{"product_id":"the-age-of-combustion-by-stephen-bayley-9781911422136","title":"The Age of Combustion","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe automobile is the ultimate analogue machine and mankind's most ingenious, seductive, and damaging invention. For over a century, cars have provided reference points for our notions of style, status, and desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn design terms, the \u003cem\u003eAge of Combustion\u003c\/em\u003e was as rich and varied as architecture's Baroque—and far more popular. And now it is coming to an end, as the internal-combustion engine is superseded by the battery and cars become wheeled computers, running on AI not oil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTogether with a wide-ranging introduction, this book reproduces 60 of Stephen Bayley's popular monthly columns for \u003cem\u003eOctane\u003c\/em\u003e, the outstanding classic car magazine where, for more than 10 years, he has provided the most consistent and insightful commentary on car culture, often based on privileged access to industry insiders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Stephen Bayley is an author, critic, consultant, broadcaster, curator and founding director of the influential Design Museum. Over the past 30 years, his writing has changed the way the world thinks about design. A lead columnist for \u003cem\u003eOctane\u003c\/em\u003e, the leading monthly classic car magazine, and the author of \u003cem\u003eCars: Freedom, Style, Sex, Power, Motion, Colour, Everything\u003c\/em\u003e, he is one of the world's most respected commentators on car culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTom Wolfe on Stephen Bayley: \"I don't know anybody with more interesting observations about style, taste and contemporary design.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelling Points:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eAuthor Stephen Bayley considers the car as the greatest cultural and design phenomenon of the 20th century.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eIncludes 60 of his popular monthly articles for \u003cem\u003eOctane\u003c\/em\u003e—the leading classic car magazine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e20 b\/w illustrations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46402637693164,"sku":"9781911422136","price":54.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/14975643482868.jpg?v=1745772605","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-age-of-combustion-by-stephen-bayley-9781911422136","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}