Why a chair is like a pop song
The Bouroullec Brothers have a theory why the chair keeps being reinvented - we think it's a good one
Mies van der Rohe star of the Google doodle
Crown Hall is featured on the Google doodle as we look at how Mies van der Rohe changed architecture teaching
The beauty of the golden ratio
Artist Jo Niemeyer's obsession with the magic number 1.61803399, that's influenced art for thousands of years
Looking back at the future of architecture
Jean-Louis Cohen's The Future Of Architecture 'expands architectural history's perspective' says Hans Ibelings
Mark Ronson's musical architecture
Visitors will use architecture to remix the producer's Olympic music at London 2012 games
Tino Sehgal is coming to the Tate
The phrase "you really had to be there" will take on new meaning at the most unpredictable show of 2012
The perfectly designed world of Gary Card
The man who made Lady Gaga's bone mask ponders the fine line between art, design and commerce
Nika Neelova's salvaged memories
The big hit of the Crisis Commission opens up on her Paris and Moscow childhood and how it still affects her work
Urbanus create high tech Marriage Center in China
Chinese architects add to the fun of the big day with floating pathways, elevated entrances and spiral hallways
Everyday Icon #6 The paperclip
11 billion were sold last year in America alone last year but controversy surrounds the origins of this everyday icon
Mad Men reunite at George Lois launch
Jerry della Femina, Tony Palladino and Massimo Vignelli join George Lois at New York Art Directors Club party
Thomas Ruff’s Heavenly Bodies
"Helmut Newton's view on female bodies is so 19th century" photographer tells Phaidon at Gagosian opening
John Chamberlain's Choices at the Guggenheim
Retrospective spanning sculptor's half-century career includes Plexiglas, urethane and colourful car part pieces
The untold story of Jay DeFeo's The Rose
Designer sisters Rodarte present the incredible journey of a beat painter's seminal work
Comic book legend Jean 'Moebius' Giraud 1938-2012
Artist responsible for the look of Tron and Alien and the inspiration behind Bladerunner dies after long illness
Wulf Architekten make beautiful music
Architects add another storey to continue the story of a 1970s cube-shaped music school in Hamm, Germany
Andrea Galvani’s Invisible Sculptures
The Italian artist explores the meaning of experience in his New York Meulensteen Gallery show
Inside the mind of Carmen Herrera
Exploring the creative processes of artists featured in Vitamin P2
How to be a stylish audiophile
From the packaging to the design of its products Scandanavian company AIAIAI makes any audiophile look good
Wolfgang Tschapller's Viennese fancy
Wolfgang Tschapller wins the competition to transform the university where he studied architecture as a student
Michael Heizer's rock begins to roll
Land artist Michael Heizer's Levitated Mass begins its slow journey to LACMA 42 years after he conceived the idea
How Buckminster Fuller inspired Mad Max
The Thunderdome is the evil twin of Buckminster Fuller's geodesic domes according to Tom Morton
Architects :mlzd create perforated bronze museum
Switzerland-based :mlzd's striking museum slots into the 13th century fortified town of Rapperswil-Jona seamlessly
Martin Creed 'redesigns' London restaurant
Turner Prize winner creates zigzagging marble floorpiece to mark Sketch in Mayfair's tenth birthday
Craig Garrett's Muse Music
Phaidon's Commissioning Editor for Contemporary Art on the music that gets him in a creative mood
Better Buy Design - The PH Artichoke
Poul Henningsen's 1958 design is not only a stunning statement but also a study in how to light a room correctly
Anders Krisár's unusual body of work
Battered by drugs or maimed by acts of violence, the Swedish artist's heads and torsos evoke human frailty
It was 25 years ago today
Andy Warhol died on February 22, 1987 but his influence on high art and popular culture is as strong as ever
Katie Scott's underwater world
Anatomical accuracy meets scientific fantasy in the illustrations for Fish: Recipes from the sea
Ministry of Design gets to the point
Singapore-based architects' beach-side gallery space in China seeks to question, disturb and redefine
How Disasters Of War made Goya a 'modern' artist
The artist's 200-year-old macabre depiction of the effects of conflict on civilian and soldier is still relevant today
All eyes turn to Australian architecture
Mark Loughnan, principle architect of HASSELL says now is a great time to be in the Southern Hemisphere
Edward Barber's Muse Music
Designer of the London 2012 Olympic torch on the music that gets him in a creative mood
Vivian Maier - the woman unknown
The phenomenon of the photographer's lifetime of work found in a Chicago warehouse continues
Sharp new talent wins MoMA PS1 competition
HWKN's mist-blasting water-expelling design due to open this summer
Inside the mind of Nina Chanel Abney
Exploring the creative processes of artists featured in Vitamin P2
John Pawson's Muse Music
The acclaimed minimalist architect on the music that gets him in a creative mood
Sydney Museum of Contemporary Art gets new look
Architect Sam Marshall on how the city itself inspired his dramatic MCA renovation
Tallest residential building in Manhattan takes shape
Towering a thousand feet over Central Park, Christian de Portzamparc's One 57 is New York's newest des res
Marc Newson makes the compact camera cool again
The London-based Australian designer creates a camera you'll never forget to take with you
Inside the mind of Stephen Bush
Exploring the creative process of an Australian artist featured in Vitamin P2
A closer look at the new Design Museum
Deyan Sudjic takes us through the building proposal by architect John Pawson
Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei join forces again
Following the success of the Bird's Nest at the 2008 Beijing Olympics the trio will design the Serpentine Pavilion
Kusama: 'I promised myself I'd conquer the world'
A rare video interview with Yayoi Kusama and part two of our chat with Tate Modern curator Frances Morris
The Australian beach house with a twist (or two)
McBride Charles Ryan's Klein House is based on 'the Klein bottle' - a structure with only one definable surface
United Visual Artists' Muse Music
The art and design collective on the music that gets them in a creative mood
How a Sydney gallery became a focus for Chinese art
The White Rabbit Gallery in Chippendale boasts a more comprehensive collection than any in China
Inside the mind of Glenn Sorensen
Exploring the creative process of an Australian artist featured in Vitamin P2
Phaidon's focus on Australia
This month we're looking at all the things going on in art, architecture, photography and design down under
Park Associati ascend new heights
New project from Milan architecture firm behind The Cube Restaurant boasts biggest climbing wall in Italy
José Luis López de Zubiria wins award for Mugaritz
Spanish photographer's pictures of chef Andoni Aduriz's dishes are awarded prestigious Lux de Oro
Gioni named Artistic Director of Venice Biennale
Curator of New Museum's record-breaking Carsten Höller show lands art world's biggest job
Artists clown around in LA mansion
Flash mobs, light displays, plate spinning and a macabre twist bring a close to Pacific Standard Time party
Kate MccGwire's fine feathered friends
London artist aims to seduce and disgust with her pigeon feather sculptures
New 'invisible tower' evokes spirit of Louis Kahn
GDS Architects' Infinity Tower in Korea is an homage to Kahn's interest in absence
Jólan van der Wiel defies gravity
Gerrit Rietveld Academie graduate uses super strength magnet to make uniquely shaped furniture
Simon Fujiwara's Muse Music
The installation and performance artist on the music that gets him in a creative mood
Daniel Libeskind's lighting design creates a Big Bang
Architect teams up with astrophysicist son Noam for chandelier that embodies the history of the universe
Heri & Salli's ultimate garden fence
Viennese architectural duo design dramatic swirling structure around Austrian residence
Wolfe von Lenkiewicz at work on Somali pirate island
Beast And The Sovereign artist works on new paintings on Lamu, scene of a kidnap and gun battle
Gerrit Rietveld [The Remix]
Anonymous design collective D-W-A redesigns the Red Blue Chair using classical and dub music as inspiration
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John Pawson unveils plans for Design Museum
Before and after images reveal a stunning transformation
Better Buy Design - 606 Universal Shelving System
Where else would you put your copy of Dieter Rams: As Little Design As Possible? (Even if it's on your iPad)
Alastair Mackie's collision of culture and nature
Although incorporating mouse skulls, trees and mud, the artist's installations become wholly unnatural
Your own pop up Carlo Mollino exhibition
Czech collective OKOLO celebrates the work and lifestyle of the hedonistic Italian designer
The sad story behind Gunnel Wåhlstrand's paintings
Images of family members were inspired by a cataclysmic event in her childhood
SOM create new architectural magic
Architects reveal building with ingenious remote control, energy-saving 'eye' that aids light and airflow
Richard Meier & Partners build Aztec skyscraper
As the renowned architecture firm announces its third building in Mexico, we speak to the man in charge
Samuel Wilkinson's Muse Music
The winner of the 2011 Design of the Year Award on the music that gets him in a creative mood
Better Buy Design - Noguchi Table
The perfect place to 'casually' arrange your favourite Phaidon books
Minimal design maximum impact
Rui Grazina’s new private house rises above (and below) challenging terrain
Inside the mind of Antonio Ballester Moreno
Exploring the creative processes of artists featured in Vitamin P2
First look inside A Room For London
Phaidon enters the artwork that's already the hottest ticket in the UK this year
Alex Hartley's Muse Music
The Cultural Olympiad artist on the music that gets him in a creative mood
Design Awards 2012 - nominees announced
The Bouroullec Brothers, Foster + Partners and Zaha Hadid all included on this year's shortlist
Agence SEARCH makes waves on the Seine
Up and coming French architecture practice completes swimming pool complex just east of Paris
Tallest building in Kuwait nears completion
Skidmore, Owings and Merill's Al Hamra Firdous Tower almost ready for business
Unravelling before your eyes
Dutch artist Johan Rijpma's video sculpture uses sticky tape to fascinating and hypnotic effect
Let's hear it for the little guy
Isaac Cordal's tiny cement figures make a big comment on modern society
Information overload, analogue style
Hungarian design collective NOMAD capture the rhythm of life on tape
Cubic kite takes flight in Jersey
Artist and architect's flying sculpture gets airborne - seemingly despite the laws of physics
The 12 Days of Architecture: #12 Mexico City, Mexico
Institute of Technology and Advanced Studies by Landa Garcia Landa Arquitectos
The 12 Days of Architecture: #11 Reykjavik, Iceland
Churchyard Offices and Staff Housing for Gunfunes Cemetery by Arkibúllan
The 12 Days of Architecture: #9 Toronto, Canada
Renaissance ROM Gallerieis by Studio Daniel Libeskind with B+H Architects
The 12 Days of Architecture: #8 Casar de Cáceres, Spain
Casar de Cáceres Bus Station by Justo García Rubío
The 12 Days of Architecture: #6 Boston, USA
The Institute of Contemporary Art by Diller Scofidio + Renfro
