultaneously amusing and impressive use of big movie-opening music.
"It's very amusing how much longevity that design has," he noted.
Gertrude and her partner, Mort (an amusing but miscast Antonio Banderas), who designs avant-garde furniture, are superannuated hippies so radiant that they make Jane Fonda's bohemian grandma in "Peace, Love & Misunderstanding" seem dour.
But something about Paley doesn't lend itself to the idea of fine dining – the ingredients may be well-chosen and carefully cooked, but the basic unit of consumption here seems to be a bite or two – Bernhardt's cooking is designed to be amusing, not profound.
