Are Herman Miller’s posters as enduring as its chairs?
MoMA and the Smithsonian seem to think so. Here’s the story behind the company’s poppy summer picnic graphics
The eclipse that proved Einstein was right - 100 years ago
Shifting of starlight around the sun – seen 100 years ago today – proved our universe wasn't stable
'Don’t shoot!' Trevor Paglen's impassioned plea to the NSA
The artist recalls the time he took a 'perfectly legal' photography flight over the institution's Maryland headquarters
Marc and Grace find the perfect outfit for their NYC signings
Fans came to meet the authors, but stayed to pick up t-shirts, sweatshirts and sticker packs themed around our book
Jane Hornby's Simple & Classic dish for National Burger Day
These chimichurri-style burgers from Simple & Classic add a Latin American twist to the bun and patty combo
The Palm Springs home that gave us desert modernism
Albert Frey helped bring modernism to the Californian desert. Can you tell from his perfectly appointed lounge?
MATCHESFASHION.COM Blooms for Chelsea Flower Show
The fashion retailer hosted some of the world’s best floral designers for the launch of our new book Blooms
Try this easy BBQ hack for Memorial Day
Want to cook with the kids but don’t want them around hot coals? Try this slow-cooker shoulder of pork recipe
Paris loves the Putnams
Darroch and Mikey shared their floral artistry with the clientele of the Parisian ceramics boutique Astier de Villatte
Phaidon books win at D&AD!
Lucian Freud and Japan: The Cookbook pick up prizes at the global design awards alongside Nike and the NY Times
Seriously, have the Contra chefs just launched a podcast?
Jeremiah Stone and Fabian Von Hauske talk food, wine, and ‘other nonsense’ with fellow industry insiders
Enrique Olvera really loves small producers!
These illustrations for Olvera's Pujol restaurant, by Diego Martínez, show the chef is on the little guy's side
A birthday song for Martin Parr
In his humorous tribute, John Shuttleworth wonders when the Magnum photographer will start taking ‘proper’ pictures
The Putnams hit the Chelsea Flower Show
Darroch and Michael take in Britain’s most prestigious horticultural show on their mini Euro tour
Phaidon introductions: Carolina Irving on good and bad taste
The Interiors writer and textile company founder talks about falling foul of 'the chic police'
Marc Jacobs bought this house (but the car didn’t come with it)
Nevertheless, Jacobs’ Frank Lloyd Wright house in Rye, NY State, is still a mid-century modern masterpiece
The riot that made it into Art & Queer Culture
No, this isn’t about the Stone Wall Tavern. Our book looks back at the 40th anniversary of the White Night Riots
Niki Lauda - the man who saved Ferrari
Our book Ferrari: Under the Skin, describes how the driver pulled the Scuderia out of the pits in the 1970s
Virgilio Martínez and Gordon Ramsay go wild in the Andes
The Peruvian chef helps Ramsay shoot an episode of new TV show, Uncharted, in the South American highlands
The room where Britain met the Bauhaus
Inside London's Isokon Building, Walter Gropius and his friends helped change a nation's design culture
A perfect dish for World Bee Day
In The Garden Chef, Christopher Kostow combines beeswax with fresh potatoes and wild oxalis flowers
Is this what Stephen Shore thinks of London?
A dog, a pub and a pea-green soup featured in the Instagram posts from his Photo London trip - oh dear. . .
Got time to unwind in our new reading room?
We’ve teamed up with Herman Miller to create a place to ponder great books inside the TWA Hotel at JFK
I.M. Pei 1917 - 2019
The Chinese-American architect died yesterday - we celebrate his life in 5 of his greatest buildings
Here’s why you should touch the work at Snarkitecture’s show
New York show, Sway, reminds visitors of play, with a sea of lights that react to movement and touch
Massimo Bottura cooks for Dapper Dan in Harlem
The Italian chef rubbed shoulders with the New York designer at this year’s annual Harlem Meat Up
Martin Parr and Nan Goldin show different sides of Versailles
The palace’s 2019 exhibition features the work of photographers who capture the place in new ways
JR’s new mural lets you talk to the crowds of San Francisco
The new SFMOMA work, opening next week, allows local citizens, from the richest to the poorest, to tell their story
Elmgreen & Dragset talk art and books in Berlin
The artists came to König Galerie in Berlin to chat with the people who helped them make their new Phaidon book
Is Jeff Koons on a par with Duchamp?
Christie’s set a new record when it sold Koons's Rabbit last night. Is it time we viewed him as Duchamp’s equal?
The forgotten photographer of NYC's queer piers
The Bronx Museum of Art is mounting the first large-scale retrospective of New York photographer Alvin Baltrop
Phaidon Introductions: Jeremy Charles on Newfoundland
The restaurateur shares childhood memories of his early morning dashes to the bay to collect the fresh fish haul
Herman Miller lays out its design history in NYC
A new exhibition shows the evolution of America’s leading modernist design firm - in time for NYCxDesign
Harland Miller launches In Shadows I Boogie at White Cube
Ron Wood, Gary Lineker and Jarvis Cocker all turn up to say hello and get their books signed
The room that inspired Citizen Kane
Newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst's home became a story in itself thanks to director Orson Welles
What do Koons and Duchamp have in common?
A new exhibition looks at the ways in which the work of these two art giants shares a world view
Virgilio Martínez guides the New York Times around Lima
From ice-cream parlours to ceramics, the chef picks out some highlights in his artsy new Lima neighbourhood
Phaidon Introductions: Snøhetta on the backstories it creates
The world-famous practice explains why, when it comes to creating great buildings, narrative comes first
Talking Textiles with Shoplifter
Vitamin T artist Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir's installation in the Icelandic pavilion is the hit of the Venice Biennale
Mark Bradford is on 60 Minutes this Sunday
"I'm creating my own archaeological digs," he tells Anderson Cooper. "Sometimes when I'm digging on my own painting I'm asking myself, 'Well, exactly what are you digging for? Where do you want to go child?'"
From the tomb to the Moon
Why is one of the earliest astrological maps drawn onto an Egyptian tomb ceiling? Sun and Moon explains
Breakfast in Japan
Japanese author Harumi Kurihara says her mother taught her the importance of making the first meal of the day
Why do Elmgreen & Dragset like swimming pools so much?
David Hockney, the shrinking public space, and being semi-naked around strangers feed into the motif
Phaidon Introductions: José Andrés on the joy of tapas
The Spanish chef and philanthropist explains why, when it comes to small-plate dining, size definitely matters
The race to shoot the Moon
Mark Holborn's new book describes the lengths 19th century star gazers went to in order to depict the Moon
Breakfast in France
The Parisian cookbook writer Clotilde Dusoulier explains why the French prefer thoughtful choices for breakfast
Phaidon Introductions: Michael Bracewell on Harland Miller
The critic and curator sees pop art, abstract expressionist influences and much more in the artist’s pictures
The apartment where Yves Klein turned décor into art
The French artist introduced some of his best-known motifs into his Parisian home - including the idea of the void
Kim Kardashian dips into the Mugler archive for the Met Gala
The social-media star teamed up with Mugler, wearing a wet-look dress based on pieces from the designer's archive
Magnus Nilsson is closing Fäviken
After 10 very successful years Magnus will close the restaurant on December 14 (and yes, it's too late to book)
Phaidon introductions: Peter Meehan on Enrique Olvera
The LA Times’ food editor says Enrique believes the family that eats and cooks together eats and lives better
Got time for our editor-at-large's new podcast?
Spencer Bailey has a great new interview series, focusing on people who have a distinct perspective on time
Why today is actually Sun Day
Jimmy Carter might have linked the third of May to solar power, but the Sun has been central to earlier civilisations
A perfect party dish for Cinco de Mayo
You’ll need a little time to make it - and a lot of friends to help you eat this authentic Mexican party recipe
MATCHESFASHION.COM hosted the launch of Phaidon's Interiors this week and some very special guests came along!
Entertaining this weekend? Try Jane Hornby's spring menu
Spring's here, so why not cook this easy, seasonal, three-course menu, from Jane's new book Simple & Classic
Emily Thompson - Not your Grandmother's Florist
The sculptor-turned-floral designer on how the histories of art, architecture, music and dance inspire her work
The winning shot from our East Coast architecture guide
This garage might be on the eastern seaboard, but that hasn’t stopped an LA association from recognising it
Breakfast in Britain
While he admits to his nation’s culinary shortcomings Sportsman chef Stephen Harris does love a Full English
Prabhavathi Meppayil at Pace
Arne Glimcher has drawn parallels between the Bangalore artist and Agnes Martin - we asked her about them
Could textiles win the Turner Prize?
Oscar Murillo has been shortlisted for this prize, thanks in part to his vulnerable, ripped and cut surfaces
Should we look at deep space images as works of art?
The Hubble Telescope's photos are as mediated as anything created by a contemporary artist writes Mark Holborn
How Annie Leibovitz pictured Sally Mann’s sense of place
On Mann's birthday, we look at how tactfully Leibovitz approached her fellow photographer, on Mann's home turf
Phaidon Introductions: Musa Dağdeviren on food and family
The Turkish cookbook author understands his country's culinary traditions are heavily intertwined with his own story
Do you know about the jazzy side of these artists?
On International Jazz Day take an instrumental break with Robert Ryman, Theaster Gates, Alex Katz and Anri Sala
Matt Abergel's book has just won a James Beard Award!
Chicken and Charcoal has been voted the best 2019 book in James Beard's restaurant and professional category
Breakfast in America
Chef Jason Hammel explains why cooking over-easy eggs is just a little bit like catching a baseball
Suprematism and the Space Race
Mark Holborn’s new book looks at image making, the celestial realm, and its repercussions back on earth
Did you know that artist architecture is a thing?
There are plenty of places made by artists in our book Houses (but you might not want to live in some of them...)
Why we might have misread Delacroix’s most famous painting
On the artist's birthday, we reassess this great work, via Judy Sund's new book Exotic: A Fetish for the Foreign
The bachelor pad where Cary Grant shaped beach house style
Any interiors aesthete who kicks back at the beach should thank mid-century movie stars Grant and Randolph Scott
Ben Affleck will direct a movie about Ellsworth Kelly’s war
The Hollywood star has signed up to both star in and lens a film about Kelly’s camouflage unit, The Ghost Army
Tu Casa Mi Casa co-author wins World's Best Female Chef
The Mexican-born swimmer turned culinary protégée Daniela Soto-Innes just won the World’s 50 Best Award
Phaidon Introductions: Sofia Coppola on Marc Jacobs
The film director describes how the designer influenced her films and supercharged her social life
Turn old food into great new dishes on Stop Food Waste Day
Our new titles Breakfast: The Cookbook and Tu Casa Mi Casa have some wonderful uses for ordinary leftovers
The villa where Jean Cocteau communed with the Gods
Our new book Interiors: The Greatest Rooms of the Century features a Godly work created by the poet and filmmaker
On World Book Day get the kids reading AND cooking!
My First Cookbooks give you pancakes, pizzas, tacos and cookies, as well as literacy and numeracy, all in one box
JR profiles Massimo for Time’s 100 Most Influential list
The French artist and activist says that when he’s with the chef 'we feel like we can do anything in the world!'
Phaidon Introductions: Grayson Perry on Martin Parr
Kicking off a new series, the artist recalls the first time he was blinded by Parr's flash 'and decked in saturated colour'
Marc Jacobs remembers 2011
It was just eight years ago, so why did one photographer tell Marc he'd 'seen the Seventies flash before my eyes'?
The wooden sculpture created to show Christ’s death
At Easter we look at a work of devotional art from our newly updated book 30,000 Years of Art
MetaFlora - Not your Grandmother's Florist
New York dancer turned floral artist Marisa Competello enjoys the moment when flowers stop resembling flowers. . .
Marc Jacobs remembers 2004
John Currin, Rachel Feinstein and Jodie Kidd all feature in Jacobs’ early noughties recollections
The house where Salvador Dalí found peace
This modest fisherman’s cottage morphed into a work of surrealism, serving as the artist’s home for half a century
Martin Parr just sent his new book to the queen!
'I have the honour to remain your majesty's most humble and obedient servant,' the photographer writes
Talking Textiles with Anne Wilson
Cloth's ubiquity, and its close proximity to bodies, is its great strength and great challenge says this Chicago artist
The Madness at the heart of Elmgreen & Dragset's new show
The Scandinavian art duo have found something perfectly spooky in a Danish painter's muted, grey interiors
Vince Aletti’s trick for keeping his magazine collection fresh
The writer and collector tells the New Yorker how he manages to stay engaged with his voluminous stacks of print
A Phaidon author witnesses the Notre Dame fire
Our architectural writer was on hand as the flames engulfed the medieval French cathedral. Here’s what he saw
Breakfast in Australia
Aussie restaurateur Bill Granger describes the development of the great Australian breakfast in our new book
Queer Eye's Antoni guests on Putnam & Putnam's Podcast
Darroch and Mikey Putnam talk first jobs, tattoos, and TV success with one of the stars of the Netflix hit series
The dish that made our Turkish Cookbook author cry
Find out how chef Musa Dağdeviren became aware of the emotional power of home cooking
Take a look at Leonardo da Vinci’s earliest portrait
On the anniversary of the Renaissance master’s birth, we highlight his incredible early skill in 30,000 Years of Art
Marc Jacobs remembers 1995
Kate Moss, Guy Bourdin and the Beastie Boys feature in Marc’s Nineties memories
Art & Queer Culture is on show in the first gender-free store
Our primer on queer art takes pride of place in the windows at The Phluid Project, a new boutique in Manhattan
Verner Panton’s Bond villain chair goes back into production
The Pantonova series was originally made for a Danish restaurant, but later found fame in a bad guy's lair
Breakfast in the Nordic region
Want a hearty, Northern European start to your day? Then try a few new dishes from Breakfast: The Cookbook
Mark Bradford’s ark is heading for Shanghai
The artist's 2008 ark-like sculpture, Mithra, will feature in Bradford’s largest show in China, later this summer
What to catch at Milan Design Week
Phaidon designers are filling 2019's Salone del Mobile with smart answers to today’s design problems
ODORANTES - Not Your Grandmother's Florist
Parisian floral artists Emmanuel Sammartino and Christophe Hervé share a passion for antique roses - find out why