Weighing in at 6lb 2oz this is a tome of considerable stature and presence. The year before last, while Christmas Shopping for “other people” every time I passed into a bookshop this spellbindingly presented volume caught my gaze, and having the name Stephen Bayley embossed into the spine served to further arouse my curiosity. My girlfriend bought it for me as a particularly generous Christmas gift, and it has proudly featured in my library ever since.
