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With all the wit, knowledge and wisdom of one of the UK's foremost
cultural commentators, Stephen Bayley takes the reader on a
satirical roller-coaster ride through the world of art and design
in the late 20th century. 'Brilliantly drawn ..the pages are full
of Wildean paradoxes' The Spectator ______________________________
Someone once said you can find beauty anywhere. But all Eustace
Dunne can see is ugliness. The buildings are grey, the people are
tired and unimaginative, the food is inedible and life is drab,
drab, drab. Growing up in an England ravaged by the Second World
War, Eustace resolves to make things beautiful again. A mercurial
stint in art school gives him a springboard into a world that is
changing so fast you have to hold on tight to keep up. And in that
world, ambition, timing and a modicum of talent can transform you
into anything you want to be. Before long he's an artist, a
designer, a restaurateur, an entrepreneur, a genius. But becoming a
bastion of perfect taste can be a grubby business. Eustace's charm
may have secured his influence on the homes and hearts of a nation,
but there are still people out there who know where the bodies are
buried...
We all consume architecture - it's the one artform we can't avoid.
So it's hardly surprising that the finest writers have applied
their minds to it. Most of them aren't architects, but their powers
of perception are such that what they say gets under the skin of a
building - and gives us a lesson in how to look at architecture.
You'll be entertained and enlightened as you find out why Goethe
went from being dismissive of Strasbourg Cathedral to being an awed
admirer; why Ruskin was offended by decorated shopfronts; why D.H.
Lawrence loved Etruscan temples; why Tom Wolfe ridiculed the
Seagram Building; why Vita Sackville-West saw Chatsworth as an
alien interloper; why Rose Macaulay was passionate about ruins; And
what Evelyn Waugh thought of Gaudi. The answers, and plenty more,
are all here. Knowing them will transform the way you see buildings
and deepen your understanding of architecture.
Wittgenstein said that if people never did silly things, nothing
intelligent would ever happen. In this compelling A-Z of modern
ignorance, Stephen Bayley gathers silly, curious and sometimes
shocking facts on everything that makes our world tick. Why does
Judeo-Christianity love mountains? Why was fear of drinking from
skulls the original reason for cremation? And where does the word
f*** come from (hint: think berets)? You'll be surprised how much
you never knew!
The automobile is the ultimate analogue machine and mankind's most
ingenious, seductive and damaging invention. For over a century,
cars have provided reference points for our notions of style,
status and desire. In design terms, the Age of Combustion was as
rich and varied as architecture's Baroque - and far more popular.
And now it is coming to an end, as the internal-combustion engine
is superseded by the battery and cars become wheeled computers,
running on AI not oil. Together with a wide-ranging introduction,
this book reproduces 60 of Stephen Bayley's popular monthly columns
for Octane, the outstanding classic car magazine where, for more
than 10 years, he has provided the most consistent and insightful
commentary on car culture, often based on privileged access to
industry insiders.
The Channel Tunnel Rail Link is Britain's first dedicated
high-speed railway line and its first major railway-building
project in more than a century. Running from London's newly
refurbished St Pancras International to the mouth of the Channel
Tunnel, the link will decrease journey times to Paris and beyond,
as well as to commuter towns in the south-east of England. The
project is also being credited with significant regeneration in the
areas around the new stations and terminus. Well-known architecture
and design commentator Stephen Bayley tells the story of the
building of the link and its sensitive insertion into the rural and
urban landscape, from the spectacular renaissance of St Pancras to
the unearthing of significant archaeological remains along the
route, and from the creation of bridges, viaducts and tunnels to
the planting of wild-flower meadows. Lively and entertaining, this
is a fascinating record of a ground breaking project.
'A terrific read, bubbling with anecdotes and insight' Daily Mail,
2021's best biographies 'Bayley, the author of books on style,
design and taste, tells the Habitat story with his customary
polycultural panache . . . [Mavity is] good at conveying the
experience of being in a room with Conran' Sunday Times Terence
Conran, a visionary and a myopic. A design entrepreneur and
imaginative restaurateur, he was a democratising idealist who was
also a selfish hedonist. His influence is everywhere in modern
Britain from where we live to what we eat. Terence: The Man Who
Invented Design is the most definitive, intimate and revelatory
biography of this design legend, by two of his closest
collaborators, Roger Mavity and Stephen Bayley. Frank, amusing,
indiscreet, sharp, rude, respectful and knowing, it tells Terence's
story as it evolved, from before Habitat's humble chicken brick to
Bibendum's sophisticated poulet de Bresse, via personal successes
and corporate calamities, culminating in that peculiar temple to
the religion he invented: The Design Museum. It celebrates
Terence's genius and immeasurable impact on British life - and
ensures his rightful status as national treasure. Terence: The Man
Who Invented Design is the most candid, up-close insight into the
man and myth.
Regardless of style, age or size, a home should be a place of
refuge, a private space in which we can feel truly comfortable,
whether spending time on our own or entertaining friends. Above
all, it should be a place of our own making, filled with the books,
furniture and other cherished objects that say so much about who we
are. Nowhere is this philosophy more apparent than in the work of
Chester Jones, one of the UK's most celebrated interior designers
and decorators. Lavishly illustrated throughout, "The Interiors of
Chester Jones" provides a unique and fascinating insight into both
Jones himself - a former architect and managing director of Colefax
and Fowler - and the thinking behind the many rich and nuanced
interiors he has created since establishing his own firm in 1989.
The book covers every aspect of his work, from his distinctive use
of art and artefacts to his sympathetic treatment of a building's
architectural history, and includes a series of in-depth case
studies on past projects. At the heart of this beautiful book is
Jones's own belief that to be happy in one's own surroundings, to
live contentedly in a space of our own design, is to feel genuinely
at home.
How do we define taste? The only certainty is that it shifts and
changes - sometimes abruptly. With the explosion of vulgar
consumerism in the mid-nineteenth century, the Victorians seized
upon the notion of good taste as a way of codifying middle-class
mores. A century later, to talk about taste had become almost
taboo, since judgments made about dress, manners, food and art can
often be painfully revealing. And today? When this classic text was
first published in 1991, Stephen Bayley illuminated the nuances and
niceties of our mercurial understanding of taste. In this new
edition, he ranges far and wide to bring us exquisitely up to date.
'I don't know anybody with more interesting observations about
style, taste and contemporary design' Tom Wolfe on Stephen Bayley
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Design Between the Lines (Hardcover)
Patrick Le Quement; Foreword by Stephen Bayley; Contributions by Stephane Geffray; Illustrated by Gernot Bracht
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The car industry and the way in which cars are created have changed
beyond all recognition over the last half-century. Automotive
styling was once the grudging afterthought when the engineers had
finished their work. Now, following a short flirtation with exotic
Italian design houses, it has evolved into sophisticated design
carried out by multitalented in-house teams honing carefully
crafted brand identities. One of the visionary designers at the
forefront of that revolution has been Patrick le Quement. Most
widely acclaimed for his 22 years in charge of Renault Design,
resulting in such standout models as the Twingo, Scenic and
Avantime, le Quement has enjoyed a 50-year career that has also
taken in Simca, Ford and Volkswagen-Audi. In his foreword to the
book, Stephen Bayley calls le Quement `perhaps the very most
original designer working in the conservative car business at the
turn of the millennium'. Some 60 million cars across the world now
bear the unmistakable stamp of le Quement. Design: Between the
Lines is not a straightforward autobiography; rather, le Quement
charts his journey through five decades of thoughts, actions,
failures and successes. He offers fascinating commentaries on
design and the creative process, and on some of the extraordinary
automotive brands that make up our shared cultural heritage. As
Bayley notes, for le Quement, design is `as much a matter of
thinking as a matter of drawing'. On a broader, more philosophical
level, le Quement also shares his views about life in general and
that remarkable contraption called `the automobile', which has so
influenced the lives of millions of people the world over from the
late 1800s to the present day. Presented as a series of 50 brief
essays or `perspectives', le Quement's thoughtful and astute
observations from the street, from the design studio and from his
seat in the boardroom give the reader a penetrating and often
amusing insight into the high-level workings of a global industry,
its triumphs and tragedies, and the foibles of the decision-makers
responsible for running it. A lively complementary text by the
automotive journalist Stephane Geffray accompanies each of le
Quement's perspectives, and illustrations are provided by the
automobile designer Gernot Bracht. Design: Between the Lines will
appeal to all motoring fans and enthusiasts of good design. As
Chris Bangle, the former Director of BMW Design, remarks: `Few car
designers have had a career so filled with innovative successes
that they have inspired a whole industry; fewer still have the
skills to share it. Engaging and revealing, Patrick relates his
personal experience and deep knowledge of car design in a very
enjoyable manner.'
The pitch is the absolute essence of modern business. Ideas are the
most valuable commodity in the modern economy and it is human skill
which develops them. However the skills of the pitch are not only
relevant to the world of business, rather they apply to just about
every significant personal transaction in your life... So whether
at a sales conference in corporate conference room hell or over
lunch at a glamorous restaurant, Life's a Pitch tells you how to
handle human transactions. A pitch is not a meeting, it's a drama.
A pitch is not about transferring information, it's about
transferring power. It is business, but it is also theatre. Part
inspirational manual for business, part guidebook to a successful
and happy social life, Life's a Pitch is written as the result of
an accumulated half century of (mostly successful) pitching by the
authors. Ground-breaking and genre-busting, it will transform the
way you think about the art of persuasion for ever.
Since the industrial revolution, when everything ran by clockwork,
people have understood how important it is to live in the moment.
But over time our world has grown increasingly busy, and we've lost
our ability to truly savour each unique experience and the simple
pleasures the world has to offer. Cultural commentator and critic
Stephen Bayley seeks to explain what real value is: it's about
taking the time and making the effort to appreciate things, of
understanding the permanent charm of modest daily rituals performed
with care and feeling. Of caring about appearances and meaning. Of
being bold in matters of taste. Of fully understanding the source
of lasting pleasure. Of making every encounter with an object or
person meaningful. Value is an elegiac account of what's recently
been lost in the digital apocalypse. But also an enthusiastic
anticipation of what we can regain in a post-viral, more analogue
and more thoughtful world.
Since the industrial revolution, when everything ran by clockwork,
people have understood how important it is to live in the moment.
But over time our world has grown increasingly busy, and we've lost
our ability to truly savour each unique experience and the simple
pleasures the world has to offer. Cultural commentator and critic
Stephen Bayley seeks to explain what real value is: it's about
taking the time and making the effort to appreciate things, of
understanding the permanent charm of modest daily rituals performed
with care and feeling. Of caring about appearances and meaning. Of
being bold in matters of taste. Of fully understanding the source
of lasting pleasure. Of making every encounter with an object or
person meaningful. Value is an elegiac account of what's recently
been lost in the digital apocalypse. But also an enthusiastic
anticipation of what we can regain in a post-viral, more analogue
and more thoughtful world.
'Bayley, the author of books on style, design and taste, tells the
Habitat story with his customary polycultural panache . . . [Mavity
is] good at conveying the experience of being in a room with
Conran' Sunday Times Terence Conran, a visionary and a myopic. A
design entrepreneur and imaginative restaurateur, he was a
democratising idealist who was also a selfish hedonist. His
influence is everywhere in modern Britain from where we live to
what we eat. Terence: The Man Who Invented Design is the most
definitive, intimate and revelatory biography of this design
legend, by two of his closest collaborators, Roger Mavity and
Stephen Bayley. Frank, amusing, indiscreet, sharp, rude, respectful
and knowing, it tells Terence's story as it evolved, from before
Habitat's humble chicken brick to Bibendum's sophisticated poulet
de Bresse, via personal successes and corporate calamities,
culminating in that peculiar temple to the religion he invented:
The Design Museum. It celebrates Terence's genius and immeasurable
impact on British life - and ensures his rightful status as
national treasure. Terence: The Man Who Invented Design is the most
candid, up-close insight into the man and myth.
With all the wit, knowledge and wisdom of one of the UK's foremost
cultural commentators, Stephen Bayley takes the reader on a
satirical roller-coaster ride through the world of art and design
in the late 20th century. 'Brilliantly drawn ..the pages are full
of Wildean paradoxes' The Spectator ______________________________
Someone once said you can find beauty anywhere. But all Eustace
Dunne can see is ugliness. The buildings are grey, the people are
tired and unimaginative, the food is inedible and life is drab,
drab, drab. Growing up in an England ravaged by the Second World
War, Eustace resolves to make things beautiful again. A mercurial
stint in art school gives him a springboard into a world that is
changing so fast you have to hold on tight to keep up. And in that
world, ambition, timing and a modicum of talent can transform you
into anything you want to be. Before long he's an artist, a
designer, a restaurateur, an entrepreneur, a genius. But becoming a
bastion of perfect taste can be a grubby business. Eustace's charm
may have secured his influence on the homes and hearts of a nation,
but there are still people out there who know where the bodies are
buried...
The communications and design agency Imagination was founded by
Gary Withers in 1978. It now has almost 500 staff, based in London,
Hong Kong and New York, who practise a wide range of disciplines,
from architecture, interiors, lighting and acoustics to graphics,
film and digital media. Often dealing with high-profile theatrical
events, Imagination's projects are sophisticated and highly
orchestrated. This book features over 30 projects organized into
thematic chapters reflecting their aims: to inform, entertain,
inspire, persuade and amaze. Projects include the exhibition
'Dinosaurs' at the Natural History Museum, London (1992), the Talk
and Journey zones at the Millennium Dome (1999), The Aurora Centre,
Berlin (1998) and the Guinness Storehouse, Dublin (2000). An
introduction by design critic Stephen Bayley assesses the
significance of Imagination's approach to communication, while
perspectives from Mike Davies of the Richard Rogers Partnership,
Sean Perkins of North, architect Lorenzo Apicella, Ian Liddell of
Buro Happold and J Mays, Vice President, Design, Ford Motor
Company, provide insights into the work and culture of Imagination.
An extensive interview with Gary Withers, illustrated with over 350
projects from the course of Imagination's history, further explains
the evolution of this unique company.
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