Very impressive.” Judge 27th Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards27th Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards I also found myself learning about the animation process… I appreciate the cover design and the blurbs. It certainly says something about Walt Disney, that he would commission such remarkable furniture for his workers. Even with the introduction, however, I found myself drawn into the writing, in the story of his decision to write the book and his experience with Disney, as well as the interviews and the description of the writer’s detective work to find where the furniture had gone. ![]() When I picked up the book, I assumed that most of what I would be doing was looking at the images-judging, for example, whether they had been introduced to me in a reasonable order (and I certainly found that they were). I’ve rarely seen a book where the color images were reproduced with as much care (and expense) as here I especially enjoyed looking at Kem Weber’s concept design artwork at the beginning of each chapter. ![]() “This is a beautiful book, and I’m sorry I don’t get to keep it. This 264-page book is profusely illustrated with many never-before-seen photographs and artworks. ![]() This book explores Coats’ first fifteen years designing and building some of the most iconic and enduring attractions at Disneyland including Alice in Wonderland, The Submarine Voyage, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Haunted Mansion, and so many more. He forever changed the worlds of global entertainment, technology, architecture, and popular culture. Working side by side with Walt Disney, Claude Coats is considered a significant influence in creating the first theme park, Disneyland, and a new form of creativity called Imagineering. Claude Coats: Walt Disney’s Imagineer-The Making of Disneyland: From Toad Hall to the Haunted Mansion and Beyond is the story of artist and designer Claude Coats who, for more than half a century, was one of the most prolific creative talents at The Walt Disney Company and, arguably, the most accomplished.Īn unpretentious man of strapping stature, Coats was the artist behind some of the stunning backgrounds produced at the Disney studio during the Golden Age of Animation before being handed-picked by Walt Disney, to start the fabled WED Enterprises-now known as Walt Disney Imagineering.
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