Stephen Bayley
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Stephen Bayley (born in Cardiff on 13 October, 1951) is a British design critic, cultural critic and author.
Educated at Manchester University and Liverpool School of Architecture, he has worked as a museum curator, and was the first director of the Design Museum in London.
Stephen Bayley came to prominence as director of the Victoria & Albert Museum's Boilerhouse project in the 1980s with his famed design exhibitions on the Ford Sierra and the Coca-Cola bottle.
He became nationally famous when he was appointed as creative director of the exhibition at the Millenium Dome in Greenwich. After a series of disputes he resigned in 1998.
He writes for several newspapers and is a contributing editor of GQ. He is also a regular columist in British CAR magazine where he offers a critique of contemporary motoring design from a philosophical perspective. He has also appeared on television series such as Have I Got News For You and Grumpy Old Men.
He has also written several books, including A Dictionary of Idiocy and General Knowledge and Life's A Pitch (ISBN 0593056434), co-authored with Roger Mavity.
Selected list of publications
- General Knowledge (2000)
- Don't buy General Knowledge if you already have Taste: The Secret Meaning of Things (1991). General Knowledge reproduced the best of Taste without substantial additions.
- Taste: The Secret Meaning of Things (1991)
- Sex: An Intimate Companion (2001) (editor)
