Death Drive
Circa Press (Verlag)
978-1-911422-50-1 (ISBN)
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Cars have a talismanic quality. No other manufactured object has the same disturbing allure. More emotions are involved in cars and car design than in any other product: vanity, cupidity, greed, social competitiveness and cultural modelling. But when all this perverse promise ends in catastrophe, these same talismanic qualities acquire an extra dimension.
The car crash is a defining phenomenon of popular culture. Death Drive is both an appreciative essay about the historic place of the automobile in the modern imagination and a detailed exploration of the circumstances of 24 celebrity car crashes, from Isadora Duncan in an Amilcar, in 1927, to Helmut Newton in a Cadillac, in 2004. The author concludes by confronting the imminent demise of the car itself.
Stephen Bayley is an author, critic, columnist, consultant, broadcaster, curator and founding director of the influential Design Museum. Over the past 40 years his writing has changed the way the world thinks about design. Tom Wolfe on Stephen Bayley: "I don’t know anybody with more interesting observations about style, taste and contemporary design". What the critics said about the first edition: "Reading this book, one quickly gets accustomed to superb writing. Words cascade forth in perfect pitch and harmony on page after glorious page." — Gerard DeGroot, The Times "Death Drive is a must for petrol-heads. The range of cultural cross-reference and automotive detail is positively epicurean." — Jay Merrick, The Independent "Akin to Kenneth Anger’s Hollywood Babylon, Death Drive is an autoerotic Babylon that never ends well." — Ray Edgar, The Age, 3 June 2016 "Albert Camus once remarked that there’s 'nothing more absurd than to die in a car accident'. That was before his car hit a tree at 80mph. Death Drive – a compendium of stories about famous people killed stupidly in cars – oozes absurdity. Stephen Bayley recounts delightfully grotesque tales about celebrities done in by trees, by lamp posts, or by nonentities in ancient Chevys. A design masterpiece, this book combines exquisite prose with stylish presentation – the cars are described more lovingly than the people who perished in them. Like a Bugatti, Death Drive recalls a time when books and cars were beautiful." — The Times, Books of the Year, 26 November 2016
Introduction – DEATH DRIVE
1927 Isadora Duncan
1939 Jean Bugatti
1940 Nathanael West
1945 George S Patton
1955 James Dean
1956 Jackson Pollock
1957 Dennis Brain
1959 Mike Hawthorn
1960 Albert Camus
1960 Eddie Cochran
1960 Prince Aly Khan
1962 Ernie Kovacs
1965 Porfirio Rubirosa
1966 Jayne Mansfield
1966 Giuseppe Farina
1966 Tara Browne
1967 Jayne Mansfield
1977 Marc Bolan
1981 Mike Hailwood
1982 Princess Grace
1994 Ayrton Senna
1997 Aldo Rossi
1997 Princess Diana
2004 Helmut Newton
Conclusion – THE AGE OF COMBUSTION
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 11.8.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 50 Illustrations, black and white; 30 Illustrations, color |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 210 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-911422-50-2 / 1911422502 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-911422-50-1 / 9781911422501 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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