Stephen Bayley

One of Britain's leading design and cultural critics, former director of the Design Museum, now contributing editor for GQ and author of several books on culture and design.

Design critic and author who was as a curator, lecturer and director of the Design Museum. He writes for the Observer and is a contributing editor to GQ.

Design critic and author who was as a curator, lecturer and director of the Design Museum. He writes for the Observer and is a contributing editor to GQ.

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