In addition to these public fountains, the Italian development included an enormous number of original villa garden fountains of spectacular and sometimes amusing designs.
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.
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.
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.
Her pick, "Adhocism: A Case for Improvisation" (Doubleday) by Charles Jencks and Nathan Silver, is an amusing ode to a method of design that was as subversive as it was sustainable when the book was first published in the early 1970's.
Bright colors and asymmetrical design make Horton Plaza an amusing place.
Gyllenhaal's hypercritical critic is certainly an amusing character, but he's surrounded by shallow personalities, perhaps by design.
It's an amusing idea that misses the whole point about the processions, designed by the Shia clergy to encourage obedience, inculcate the idea of an eternal martyrdom and maintain their grip.
Perhaps his intention was merely to write an amusing paradox.
There's an amusing ballet contest, with each doing air turns and landing in a pose designed to milk a ballet audience's applause.
