Books by Stephen Bayley

A witty and insightful account of the life and times of the automobile, by one of the world's great design writers.

Wittgenstein said that if people never did silly things, nothing intelligent would ever happen. Why does Judeo-Christianity love mountains? Why was fear of drinking from skulls the original reason for cremation? This work gathers the bizarre and unknown facts that make our world tick.

________'Promises to show readers how to think boldly and spark imaginative thought' (FT) ________Creativity is a powerful force.

The pitch is the absolute essence of modern business.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.

Design-guru Stephen Bayley approaches the topic of "taste" with typical wit, drawing on his expertise in a number of fields from fashion to food. This is a new edition of his classic book, brought into the new millennium by Bayley's critique of modern design.