Stefan Sagmeister wants you to show him your beauty

Got a vision of man-made loveliness? Then the great New York graphic designer would like to hear from you

Stefan in

Bastard - Where Chefs Eat in Malmö when they want delicious charcuterie and a rock 'n' roll attitude

Chef Andreas Dahlberg serves up a meat feast and music at this rudely-named Malmö foodie destination

Andreas Dahlberg photographed by Per-Anders Jörgensen

Piet Mondrian - loved jazz (but couldn't dance!)

On the anniversary of his birth find out how jazz informed his art and why musician Thelonius Monk would often refer to Mondrian's paintings when describing his own compositions

Piet Mondrian

A Movement in a Moment: Mannerism

On Michelangelo’s birthday we look back at 'the stylish style' of high Renaissance painting

Detail from The Last Judgement (1536-41) by Michelangelo

These Self-Portraits must have really, really hurt

Suffering for your art is taken to a whole new level in this group of images taken from 500 Self-Portraits

Sheng Qi, Memories (Me) (2000) as reproduced in 500 Self-Portraits

Mark Bradford’s tribute to Jack Whitten

The abstract artist includes a fitting homage to the painter, who died back in January, in his new Los Angeles show


JR shoots Madonna’s Oscars party

The artist and activist might have lost out on his Academy Award but he still got to party with Madonna and co.

JR, director Alejandro González Iñárritu and Madonna at Madonna's Oscars 2018 party. All images courtesy of JR's Instagram

Bica do Sapato - Where Chefs Eat in Lisbon when they feel like dinner and a dance in a place owned by John Malkovich

Sushi and fish dominate the menu at this lofty, minimalist space on a cobbled street in Lisbon's old town

Bica do Sapato - photo courtesy Bica do Sapato

Virgilio Martinez has high hopes for his remote new restaurant

The Peruvian chef's new restaurant Mil opened last week - but you'll need detailed instructions to get there

Mil's sign. All images courtesy of the restaurant's Instagram page

Why alien life made Wolfgang Tillmans rethink politics

The photographer tries to work out what makes people go right-wing and how he might win them back

Wolfgang Tillmans photographed at his 2017 Tate retrospective by Mat Smith

The incredibly cool world of Snarkitecture - The Ombre Plane

More incontrovertible evidence of awesomeness from our book on the New York-based design practice

The Ombré Plane 2015 by Snarkitecture

Frantzén - Where Chefs Eat in Stockholm when they hanker for something fresh from the garden (make that two gardens)

Find out why Tom Aikens calls Frantzén a 'Super gastro experience' in our new global restaurant guide

Frantzén - recommended in Where Chefs Eat

What can The Three Robbers teach us about gender relations?

Tomi Ungerer's original publisher believes the key to this story lies in the harmony between men and women

A lads' night out? The Three Robbers, by Tomi Ungerer

Jean Jullien's hand-made tribute to the weekend

The French artist and illustrator teams up with his brother for a show dedicated to introspection and slowing down

One of Jean Jullien's works from his new show. Image courtesy of Jullien's Instagram

Facebook censors The Venus of Willendorf

The tech giant has deemed this 30,000-year-old sculpture 'pornographic'

The Venus of Willendorf (22,000 – 24,000 BC). As reproduced in Body of Art

Dior and Betak revive the spirit of May '68 in Paris

Revolutionary fervour lives on in the fashion house's latest womenswear show, produced by Bureau Betak

Dior FW18 show, produced by Bureau Betak. Image courtesy of Betak's Instagram


Nobelhart & Schmutzig - Where Chefs Eat (and chat) in Berlin if they’re OK with having their phone taken off them at the door

You might think you’re at the wrong door on this busy street but inside there’s no mistake - everything about this modern German restaurant is stylish and slick, on the plate and off

Th team behind (or rather in front of) Nobelhart & Schmutzig - photo by Caroline Prange courtesy Nobelhart & Schmutzig

Snarkitecture creates a sneaker shrine for Kith in LA

The art, architecture and design studio makes the footwear specialist's elite ranges look even more special

Kith's new elite footwear display in LA, created by Snarkitecture. Image courtesy of Snarkitecture's Instagram

Soviet fashion and soft power

Our book Designed in the USSR recalls how Russia pushed haute couture abroad (and sewing patterns at home)

Soviet Life magazine, September 1966. As reproduced in Designed in the USSR

A lesson in how to make your own Brutalist bonbons

Danish designer creates chocolate-covered treats inspired by London's Barbican Centre - you can too

A Brutalist Barbican Flødeboller by Kia Utzon-Frank. Photograph by Louise Samuelsen (louisesamuelsen.com), courtesy of KUFstudios

These waterside homes are perfect for city dwellers

Want splendid, watery isolation, within reach of an Uber? Then these are the architectural retreats for you

Domus Aurea, Alberto Campo Baeza and GLR Arquitectos, 2016, Monterrey, Mexico. Picture credit: Javier Callejas, javiercallejas.com

Koy Shunka  - Where Chefs Eat in Barcelona when nothing but sushi in gothic surroundings will suffice

The kind of precisely beautiful omakase - more common 6,000 miles away - feels right at home here...

Koy Shunka - recommended in Where Chefs Eat

Why the Louis Ghost Chair matters

Philippe Starck’s spectral update of an 18thC classic is both antique and modern (and her majesty approves)

Louis Ghost Chair, 2002, by Philippe Starck for
Kartell. As reproduced in Chair: 500 Designs that Matter

Phaidon chefs make ugly, delicious food with David Chang

The Momofuku boss and Phaidon contributor finds bad-looking, great-tasting dishes for his new Netflix show

Massimo Bottura and David Chang in Ugly Delicious. Image courtesy of Netflix

Anna Dello Russo’s fabulous fashion week sale

Designers, models and socialites flocked to a Milanese palazzo to see Anna bid goodbye to her archive

Anna Dello Russo at this weekend's sale. All images courtesy of Anna's Instagram

Amass – Where Chefs Eat in Copenhagen when (whisper it) they're just not in the mood for NOMA . . .

If you want crispy oats with hot-smoked foie gras in a vast cafeteria in a former shipyard, this is the place for you

Amass in Copenhagen - recommended by no less than 14 chefs in our new book Where Chefs Eat

Made in North Korea is now a show as well as a book!

Last night Nick Bonner launched a show of ephemera featured in his book at the House Of Illustration, London

Nick Bonner at The House of Illustration - photo by Paul Grover

These waterside homes blend perfectly into their surroundings

Love water, nature and the built environment? Then here are some ideal works of architecture for you


Why the Cinema Chair matters

As the Oscars approach we take a look at how feature films spurred the production of comfier seating

Vintage Cinema Chair, 1890s, Designer unknown, various (1890s to 1960s)

Graffiti helps Annabelle Selldorf win a conservation award

The architect’s work on Hauser & Wirth’s LA outpost has just won the city’s most prestigious conservancy award

Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles. Photo: Joshua Targownik

Andy Warhol Died 31 Years Ago Today

On the anniversary of Andy's passing discover the spiritual backstory to his final set of works

Andy Warhol - Self Portrait 1982

Anna Dello Russo has a new record coming out

Ahead of her huge fashion auction the social media star got out of her closet and into the vocal booth

Anna Dello Russo in Milan, 2018. Image courtesy of Anna's Instagram

Salvatore Arancio - Why I Create

Exploring the inspirations and attitudes of artists working with clay and ceramic, featured in Vitamin C

Salvatore Arancio in his studio

Why Bjarke Ingels based Noma 2.0 on a farm

René Redzepi got the BIG boss to build his new restaurant (and Ingels found a smart way to bring nature in)

Inside the new Noma. Image courtesy of René Redzepi's Instagram

Massimo gets a gold medal (and love from Ashton Kutcher)

Skinny Italian chef rewarded for turning ordinary ingredients into extraordinarily popular food waste movement

Massimo Bottura with gold medal. Image courtesy of Massimo's Instagram

How Warhol and Mapplethorpe pictured the world in Polaroid

The Polaroid camera is 71-years-old today - here’s how two 20th century art star pioneers used theirs. . .

Debbie Harry, 1980, by Andy Warhol. From Andy Warhol Portraits

Le Castiglione Café - Where Chefs Eat in Paris when they fancy a fabulously fashionable start to the day

Ruairí de Blacam on where to enjoy a stylish early morning omelette and coffee at the counter

Le Castiglione - recommended in Where Chefs Eat

These waterside homes are perfect - so long as you like heights!

Do you suffer from acrophobia? Then you probably shouldn’t take a trip to these rooms with a view. . .

Pole House, F2 Architecture, 2017, Fairhaven, Australia. Picture credit: Tanja Milbourne

The incredibly cool world of Snarkitecture - The Slab Table

More incontrovertible evidence of awesomeness from our book on the New York-based design practice

The Slab Table by Snarkitecture

The Making of Modernist Palm Springs in 5 buildings

It’s Modernism Week in the resort town. Here’s how Palm Springs became an architectural oasis in the Cali desert

Craig Ellwood, Palevsky House, Palm Springs, 1971. Picture credit: courtesy of the Estate of Marvin Rand

Hereford Road - Where Chefs Eat in London when they want gutsy, no-nonsense cooking (in a Victorian Butcher's shop)

Fans of wrought iron and farm-to-table food should head to this gem between Notting Hill and Bayswater

Hereford Road - recommended in Where Chefs Eat

Gucci, Christie’s and Courtney Love celebrate Bread is Gold

The Italian fashion house hosts a special LA dinner for Massimo Bottura and a host of famous names

Massimo Bottura at his Gucci dinner in LA. Images courtesy of Gucci's Instagram

A Cherry Pie for Presidents’ Day

Here’s why sour cherries are the sweetest ingredient of all for patriotic American cooks today

Sour cherry pie, as featured in America the Cookbook

Inside Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin

The only building the abstract artist ever designed opened this weekend at the University of Texas at Austin

Ellsworth Kelly, Austin, 2015 (Interior, facing south) Artist-designed building with installation of colored glass windows, marble panels, and redwood totem 60 ft. x 73 ft. x 26 ft. 4 in. ©Ellsworth Kelly Foundation Photo courtesy Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin

California Captured - The Zeidler Residence

Marvin Rand was California's most inconspicuous photographer - but he defined its architectural iconography

Bernard Zimmerman Zeidler Residence Los Angeles - photographed by Marvin Rand and featured in California Captured

Klara Kristalova - Why I Create

Exploring the inspirations and attitudes of artists working with clay and ceramic, featured in Vitamin C

Klara Kristalova photographed by Märta Thisner

Why the Les Arcs Dining Chair matters

Not every classic chair can be attributed to a designer as this perfect piece of ski resort furniture proves


Betak and Sterling Ruby's spooky show for NY Fashion Week

With popcorn and blood-red pompoms the artist and the show producer presented Calvin Klein's vision of America

Calvin Klein's Fall 2018 show. All images courtesy of Bureau Betak's Instagram

John McEnroe's $9m Mark Bradford map

The US tennis champ, the Beatles and cult leader Charles Manson could help Mark Bradford set an auction record

Helter Skelter I (2007) by Mark Bradford. Image courtesy of Phillips

Massimo Bottura cooks leftovers for Jimmy Kimmel

The Italian chef worked his Bread is Gold magic for the Oscars host on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night

Massimo (centre) with Guillermo Rodriguez (left) and Jimmy Kimmel (right). All images courtesy of ABC

How to create a lover - the ancient way

A Valentine's Day lesson in art and love from our new book, Flying Too Close to the Sun

Pygmalion and Galatea (1890) by Jean-Léon Gérôme,  as featured in Flying Too Close to the Sun

What these pins tell us about North Korea's Olympic chances

Enamel badges, featured in Made in North Korea, reveal the relationship between state and sporting success

A selection of North Korean sports badges, as featured in Made in North Korea

What to expect from the Anna Dello Russo documentary

The outrageous fashion icon and Phaidon author has a biopic coming and it sure looks glamorous. . .

Anna Dello Russo. Image courtesy of Anna's Instagram

The Sportsman wins the André Simon prize for food writing

Judge Rachel Cooke singled out Stephen Harris’s book for its practical, hopeful and distinctly British outlook

The Sportsman by Stephen Harris

Rodolfo Guzmán is coming to Miami

The Chilean chef and Phaidon author will host two events at South Beach’s 1 Hotel later this month

Chef and Phaidon author Rodolfo Guzmán

Betak brings Brueghel and blooms to Raf Simons' NY show

Great fashion show producer creates 3 unique NY Fashion Week looks for Simons, Alexander Wang and Jason Wu


Calvin Klein brings Warhol's Silver Clouds back to NYC

Andy's Mylar balloons are floating again over Manhattan, in a new "reimagining" of the famous 1966 work

Calvin Klein's new Silver Clouds installation. Image courtesy of Calvin Klein's Instagram

Alex Atala is to open a hotel in the Amazon

The Brazilian superchef and Phaidon author on his plans to to incorporate five restaurants into his new venture

Alex Atala at D.O.M.

The Tate hangs Martin Parr alongside Andy Warhol

His work is presented to show him as a manipulator - not just a documentarian - of life in Britain

Martin Parr self portrait, 2010

Did Lufthansa just hit turbulence with its logo redesign?

Some say the airline made the wrong choice in toning down Otl Aicher’s characterful yellow and blue colourway

Lufthansa's new-look livery. Image courtesy of Lufthansa

Understanding Stella: The Black Paintings

Here’s why Stella's early minimalist series served as the perfect start for a much more varied career

The Marriage of Reason and Squalor II (1959) by Frank Stella

René Redzepi just served bugs at Justin Timberlake's party!

Guests at the launch of Man of the Woods in New York were treated to some of Noma's six-legged snacks

Justin Timberlake, René Redzepi and unidentified insect


Ralph Rugoff takes us around his Andreas Gursky show

The Hayward Gallery’s director on Gursky's old bedroom, his new techniques and never-ending visual insights

Andreas Gursky, Les Mées, 2016, C-Print, 220.9 x 367.2 x 6.2 cm, © Andreas Gursky/DACS, Courtesy: Sprüth Magers

California Captured – Case Study House #16

Marvin Rand was California's most inconspicuous photographer - but he defined its architectural iconography

Craig Ellwood's Case Study House #16, Bel Air, 1953, photographed by Marvin Rand and featured in California Captured

Why Snarkitecture’s Slip Chair matters

By designing a broken-looking seat, the Brooklyn practice created a chair that's playful yet functional

Slip Chair, 2017, by Snarkitecture. As featured in Chair: 500 Designs that Matter

JR lunches with Spielberg and his fellow Oscars nominees

But Agnès Varda couldn’t make it so JR brought a cut-out of her to the Oscar Nominees lunch yesterday!

JR (top centre) with (from left) Greta Gerwig, Timothée Chalamet, Stephen Spielberg, Guillermo del Toro, and Sally Hawkins. Photo by Marc Azoulay, image courtesy of JR's Instagram

Anna Dello Russo launches her own video game

Top players of her free phone game, AdR World, will get the chance to enter Anna’s realm for real later this month

A Still from AdR World

Snøhetta proposes A House to Die In near Munch's old home

Why are people objecting to the practice’s house for Bjarne Melgaard, to be built beside Edvard Munch’s estate?

A House to Die In by Snøhetta and Bjarne Melgaard. Image courtesy of MIR and Snøhetta

Alexandre de Betak has had a busy week!

The fashion show maestro oversees Viktor&Rolf’s runway look and launches his own online store

Bureau Betak's show for Viktor&Rolf's S/S 2018 collection. Image courtesy of Bureau Betak's Instagram

Why the Peacock Chair matters

Discover how this product of colonialism became a 20th century counter-cultural symbol

Peacock Chair, designer unknown, early 1900s, as featured in Chair: 500 Designs that Matter

Understanding Stella: The Alsace-Lorraine series

Here's how the artist's first proper sculptural series embodied one of the world's great struggles

Toul (1992) by Frank Stella, from his Alsace-Lorraine series

Why Stephen Shore bought a safari suit to explore America

Veteran US photographer says most of America's great road trips were made by outsiders - himself included

Stephen Shore, U.S. 97 (21 July, 1973), South of Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA

Viktor&Rolf recycle an old collection to make a new one

The Dutch designers launch a new range of price-friendly, eco-friendly clothes via German e-retailer Zalando

Viktor&Rolf for Zalando RE:CYCLE. All images courtesy of Zalando

Giorgio Armani, Jean Jullien and the 1006 Navy Chair

Watch this fun new film describing the rise, fall and rise again of one of the 20th century’s best-loved chairs

An image from the Jullien brothers' new animation for Emeco

California Captured – The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

Marvin Rand was California's most inconspicuous photographer - but he defined its architectural iconography

The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, The Music Center, Los Angeles 1967. Architecture by Welton Becket & Associates, photograph by Marvin Rand, from California Captured

'Delicioso!' Massimo Bottura loves Cuban food. . .

He tells Miami Herald that pastiletos keep food tradition alive and that potatoes can be 'better than truffles'

Massimo (left) tries some Cuban pastelitos, courtesy of the Miami Herald's Carlos Frías (right)

An Art of the Erotic guide to Sotheby’s latest sale

Here's some sexy insight into Picasso, Polke and other artists in Sotheby's erotic sale, courtesy of our new book

Untitled (1973) by Sigmar Polke, lot 17 in Sotheby's forthcoming Erotic: Passion and Desire sale.
All images courtesy of Sotheby's

Our book helps The Sportsman become Best Gastropub (again)

Why Stephen Harris thinks his great Phaidon book helped him go from number two last year to number one this

Stephen Harris at last night's awards

What's bugging Nicole Kidman?

The Big Little Lies star is a secret insect eater - watch her chomp bugs and compare crickets to 'a hairy nut'

Kidman enjoying insects in her new Vanity Fair video

5 houses on water (that look really great in winter)

Think that living on water only works when the sun is out? These houses will make you think again

Paul de Ruiter Architects Villa Kogelhof 2013 | Noord-Beveland, The Netherlands

Why Lorde pinned a Jenny Holzer work to her Grammys dress

Here’s what you need to know about the Inflammatory Essay Lorde pinned on her frock last night

Lorde's version of Jenny Holzer's Inflammatory Essays. Image courtesy of Lorde's Instgram

Understanding Stella: The Polish Village series

Discover how Stella’s series traces the loss of wooden synagogues in Europe and the rise of abstract painting

Chodrow II (1971) by Frank Stella, from his Polish Village series

U2 and JR team up for the Grammys

The French artist provided imagery for the Irish band’s pro-immigration performance at the awards last night

U2's performance for the Grammys. Image courtesy of U2's Instagram

Why IKEA’s Poäng Chair matters

To mark IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad's passing, we take a look at one of his best selling products

Poäng Chair, 1976, by Noboru Nakamura

Christo barrels into London

The artist will float an Egyptian burial mound made of oil barrels on the Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park this summer

Christo with his Mastaba plans. Photograph by Wolfgang Volz. Image courtesy of the Serpentine

Why Sigmund Freud's Office Chair matters

You'll never guess how the father of psychoanalysis used to sit in this distinctive piece of furniture

Sigmund Freud’s Office Chair (1930) by Felix Augenfeld and Karl Hofmann

Who bought Snarkitecture's balls?

Here's how balls from Snarkitecture's Beach ended up being auctioned off in Florida - 18 months after their arrival

The Beach by Snarkitecture in Washington DC, 2015. Photo by Noah Kalina. Image courtesy of Snarkitecture

These Self-Portraits will make your bad hair day a bit better

Feeling tonsorially challenged? Be thankful your unruly tresses aren't captured for posterity in 500 Self-Portraits

Self-portrait as Kurt Cobain, as Andy Warhol, as Myra Hindley, as Marilyn Monroe (1996) by Douglas Gordon

When Georgia O'Keeffe went to Hawaii

See both O'Keeffe's Hawaii paintings and some of the plants that inspired her at the New York Botanical Garden

Heliconia’s Crab’s Claw Ginger (1939) by Georgia O'Keeffe. Image courtesy of Sharon Twigg-Smith, © 2018 Georgia O’Keeffe Museum/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

JR’s film nomination makes Oscars history

The artist's documentary, Faces Places is up for best documentary - here’s why the nomination is so important

JR and Agnès Varda, co-directors of the Oscar-nominated documentary, Faces Places

Yeesookyung - Why I Create

Exploring the inspirations and attitudes of artists working with clay and ceramic, featured in Vitamin C

Yeesookyung - photograph by Yang Ian

See the graphic delights of North Korea in London

Nicholas Bonner's new book Made in North Korea gets its own show at the House of Illustration next month

A North Korean sweet wrapper. From Made in North Korea

California Captured – The Cinerama Dome

Marvin Rand was California's most inconspicuous photographer - but he defined its architectural iconography

Marvin Rand's 1963 photograph of the Cinerama Dome, Hollywood, by Welton Becket & Associates, as featured in our book California Captured

MoMA looks back at Yugoslav Brutalism

MoMA's exhibition, Towards a Concrete Utopia, will be the first major US show to study this state's architecture

Miodrag Živković, Monument to the Battle of Sutjeska, 1965-71, Tjentište, Bosnia and Herzegovina. View of the western exposure. Photo: Valentin Jeck, commissioned by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2017.

Betak and Dior channel Surrealism

The fashion house and the runway-show producer draw on 20th century art for a 21st century collection

Dior's surrealist show, as produced by Alexandre de Betak's Bureau Betak. All images courtesy os Betak's Instagram

BIG brings floating villages to San Francisco

Bjarke Ingels hopes his scheme for Islais Creek will not only hold back the sea, but also the Bay Area's house prices

A rendering from Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), One Architecture + Urbanism (ONE), and Sherwood Design Engineers (Sherwood)'s plan for San Francisco's Islais Creek

What to expect from Grafton Architects’ 2018 Venice Biennale

Look out for space, freedom, generosity and “an enormous tea cosy” of architectural concerns at this year’s Biennale

Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell of Grafton Architects. Photo by Andrea Avezzu, courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia

Can you dress like Anna Dello Russo?

Post a shot of your best (or craziest) AdR look, and you could get to party with Anna and co. in Milan

Anna Dello Russo (centre) in an image from her forthcoming book AdR Book: Beyond Fashion