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Sources 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. 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 4 colour black and white 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.Product Identifiers
PublisherOctopus
ISBN-139781840915044
eBay Product ID (ePID)90901616
Product Key Features
Book TitleCars: Freedom, Style, Sex, Power, Motion, Colour, Everything
AuthorStephen Bayley
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicMotor Vehicles
Publication Year2008
Number of Pages384 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height293mm
Item Width267mm
Item Weight2820g
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Title_AuthorStephen Bayley
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
