Stephen Bayley is the author of more than eight books, nearly thirty exhibition catalogues, countless articles and broadcasts and is one of the world's best known commentators on modern culture.

In the eighties he created the Boilerhouse Project at The V & A Museum and the influential Design Museum which evolved from it.

Since 1990 Stephen Bayley has been design consultant to many major international companies and is published regularly in all the leading newspapers and journals.

He has written numerous books including The Conran Directory of Design (1985), Sex, Drink and Fast Cars (1986), Commerce and Culture (1989), Taste (1991), Labour Camp (1998), General Knowledge (2000), Sex (2001) and A Dictionary of idiocy (2003), and many other publications and guide books. His next book is Cars are our Cathedrals, and is working on a further two.

Cardiff born, in 1951, educated at Manchester University and Liverpool School of Architecture, he broadcasts often and appears in both serious and popular programmes such as Newsnight, Channel 4 News, London Tonight, and Have I Got News For You. In addition, he has lectured in universities and museums throughout the world and has been a judge of many national and international design competitions, including Campaign Press Awards, RIBA Architectural Awards, and The Building Awards to name but a few.

He has been awarded many prestigious awards including the Chevalier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France's top artistic honour in 1989 and, in 1995 the Periodical Publishers' Association Columnist of the Year.