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| Designing Disney / John Hench : 5 of 5 | |
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2.29.2004
8:28 AM | Link |
 I received this great book for Christmas, and started reading it a few weeks ago. When I started the book, I was amazed to read that John Hench was 95 years old as he was writing the book! When I was about halfway through the book, he passed away, which made the book even more poignant and incredible. Hench was a true Disney legend, who started with the company working on Fantasia, and contributed to tons of projects (mostly theme park related) for the rest of his life. The book is filled with beautiful paintings and sketches he did for the parks, including some fascinating ones of projects that were never built. He discusses the creation of the Disney parks as an environment to foster adult "play", and he clearly describes the amazing philosophy of quality practiced by Walt and himself. His chapter on the use of color is extremely detailed! The final chapter is a wonderful discussion about the spirit of Mickey (Hench painted Mickey's major "birthday portraits") that really sums up what Disney means to me. This is an incredible book by an incredible man whose contributions to happiness will remain forever.
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