Designing Disney: Imagineering and the Art of the Show (A Walt Disney Imagineering Book)

By John Hench and John Hench; Peggy Van Pelt

Book Overview

John Hench has come to be known as the "guru of Disney design," a title he more than earned during his sixty-year (and counting) career with The Walt Disney Company. His remarkable and unequaled wealth of experience spans from the earliest Disney animated features to the newest theme park attractions. Show, story, character, and color are all key elements in a successful design, whether the medium is architecture, animation, live-action film, theme parks, stage plays, costumes, restaurants, or shops. In Designing Disney, John takes a look at them all, illustrating and explaining what makes a design successful, and why. In this personal journey, John reveals the lessons he has learned working side by side with Walt and with a legion of legendary Disney designers, past and present. His stories and anecdotes are filled with insight and thoughtful observations. Illustrated with more than 200 sketches, paintings, and photographs from the vaults of Walt Disney Imagineering -- many never published before -- Designing Disney is an entertaining and informative behind-the-scenes look at the fascinating world of design. Book jacket.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786854065
• ISBN13: 9780786854066
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Disney Editions
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.1" x 0.6" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary