Phaidon Press's Blog, page 121

Michael Putnam makes a GREAT Frida Kahlo!

The co-founder of New Yorks greatest floral design studio is pretty hot when it comes to fancy dress too

Seriously, whats so special about the wine at Contra

Quite a lot! Heres how friendship, open-mindedness and all natural ingredients make for such a good pairing

Was Verner Panton the Bond villains favourite designer

From the late 1960s to the early 21st century Bond baddies have enjoyed the designs of the sensual Scandinavian

Olafur Eliasson on social media, Experience and his next show

The author, activist and artist has an idea that smart phones might not be so bad for his next Tate show after all

Sweet bread mingling with the scent of volcanic activity- Magnus Nilsson on Icelandic traditional baking techniques

The Nordic Baking Book author definitely knows a natural steam oven from a hole in the ground!

Brae and Faviken are two of WSJs Five Restaurants Genuinely Worth Traveling For

Magnus Nilsson and Dan Hunters bucolic ventures are both on a small, but perfectly formed, list

Bitter, almost spicy- Magnus Nilsson on the surprising, evergreen element in Nordic bread

Axes at the ready! One recipe in The Nordic Baking Book requires both culinary and arboreal skills

Swearing, shopping, Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas

It may have only lasted six months, but Sarah Lucass 90s retail venture still resonates, a quarter century later

Seriously, Contra began as an ice cream shop

Heres how a sweet, icey way to keep one chef in NYC developed into one of the citys best restaurants

Five great Picasso works in great destinations

On the artists birthday, we pick out some of Pablos finest pieces, courtesy of our new book Destination Art