Phaidon Press
Founded in 1923, Phaidon has a long tradition and distinguished history as an art book publisher. Today, Phaidon is recognized worldwide for publishing fine art books with the highest-quality content, innovative design, and superb production. The publisher of the groundbreaking The Art Book, 30,000 Years of Art, and the perennial best seller The Story of Art, Phaidon now publishes books on art, architecture, photography, design, performing arts, decorative arts, fashion, film, travel, and contemporary culture, as well as cookbooks and children’s books. Phaidon books are available in all major bookstores and retailers worldwide, as well as online at www.phaidon.com.
Featured Books
Recently Published
April 1, 2013
From the Publisher. A revised and expanded edition of the best-selling Marks of Excellence title, including 500 new images plus 80 pages of additional material.
This text covers every aspect of the trademark, its history,... More
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February 5, 2013
Pattern presents 100 outstanding fashion designers selected by 10 of the field’s leading professionals, including designers, stylists, editors, educators, bloggers and writers. Truly global in scope, it has collected the world's most... More
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Selected Backlist
2001
Describing himself as a visual jackdaw, designer Alan Fletcher (1931–2006), one of the most highly regarded graphic designers of his generation, spent a lifetime collecting images, useless information, quotations and scraps. This work distills... More
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2012
From the Publisher. Damn Good Advice is a look into the mind of one of America's most legendary creative thinkers, George Lois (the original "Mad Man" of Madison Avenue).
Offering indispensable lessons, practical... More
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2007
From the Publisher. Eliot Noyes (1910–77) was a remarkable figure in twentieth-century design. An architect who began his career working in the office of Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer, he went on to become the first Director of the... More
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2010
From the Publisher. Carlo Mollino (1905-73), was influenced by the Second Futurism movement and the Surrealist avant-gardes, and active in an impressive number of fields, including aeronautics, automobile design, art, photography, set... More
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2012
From the Publisher. Truly far-ranging, both conceptually and geographically, The Future of Architecture Since 1889 is a rich, compelling history that will shape future thinking about this period for years to come. Jean-Louis Cohen... More
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A Designers & Books Notable Design Book
2010
From the Publisher. From his first great design masterpiece, the Red-Blue Chair, to his final design for the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Gerrit Rietveld created a significant body of work and left a remarkable legacy. His simple yet... More
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2010
From the Publisher. The only up-to-date monograph on the work of Dutch product designer Hella Jongerius. Written by three experts on product design; Louise Shouwenberg, Paola Antonelli and Alice Rawsthorn. Includes over 300 photographs... More
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2008
Analysis of how the major dictatorships used graphics to propagate their ideologies. More
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2010
From the Publisher. John Pawson is an architect and designer whose exceptional work combines an essential simplicity with a keen attention to the details of everyday life and human experience. His pared-down yet luxurious houses and... More
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2002
From the Publisher. An anthology of writings by esteemed architectural critic Kenneth Frampton, containing his most influential essays from the last Includes Frampton's seminal critiques, reviews, and theoretical and historical essays,... More
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2008
From the Publisher. This slip-cased, oversized book, weighing 20 pounds and containsing over 2000 illustrations, summarizes the life and work of the most important modern architect of the 20th century: the legendary, controversial, and... More
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A Designers & Books Notable Design Book
2011
From the Publisher. The companion of Phaidon's popular The Endless City, Living in the Endless City adds the cities of Mumbai, São Paulo, and Istanbul to the six cities of the first volume with the same... More
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1996
From the Publisher. A highly sought-after bible of the Minimalist aesthetic, available in paperback for the first time, this book is an extraordinary visual essay that explores the notion of minimum as applied to architecture, art, and... More
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2008
From the Publisher. The Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture is a comprehensive portrayal of the finest built architecture from around the world completed since the year 2000. Divided into six world regions, the... More
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2012
From the Publisher. This book looks at the entire career of the French brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, widely regarded as two of the most exciting young European designers to have emerged in the last 20 years. The book features all of... More
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A Designers & Books Notable Design Book
2011
From the Publisher. Details over 180 of the most innovative office chairs designed and built from the 1840s to the present, with a color photograph, details of the designer and manufacturer, and a short text accompanying each chair.... More
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A Designers & Books Notable Design Book
2012
From the Publisher. 20th-Century World Architecture portrays, for the first time, an overview of the finest built architecture from around the world completed between 1900 and 1999. The unprecedented global scope of this collection... More
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A Designers & Books Notable Design Book
2012
From the Publisher. Intended both as an introductory text for students and professionals in the field as well as an accessible read for the general public, Understanding Architecture addresses the basic principles of architecture.... More
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A Designers & Books Notable Design Book
2012
From the Publisher. John Pawson's career as an architect and designer spans a variety of sizes and programs: from bowls to bridges, and monasteries to Calvin Klein stores. A Visual Inventory presents some of the... More
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2012
Vitamin Green provides an up-to-the-minute look at the single most important topic in contemporary design: sustainability. Projects nominated by an international collection of designers, curators, critics and thinkers were selected to... More
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