Larry, the famous designer who was also an architect might have been Frank Lloyd Wright? He came after the Arts and Crafts movement, both in Europe and America, and was a downright jerk, albeit a brilliant jerk, about feeding his own ego versus what he was commissioned to do. The Guggenheim Museum on 5th Avenue in NYC is an example of his work. Beautiful architecture, and a homage to his own work, not the pieces inside the museum! One of the complaints from patrons is that the spiraling hallway is so narrow, you can't step back to appreciate some of the larger paintings.

Anyone else would have been fired, sued, and killed, perhaps in that order. But Frank Lloyd Wright is an American Icon, so you don't punish self-centered genius.

Or perhaps it was a different artist you're thinking of!

The bottom line is that for comfort, you can't beat the designer who invented a beanbag chair.

My 2¢ on a dreary NY Sunday,

Gary

P.S. Frank? Nice animation! And I've always thought that Putin looks like Smeagel in Lord of the Rings.