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.
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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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The Emperor's New Art
From where does art get its value?
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On Ugliness
Why 'ugliness' is a virtue
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The Death Drive
The car crash as a 20th century phenomenon
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Beauty Bites Back
Could beauty be real rather than subjective?
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