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The Pantonova series was originally made for a Danish restaurant, but later found fame in a bad guy's lair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

Elmgreen & Dragset want you to put your phones to bed
We don't have much time together, so put down your devices and enjoy those precious me and you moments

Magnus Nilsson is opening a restaurant in a cable car
There will be just three services at Kabin 1274, and to get a seat, you’ll need to think about how you get there

Breakfast in Brazil
Want to start the day like they do in Latin America? Then try a few new dishes from Breakfast: The Cookbook

Marc Jacobs remembers 1994
Christy Turlington, the New York Dolls and Donatella Versace all feature in Jacob's look back at this vintage year

Jimmie Durham wins this year's Venice Golden Lion
Curator Ralph Rugoff singles out Durham’s 'profoundly humanistic' art for the Biennale's top award

Marc Jacobs just married his boyfriend!
Guests received hoodies and vape pens while the happy couple wore matching, jewel-encrusted penguin pins

The apartment where Coco Chanel could see but not be seen
This intimate space above her boutique enabled her to spy on the reactions of fashion show attendees below

5 things we owe to the Bauhaus
The school was founded a century ago this month. Here’s a few things we should thank, or perhaps blame it for

Can you spot the Chinese motif in Snøhetta's Opera House?
Let’s just say the brilliant Norwegian architectural and design firm are big fans of East Asian symbolism

Reading the room at our Interiors launch in New York
Designers, editors and online influencers all loved the launch of our global overview of interior excellence

Kate Moss print proves collectible at Phillips
Missed out on the one at auction yesterday? Fear not Mario Sorrenti fans, we have our own Moss masterpiece. . .

The Roman bathroom where Karl Lagerfeld reinvented himself
This 1990s retreat was just one of many inspiring spaces created by the designer, as new book Interiors explains

Marc Jacobs Remembers 1993
The designer recalls befriending Sofia Coppola, working with Sonic Youth, and drawing from Juergen Teller

Julius Iversen of TABLEAU - Not Your Grandmother's Florist
From cornfields to coloured clouds of flowers, this floral artist makes flowers look (but not always smell) amazing

Vince Aletti on the vital history of fashion magazines
Want to understand Irving Penn or Helmut Newton? Then go back to the magazine page, says our author

Your chance to own a signed Martin Parr beach print
The photographer offers a new take on one of his favourite subjects in this Phaidon Collector’s Edition

Enrique Olvera brings a taste of Mexico to London
Last week, the city’s restaurants welcomed the chef and his innovative take on Mexican home cooking

'Making art about queer sexuality is itself a kind of protest,' says Art & Queer Culture co-author Richard Meyer
The writer fast tracks us through some great art in the newly updated paperback edition of the seminal book

Mario Sorrenti talks Kate Moss in Dallas
This Saturday in Texas the photographer will talk about the relationship that shaped 90s fashion

The German expressionist who photographed teen fashion
In new book Issues, Vince Aletti highlights the American career of German émigré Hermann Landshoff

They might be 'dirty beans' but they taste delicious
In Enrique Olvera’s new book, you get great Mexican recipes, and also some of the wordplay behind them

Doan Ly of a.p. bio - Not your Grandmother's Florist
Inspired by paintings, theatre and dance the New York floral designer is expanding the way we define beauty

How Sir Edwin Lutyens combined old styles in new ways
On the 150th anniversary of Lutyens’ birth we look at Little Thakeham - his fusing of Tudor and Grand Manner

The deer that made it into Art & Queer Culture
In Asia and Latin America the animal is a pejorative term for gay men - but these gay men are taking the term back

James Beard shortlists Phaidon chefs for 2019 awards
Corey Lee’s Benu, Jeremy Fox’s Rustic Canyon and Matt Abergel’s Chicken and Charcoal book are all up for prizes

Elmgreen & Dragset's bar doesn't work (and that's the point)
The pair’s new take on an old work explores the gulf between social spot and gallery

Yes, you can eat cactus - let Enrique Olvera show you how
In Mexico, they don’t let a few pricks get in the way of a good salad - as the chef and author explains

Sophia Moreno Bunge - Not your Grandmother's Florist
The darkroom was this LA photographer-turned-florist's first love but her blooms are as pretty as any picture

Talking Textiles with Terri Friedman
The artist on the influences of Miro, mom and moths and the mathematics of weaving her voluptuous works

Was Farnsworth House a little too perfect for its owner?
On Mies van der Rohe’s birthday, we look back at the fraught relationship between him and his famous client

Samuel Fosso – the African selfie artist shot by Vogue
Vince Aletti's book Issues unveils a fine-art photographer who found a new home in the 90s fashion press

A Simple & Classic Mother’s Day dessert
Stuck for a showstopper meal this Sunday? Then try this dish from new Jane Hornby book Simple & Classic

In Mexico, sometimes your breakfast can get divorced
Enrique Olvera describes the culinary separations that Mexican think of as marriage break-ups

Elmgreen & Dragset turn high finance on its head
The art duo’s new installation, City in the Sky, offers an unusual view of international banking

What does your waffle say about you?
Do you have it with chocolate, cheese or chicken? On Waffle Day, we look at national variations around the world

Cecilia Fox - Not your Grandmother's Florist
The brainchild of Melanie Stapleton, Cecilia Fox has become a big part of Melbourne’s contemporary floral scene

Talking Textiles with Josh Faught
Trompe-l’oeil piano keys, pins and clumsily quilted strips of black and tan crochet are just a few of the things that adorn this San Francisco artist's incredible artworks

Keep It Simple: Useful tips for dairy, pastry and chocolate
Jane Hornby’s Simple & Classic book contains a lot of very effective advice. Here’s a taster for the lactose tolerant

Why a steam whistle signals snack time in Mexico City
In Tu Casa Mi Casa, Enrique Olvera reveals the Mexican sweet potato seller’s unusual calling card

Clifford Coffin - Vogue’s great lost photographer
Vince Aletti recalls the talents and fatal flaws of this brilliant, but self-destructive, fashion magazine photographer

9 reasons to celebrate Yayoi Kusama on her 90th birthday
From inspiring minimalists to wooing President Nixon, Yayoi Kusama is a wild, innovative, brilliant artist - still

Seriously, is Fabian von Hauske's Green Card his most cherished award?
The chef just scooped a Vilcek Prize, to go with his Michelin star and GQ award, but he says his residency tops it all

Keep It Simple: Incredibly useful tips for meat and fish
Our Simple & Classic author Jane Hornby has some great kitchen hacks. Here are a few for meat eaters

Snøhetta create Europe’s first underwater restaurant
The new building on Norway’s southern-most tip will serve as a restaurant and a marine research station

The meal every young Mexican makes when they leave home
In Tu Casa Mi Casa Enrique Olvera shares the chicken recipe that reminds young Mexicans of childhood

Talking Textiles with Cristiana de Marchi
The Turin-born, Arabic peninsula-dwelling, artist lets us in on a few secrets from her studio

Meet Musa Dağdeviren, the saviour of Turkish cuisine
The Turkish Cookbook’s author isn't impressed by modernisation, he wants to preserve his country's great recipes

Bold Oxlip - Not your Grandmother's Florist
Sugary cottage gardens and Christopher’s Lloyd’s Great Dixter are a few of the things that inspire Harriet Slaughter

Keep It Simple: Selecting and storing fruit and vegetables
Jane Hornby has included some smart shortcuts in Simple & Classic. Here’s a few for the fresh produce aisles

Martin Parr's pictures come to life in London!
Dover Street Market stages an installation to launch Parr’s new book Only Human

Why Josef Albers painted his squares
On Albers’ birthday, we look at how this uniform series actually encourages artists to think outside the box

When Martin Parr’s luck came in at the Kentucky Derby
The British photographer loves horse racing, and got lucky in Louisville when this shot lined-up in his viewfinder

Meet Toni Frissell - the woman who made sport fashionable
Vince Aletti credits the photographer with adding a winning streak to fashion magazines in new book, Issues

The trans Virgin Mary who made it into Art & Queer Culture
Giuseppe Campuzano knew the power of church imagery but seriously disliked the power of the church itself

Look at the walls not the women in Matisse’s odalisques
Our book Exotic and a new exhibition agree the painter found more pleasure in Arabian art than in erotica

The fall of Baron de Meyer, fashion’s first big photographer
Photo historian Vince Aletti on the life of one of the most influential men in early 20th century fashion magazines

Talking Textiles with Billie Zangewa
Stitching, sewing, knitting and knotting - Vitamin T artists tell us how and why they do what they do

A sweet treat (and a tall tale) for National Popcorn Lovers Day
United Tastes of America has some sweet recipes, but it doesn’t sugar coat America's less believable food tales

Why was Le Corbusier so intent on meeting Albert Einstein?
On Einstein's birthday we look at the role the physicist played in helping Le Corbusier promote his influential idea

Why Indiana Jones’s artefacts are based on forgeries
The real-life academic Judy Sund questions the authenticity of Dr Jones’s movie treasures in her book Exotic

The greatest fashion photography hits of Thierry Mugler
From Helmut Newton to Inez and Vinoodh, he's drawn in some of the world’s greatest ever image makers

Jeremy Fox brings one of his favourite farms to LA’s tables
The Rustic Canyon chef is teaming up with Californian farmer Kang Thao to stage a special dinner next month

The African god that made it into Art & Queer Culture
Jim Chuchu's images hark back to a pre-Christian Africa, but he has to deal with contemporary bigotry too

Did you know R.E.M. inspired Massimo Bottura’s new hotel?
He says the band prompted his venture and he’s not the only high end chef offering a place to stay. . .

How Anish Kapoor turned an artwork into a concert hall
On his 65th birthday we look at how he and Arata Isozaki created an abstract work to solve a real world problem

Brittany Asch - Not your Grandmother's Florist
From Hollywood blockbusters to the Dalai Lama - Brittany Asch of BRRCH is NY's most in-demand floral artist

The ruin that Thomas Heatherwick redeemed
Ahead of his Hudson Yards opening, here's an earlier derelict site the British designer helped reinvigorate

Here's what's cooking at Mercado Little Spain
The José Andrés Spanish food hall opens this week in Hudson Yards, featuring dishes from The Book of Tapas

Paul Smith threw a party for Martin Parr this week!
'Martin was one of the first photographers who really got my attention for his love of the kitsch and odd,' he said

Some inspirational quotes for International Women's Day
Emotive exhortations from the women's movement and beyond, courtesy of You Had Better Make Some Noise

Both sides of Bertoia
To celebrate his birth anniversary on Sunday we look at how America and Italy shaped Knoll designer Harry

Talking Textiles with Paul Yore
Stitching, sewing, knitting and knotting - Vitamin T artists tell us how and why they do what they do

Lewis Miller - Not your Grandmother's Florist
The New York floral artist is one of 86 featured in new book Blooms. How does he arrange inspiration and emotion?

Ever tried to make your own corn flakes?
On International Cereal Day, Breakfast: The Cookbook helps you cook up something to beat store-bought cereals

The late photographer who made it into Art & Queer Culture
Ren Hang may have died two years ago aged just 29, but the audience for his photographs only seems to grow

Remembering Carolee Schneemann, the artist who took on Greek myths and macho Ab-Ex painters
Schneemann, who died yesterday, managed to link mid-century US painting with sex, magic and ancient myth

Bubbletecture helps Arata Isozaki win the Pritzker Prize
The 2019 prize winner has shown great dynamism in recent years, especially when it comes to inflatable buildings

The Pope, a slave and a Michelangelo-inspired art movement
On the Renaissance artist's birthday we look back at his lowly yet influential marble figure

Elmgreen & Dragset create a basement above Hong Kong
Latest subverted space is a boiler room gracing a third floor gallery in the Pedder building

The Fresco that rebelled against the Enlightenment
Its painter Giambattista Tiepolo, was born today in 1696. This is how he helped the church with his art

A simple & classic recipe for Pancake Day
Try these American style pancakes on this annual celebration of the dish, courtesy of Simple & Classic

How well do you know the author of The Turkish Cookbook?
Flavours and faiths, classical music and a quarterly magazine - the ingredients that make up Musa Dağdeviren

Putnam & Putnam interview the editor of our Interiors book
The brilliant William Norwich shares his recollections with New York's greatest floral designers

Six ruins reborn as great contemporary buildings
It’s not just the High Line. Disused facilities all across the world are being turned into new wonders

Enrique Olvera brings Tu Casa Mi Casa to the US and Europe
This spring the chef and author will share his home-style Mexican cookery with US and European audiences

Frank Gehry’s green dream for the LA River
Will the architect, who turns 90 today, get to transform his hometown’s concrete watercourse?

Thierry Mugler changed the look of music, theatre and politics
The designer never restricted himself to the catwalk, as our new book Thierry Mugler: Couturissime shows

George Michael’s Harland Miller paintings are up for auction
The singer’s estate sale at Christie's next month features two great works by the British contemporary artist
