For the second year in a row, David Rockwell has taken on the set design for the Academy Awards—and, also for the second year in a row, it will feature an enormous cascading curtain of Swarovski crystals (92,000 to be exact). Otherwise, the 2010 set will eschew last year’s black-and-blue palette for a brighter, more streamlined look. The glowing white stage covered with circular patterns (and featuring a series of three rotating platforms) evokes, to our eyes, a modern take on a retro style—like a Sixties-era game show, but with considerably more bling. Check out one more rendering after the jump. Read more…