Stanton Williams: Volume by Stephen Bayley

Stanton Williams: Volume by Stephen Bayley

Stanton Williams: Volume is an exploration of the work and working methods of Stanton Williams, from their project designing Issey Miyake's London store in 1985 to their continued successes in tactile, spatial architecture today. The book opens with an introduction from design and culture critic Stephen Bayley providing his valuable insight into the company's practice and ethos. Bayley's fascinating observations about style, taste and contemporary design have made him one of the world's best-known commentators on modern culture.

The book also includes an interview between Alan Stanton, Paul Williams and architectural journalist David Taylor, discussing the practice's background, looking at the very early work undertaken by Stanton and Williams, which largely focused on exhibition design, as well as showrooms for Issey Miyake and other contemporary designers. The interview further addresses how the practice developed and extended into large-scale projects such as the Tower Hill Environs, London, the Padua Botanical Gardens and more recently the Sainsbury Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. Stanton Williams: Volume then goes into a critical essay by architect, architectural historian and critic Irenee Scalbert which sets the practice's work in a contemporary architectural context.

Not only does this book delve into the architectural and design practices of the company but it also explores the people, art and philosophy behind the firm's success. Stanton Williams: Volume comprehensively profiles this innovative, highly unique architectural firm through informed essays and interviews. The book is handsomely illustrated with specially commissioned photography by architectural photographer Helene Binet.

Stephen Bayley is one of the world''s best known commentators on modern culture. In 1989 he was made a Chevalier de L''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France''s top artistic honour, by the French Minister of Culture. Stephen Bayley has been a design consultant working on imaginative communications projects for Ford, Jaguar, Fiat, Audi and BMW amongst others, and wrote the creative strategy for Mercedes-Benz'' advertisments. He has written extensively for Car magazine. Stephen was awarded PPA Columnist of the Year for his car column in GQ (which ran for about eight years) and he wrote very popular regular car columns for the Daily Telegraph and Management Today. He is also well-known as an outspoken commentator on art and design and has contributed to the Times, the Daily Mail, the Observer, the Evening Standard, the Guardian, the Spectator, the Los Angeles Times, High Life, New Statesman, the Independent, and the Independent on Sunday as well as many trade and professional publications.

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ISBN 13	9781906155872
ISBN 10	1906155879
Title	Stanton Williams: Volume
Author	Stephen Bayley
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Black Dog Press
Year published	2009-11-11
Number of pages	256
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.