Suzy Menkes: Miu Miu's apron for a new age Oct 7, 2008
Kinder Aggugini, who last season imagined Coco Chanel meeting the punk rocker Sid Vicious, found another inspirational odd couple: the Scottish artist and architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh and a Bohemian Parisienne. The mix enabled Aggugini to trace a geometric grid and, at the same time, to break away from it. (International Herald Tribune)
* Reports of the ties death have been grossly exaggerated Jun 18, 2008
Another featuring a painting by Charles Rennie Mackintosh of a rose inside a teardrop that he saves for delivering eulogies. When I walk into a room, theyll look at my necktie, theyll actually pick it up when I walk in, and say Oh, what are you going to talk about today. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
OK, Dad, I'll take it back Jun 17, 2008
Another featuring a painting by Charles Rennie Mackintosh of a rose inside a teardrop that he saves for delivering eulogies. "When I walk into a room, they'll look at my necktie, they'll actually pick it up when I walk in, and say 'Oh, what are you going to talk about today? and I'll say, 'Oh, wait and see.' It actually creates a sense of mystery," Smith says. (Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ)
* Brad Pitt signs on to help design US-themed Dubai hotel Jun 3, 2008
Pitt has long been an admirer of Scottish architect and designer Charles Rennie MacKintosh and US architect Frank Lloyd Wright, BusinessWeek magazine said in a 2005 profile of the actor. He studied computer-aided design at Frank Gehrys Los Angeles offices, the magazine said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Gustav Klimt: Painting, Design and Modern Life in Vienna 1900 ... Jun 1, 2008
The Secession building looks oddly like a Charles Rennie Mackintosh for the good reason that it was heavily influenced by him. One of the Werkst. (Independent)
How LSD brought us vegeburgers May 2, 2008
People wanted a more manageable drug," says Roberts. But whatever the arguments about LSD's influence or the harm it can do, it has had one indisputable lasting legacy. The phrase "[something] is like [something] on acid" has become a classic piece of verbal shorthand - typically employed by those who have never taken the drug - to indicate that something is a bit wacky or exaggerated. Whether it's the "the Lord Of The Rings on acid", "a giraffe on acid", "Aspen on acid" or even "Charles Rennie... (BBC News -- UK)
Richmond, Virginia's Museum Shops Mar 21, 2008
Sure-to-please choices from The Museum Store at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) include julep cups adapted from a silver beaker in the museum s collection, miniature clocks in the Glasgow-style of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and hand-blown paperweights by Virginia artist Herland Ort. Science Museum Store stand-outs include sparkling DNA mobiles, CD albums ofAnimusic (computer generated music) and glow-in-the-dark solar systems. (Suite101.com)
In picturesImages of Scotland's top 10 most treasured places Oct 27, 2007
The building is widely recognised as a Charles Rennie Mackintosh masterpiece. King's College, Aberdeen, drawn by the architect Sir Basil Spence while he was a student in 1929. (BBC News -- UK)
The flaws in Frank Lloyd Wright's design for living Aug 26, 2007
They're neither as elegant as those of Charles Rennie MacKintosh nor as massively comfortable-looking as Gustav Stickley's -- two artists whom he borrowed from. He never created any furniture as sleekly modernistic as the chairs of Marcel Breuer or as neatly functional as those of Charles and Ray Eames. (Boston Globe)
Mack is Back Jun 30, 2007
The thrill was in building cabinetry, trim, light fixtures and furniture in the style of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, a Scottish architect/designer whose take on Art Nouveau jelled with the European Arts & Crafts movement near the turn of the 20th century ... Woodworker Pat Herforth researched Charles Rennie Mackintosh for his project for Carrie Russell. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Unlikely hero of the new Scottish rebellion Apr 29, 2007
Of all the proud quotations, etched in stone red and black and sandy, outside the glorious new Parliament building, the one most apt this week is not from a king, or a poet, or a politician, or a warrior-prince, but the Glasgow architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh: 'There is hope in honest error. None in the icy perfection of the mere stylist. (Guardian Unlimited)
Glasgow is UKs phone theft capital Apr 6, 2007
Historic Glasgow, Scotlands biggest city, is famed for producing the likes of comedian Billy Connelly, legendary football manager Sir Alex Ferguson, and, of course, artist Charles Rennie MacKintosh, who, contrary to popular belief, had little or nothing to do with the invention of indigestion tablets or convenient fold-away rain coats. However, according to worrying CPP Phonesafe figures published on the GM.TV website today, Glasgow is now also infamous as the UKs prime crime hotspot for the... (Monsters and Critics.com)
Hungary Bets on Design Feb 6, 2007
Scotland's Centre for Architecture and Design dubbed The Lighthouse occupies the former Glasgow Herald building, a 19th century structure designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, renovated and expanded in 1999. And, in 2005, Australia s National Design Centre opened in Melbourne. (BusinessWeek)
6 great museums in Sunshine State Jan 19, 2007
Among the specialties are the British Aesthetic and Arts and Crafts movements (1870-1910), highlighted by beautiful furniture by British masters such as William Morris and Charles Rennie Mackintosh. American industrial design (1915-1940) is represented by cameras, clocks, radios and phonographs, and there are interesting materials on changes in print advertising, including posters, graphic designs, patent models, trade catalogs and samples. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
