Bayley, Stephen

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BAYLEY, Stephen

BAYLEY, Stephen. Welsh, b. 1951. Genres: Architecture, Art/Art history, Design. Career: Eye-Q Ltd., London, principal, 1990-. Lecturer in art history, Liverpool Polytechnic, 1972-74, Open University, 1974-76, and University of Kent, 1977-80; director of the Conran Foundation (which created Boilerhouse Project, and the Design Museum), then chief executive, the Design Museum, London, 1981-90; contributor to The Times, The Sunday Times, The Daily Mail, GQ, and others. Publications: In Good Shape: Style in Industrial Products 1900-1960, 1979; The Albert Memorial, 1981; Harley Earl and the Dream Machine, 1983; The Conran Directory of Design, 1985; Twentieth Century Style and Design, 1986; Sex, Drink and Fast Cars, 1986; Commerce and Culture, 1989; Taste, 1991; Labour Camp, 1998; Moving Objects, 1999; General Knowledge, 2000; Sex, 2001. Address: 176 Kennington Park Rd, London SE11 4BT, England.