Cars: Freedom, Style, Sex, Power, Motion, Colour, EverythingSources are eclectic, results mixed, but one thing is certain: car design is being forced up an ever tightening spiral of creativity. These machines are memorials of our tastes, yearnings and capabilities. They have layers of meaning and can, as Henry Ford knew, be read like a book... if only you know how. The story of the car is the story of how the objects of industry became a medium of artistic expression.This book tells that story in a series of case studies which reveal national characteristics: American flair, German technical suprematism, French vernacular chic, gorgeous Italian sculpture, English antiquarianism, Japanese ingenuity, Swedish responsibility. Cars featured appear in chronological date order from the 1908 Ford Model T to 2003 BMW 5 Series.The chosen cars will be specially photographed in a uniform style and reproduced in very textured, 4 colour b/w so as to distance this book from the cliches and conventions of specialist automotive publishing and to highlight form and shape. Each picture will be accompanied by a short critical essay including essential historical material together with colourful anecdotage and quotations as well as a persuasive aesthetic appraisal of each vehicle. This lavish and beautifully designed book is the gift book for all car enthusiasts and design aficionados. |
Contents
Pre 1930 | |
1960s | |
1950s | |
Ford Model T 1908 | |
Mille Miglia 1939 | |
Jaguar XK120 1948 | |
Volkswagen 1949 | |
Volkswagen Transporter 1950 | |
FIAT Multipla 1956 | |
Jaguar EType 1961 | |
1957 | |
1961 | |
Buick Riviera 1963 | |
Panhard 24CT 1963 | |
Toyota 2000GT 1965 | |
1966 | |
Other editions - View all
Cars: Freedom, Style, Sex, Power, Motion, Colour, Everything Stephen Bayley No preview available - 2012 |
Cars Mini: Freedom, Style, Sex, Power, Motion, Colour, Everything Stephen Bayley No preview available - 2011 |
Cars: Freedom, Style, Sex, Power, Motion, Colour, Everything Stephen Bayley No preview available - 2016 |
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