THE CONRAN DIRECTORY OF DESIGN. (SIGNED)

BAYLEY, Stephen (Editor). Paul Reilly.

ISBN 10: 1850290059 / ISBN 13: 9781850290056

Published by Conran Octopus Limited,, London,, 1985

About this Item

First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. pp. 255. Coloured frontispiece. Illustrated throughout the text in colour and black and white. Original publisher's dark grey cloth with light grey geometrical design on covers, lettered light grey on spine and upper cover. Dust-jacket. ISBN 1850290059 Presentation copy: 'Paul & Annette I hold you entirely responsible for me being in a position to write this! Stephen x 85.' Loosely inserted typed signed letter from Stephen [Bayley] to Paul [Reilly], typed on headed notepaper from Boilerhouse, Victoria and Albert Museum, London SW7 2RL, dated 23rd October 1985 and consisting of about 130 words in which Bayley reiterates his opinion that the design Council 'was absolutely outstanding' in the 50s and 60s but has recently become less impressive because it has no basis in everyday life and experience. He continues by saying that this has been emphasised by 'the schism between Design and Engineering which he thinks are all part of the same thing.' Below this he has handwritten 'or should be!' Stephen Bayley, an authority on style and design, was chosen by Sir Terence Conran to head up the Boilerhouse Project at the Victoria and Albert Museum. This was Britain's first permanent exhibition of design and it was host to more than 20 exhibitions in five years including Ford Motor Co, Sony, Issey Miyake, Coca Cola and Taste. He then became chief executive of the Design Museum in London which grew out of the Boilerhouse Project. Sir Paul Reilly, an expert in design, was highly influential during the 1950s and 1960s serving on numerous committees. During the 60s he steered the Design Council towards pure engineering and away from consumer products which led to it becoming distanced from culture and experience. Slightly rubbed at head and foot of spine, a couple of nicks to upper corners of dust-jacket. VG. 1850290059 Slight rubbing, otherwise very good. Seller Inventory # C20769

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE CONRAN DIRECTORY OF DESIGN. (SIGNED)

Publisher: Conran Octopus Limited,, London,

Publication Date: 1985

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Signed: Signedes

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

A highly collectible first edition/printing, tight clean copy, protected in a new brodart wrapper, unclipped dustjacket, this is not an Ex-Lib or a BCE/BOMC edition.\n\nA guide to the history of well-designed consumer goods of the last 100 years.

About the Author:

Terence Conran is one of the world's leading designers, furniture-makers, restaurateurs and retailers. He was the founder of the Habitat chain of stores, which brought good, modern design within reach of the general population. He is Chairman of Conran Holdings, the parent company of the retail and restaurant businesses, and also Chairman of CD Partnership, his architecture and design practice. There are Conran Shops in London, Paris, Hamburg, Tokyo and Fukuoka. Terence Conran's books include The Essential House Book, Terence Conran on Design, The Essential Garden Book, Classic Conran and most recently The Ultimate House Book. Max Fraser, author of Design UK 2, writes about design for magazines such as The Independent Magazine and Elle Decoration. Still in his early twenties, he has just been asked to sit on the judging panel for next year's 100% Design. He is also the author of the Design UK series which has sold over 20,000 worldwide.