Stephen Bayley
Stephen Bayley created London’s influential Design Museum (with Terence Conran.) Over nearly fifty years his books, journalism and exhibitions have changed the popular understanding of 'design.' His next book is a memoir, Analogue Epilogue: In Search of Lost Things. He is Chairman of The Royal Fine Art Commission Trust.
Upcoming Events
5x15: Five Leading Thinkers on the Unique Magic of Venice
Five cultural figures each deliver a fifteen-minute talk exploring Venice through art, literature, history and design. In support of Venice in Peril Fund’s Acqua Granda Appeal.
Royal Geographical Society, SW7
Royal Geographical Society, SW7
Featuring Talks By:
Francesco da Mosto
on his Venetian family history
Geoff Dyer
on Venice in literature and its surprising similarities with Varanasi
Sara Wheeler
on travel writer Jan Morris and her lifelong fascination with Venice
Martin Gayford
on Venice, the City of Pictures
Stephen Bayley
on architect and designer Carlo Scarpa
5x15: Five Leading Thinkers on the Unique Magic of Venice
Five cultural figures each deliver a fifteen-minute talk exploring Venice through art, literature, history and design. In support of Venice in Peril Fund’s Acqua Granda Appeal.
Royal Geographical Society, SW7
Videos
Stephen Bayley @ 5x15 - Cars
Stephen Bayley was once described as "the second most intelligent man in Britain". This is controversial and very possibly untrue, but what is indisputable is that -- as the author of more than ten books, nearly thirty exhibition catalogues, countless articles, broadcasts and newspaper columns -- he is one of
Stephen Bayley @ 5x15 - Cars and Sex
Stephen Bayley is the author of more than ten books, nearly thirty exhibition catalogues, countless articles, broadcasts and newspaper columns. He first became prominent in the 1980s as an authority on style and design when he headed up the Boilerhouse project at the V&A Museum. In 1989 he was made