After he was hired by Walt Disney in 1952 as chief decorator for Disney Studios, Mr. Kuri designed Captain Nemo's submarine headquarters for "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea".
Albert Speer, the "chief decorator" of the event, was responsible for the visual drama: the obliterating seas of flags, the towering eagle behind the speakers' platform, the "cathedral of light" made up of anti-aircraft searchlights beaming upward in Valhallan splendor.
François de Cuvilliés, the Elder, (born Oct. 23, 1695, Soignies, Hainaut died April 14 , 1768 Munich) chief architect and decorator in the Bavarian Rococo style.
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, (born October 23, 1695, Soignies, Hainaut [Belgium] died April 14 , 1768 Munich [Germany]), chief architect and decorator in the Bavarian Rococo style.
October 23, 1695 Soignies, Belgium April 14 , 1768Munich, Germany François de Cuvilliés, the Elder, (born Oct. 23, 1695, Soignies, Hainaut died April 14 , 1768 Munich), chief architect and decorator in the Bavarian Rococo style.
At some schools, they say, curriculum specialists assigned to help inexperienced teachers with lesson plans serve as decorators in chief, cutting out construction-paper figures and letters to adorn the boards.
It seemed a shame to ruin a long marriage fighting about who stirs the polenta, so I have assumed different duties: as set decorator, recipe consultant, chief taster, sous chef and pot washer.
This fall, Patrick S. Flood, chairman and chief executive of the HomeBanc Mortgage Corporation, got to play interior decorator for his company's new 390,000-square-foot headquarters in Atlanta.
Paige Rense, the editor in chief of Architectural Digest, has looked at many rooms and decorators over the 31 years she has been doing the job.
But at Bergdorf's there was a crowd that included the decorator DUANE HAMPTON; the socialite CECE CORD; and MARIAN McEVOY, the editor in chief of House Beautiful.
All these forces have created a climate in which, as Stephen Drucker, who has been editor in chief of House Beautiful and Martha Stewart Living, put it: "It's not so cool anymore to credit the decorator.
