John Pawson’s school days
How brass bands, ‘ridiculous Beatle worship’, beatings at Eton, a preoccupation with sex and 'deplorable modernist influences' all shaped the early life of one of the UK’s greatest architects
![John Pawson Making Life Simple](/images/9781838666620/a/small/john-pawson-making-life-simple-signed-edition-en-6662-3d-overview-3880.jpg)
Sarah Sze: Painter, Sculptor or Something Else Again?
It’s a question that’s engaged critics and curators consumed by the acclaimed artist’s work. Mark Godfrey, contributor to a new book on Sze, has a really interesting take
![Sarah Sze: Paintings](/images/9781838665623/a/small/sarah-sze-paintings-en-6562-standing-pulled-out-3000.jpg)
Wangechi Mutu launches Phaidon & Artspace limited edition WaterSpirit washed Pelican, 2022
'Working with prints is a kind of archaeography. It's my way to conjure something from the past that can tell me something', she says of the new edition
![Wangechi Mutu - WaterSpirit washed Pelican, 2022](/images/9781838664831/a/small/9781838664831.jpg)
Dana Schutz's Really Great Year
How her market looked in 2022, the exhibitions and group shows, the institutional firsts, what the critics said and a very limited Artspace edition
![Dana Schutz, Adversaries (2019)](/images/9780714878775/a/small/DanaSchutz2.jpg)
Sanya Kantarovsky's Really Great Year
The Russian-born artist has criss-crossed the world with exhibitions, and sparkled at auction in 2022
![Sanya Kantarovsky, Little Vera, 2022 (detail)](/images/9781838662448/a/small/sanya-kantarovsky-little-vera-800x800-i.jpg)
Mickalene Thomas's Really Great Year
From Broadway to Paris, this important American artist has had a rousing 2022
![Mickalene Thomas](/images/9780714878317/a/small/MThomas1.jpg)
Cecily Brown's Really Great Year
In 2022, the brilliant, British-born painter wowed us with monumental canvases and much smaller studies too
![Cecily Brown](/images/9781838661045/a/small/006-7_cecily_brown.jpg)
Ugo Rondinone's Really Great Year
How his market looked in 2022, the exhibitions and group shows, the institutional firsts, what the critics said and a very limited edition
![Ugo Rondinone](/images/9781838661656/a/small/006-7-ugo-rondinone.jpg)
Great gifts for lovers of fashion and pop culture
A magisterial monograph, a perennial classic, a survey of pioneering women, and the sharpest texts on style all feature among our 2022 fashion and pop culture books
![Some of our new 2022 titles](/images/9781838665555/a/small/palace-product-descriptions-en-6584-overview-front-3000-COLLAGE.jpg)
Ugo Rondinone, the AIDS crisis, and his mystic creativity
On World AIDS Day, discover how an early tragedy led this important artist to adopt a life-long, creative outlook
![Ugo Rondinone, I Don’t Live Here Anymore (1995/2022)](/images/9781838661656/a/small/9781838664855.jpg)
Great gifts for gardening and interiors enthusiasts
This December, let your loved one delight in exotic homes, learn the secret of seasonal gardening, and answer the call of the wild
![Selections from our current interiors and gardens lists](/images/9781838664893/a/small/the-seasonal-gardener-en-6398-overview-front-3000-COLLAGE.jpg)
The creative brilliance of George Lois
We look back at the creative visionary's life and work, following his death last week aged 91
![George Lois, 1931-2022](/images/9780714863481/a/small/NEWlois-light-bulb.jpg)
Great gifts for design lovers
Beautiful contemporary creations, deep examinations of creative innovators, the climate emergency, Belle Epoque and some of the world’s greatest turntables all feature in our 2022 design list
![Titles from our 2022 design list](/images/9781838664046/a/small/design-emergency-en-6427-overview-front-3000-COLLAGE(1).jpg)
Great gifts for food and culinary lovers
Give the gift of new tastes, dietary choices and gastronomic creativity, as well as lots of beloved, traditional recipes, with our 2022 culinary books
![A selection of our 2022 culinery titles](/images/9781838665289/a/small/the-gluten-free-cookbook-en-6313-3d-overview-1500-COLLAGE(1).jpg)
Great gifts for architecture lovers
Lovers of modernism, followers of fashion and those craving the great outdoors will all find something they love this season among our architecture books
![New archiecture titles from Phaidon](/images/9781838664213/a/small/living-in-the-forest-en-6559-3d-overview-3000-COLLAGE.jpg)
Great gifts for art lovers
From magisterial portraits, to wry cartoons, fluffy polar bears to the hottest young prospects within the gallery system, our 2022 art books make for great seasonal gifts
![A selection of our 2022 art books](/images/9781838663285/a/small/art-image.jpg)
The staying power in the turntable revolution
Audio innovations come and go; our new new history of vinyl players singles out turntables with remarkable staying power
![Planar 3 Turntable, Rega, 1977 (this model, 2016)](/images/9781838665616/a/small/226-5-43-rega.jpg)
Great gifts to cook, learn and create with
Pick out something special (and beautiful) for the younger book lovers in your life
![It’s Christmas Everywhere is just one of our great gifts for younger readers](/images/9781838665395/a/small/046-7-spread-pumpkin.jpg)
The desire for beauty in the turntable revolution
Gideon Schwartz tracks the rise of the hi-fi deck, from studio tool to desirable domestic design status symbol
![Beogram 4000C Turntable, Jacob Jensen, Bang & Olufsen, 1972 (re-created limited edition by Bang & Olufsen, 2020)](/images/9781838665616/a/small/127-3-6-bang-olufsen2.jpg)
The role of Japan in the turntable revolution
Our new book examines how Japanese firms came to offer affordable record decks, and kindled a love of Japanese engineering among dance music enthusiasts
![SL-1200 Turntable, Technics, 1972](/images/9781838665616/a/small/186-4-40-technics.jpg)
The vinyl renaissance in the turntable revolution
Once seen as an obsolete format, our new book on turntable design describes how dedicated designers kept the analogue signal alive
![Gabriel Reference MKII Monument Turntable, DaVinciAudio, c. 2011](/images/9781838665616/a/small/218-5-32-davninciaudio.jpg)
The struggle between clunky cabinets and minimalist design in turntable revolution
Our new on the history of record player design chronicles the way some makers liberated the turntable from its timber console
![Majestic 9070 Stereo Console, Grundig, 1956.](/images/9781838665616/a/small/080-1-22-majestic-grundig.jpg)
The quest for silence and stereo in in the turntable revolution
Quieter mechanisms and double-cut grooves enabled record players to reach new sonic heights during the 1960s, as Revolution reveals
![1019 Turntable, Dual, 1965.](/images/9781838665616/a/small/102-2-13-dual.jpg)
The sparky, sonic addition of electricity to the turntable revolution
Our new history of turntable design looks at how the advent of radio briefly overshadowed the record player’s prominence
![6028 Silverstone Radio and Record Player, Sears, Roebuck & Co., c.1938](/images/9781838665616/a/small/053-0-73-silverstone.jpg)
The wild, early days of the turntable revolution
The nascent, pre-electric days of record players was a time of murky-sounding folk songs, laws suits and truly bizarre ways of putting the needle on the record
![Victor 6 Phonograph, Victor, Early 1900s](/images/9781838665616/a/small/021-0-16-victor-6.jpg)
The Japanese interior bringing timber into the 21st century
Once seen as a product of the past, now wooden homes are among the most fashionable, explains our new book
![House in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, Arbol, 2019. Photo by Yasunori Shimomura](/images/9781838663995/a/small/038-9-house-akashi.jpg)
The Japanese interior where nature is the biggest luxury of all
Our new book considers the global and local influences that have shaped Japan’s world-leading lux interiors
![Polygon House, Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, Makoto Yamaguchi, 2003. Courtesy of Makoto Yamaguchi; photo by Koichi Torimura](/images/9781838663995/a/small/094-polygon-house.jpg)
The Japanese interior with lots of storage space but not a doorknob in sight
See how one small and perfectly conceived Tokyo apartment screens off its clutter
![Fusuma-e (knof Home and Office), Tokyo, Kaori Kikushima and Ikki Nagasawa, knof, 2017. Courtesy knof/Photo © Haruki Kodama](/images/9781838663995/a/small/157-knof.jpg)
The Japanese interior where a single staircase connects three generations
See how, in Tokyo, one famous architectural practice managed to bring together grandparents, parents and grandchildren via one simple design feature
![Stairway House, Tokyo, nendo, 2020. Photo Shigeo Ogawa](/images/9781838663995/a/small/080-1-stairway-house.jpg)
The Japanese interior bringing brutalism to the beach
Poured concrete isn’t just for US public buildings and European car parks. In Japan, it also suits a naturalistic, seaside retreat
![Peninsula House, Kanto Region, Mount Fuji Architects Studio, 2018. Photo by Kenichi Suzuki](/images/9781838663995/a/small/028-9-peninsula-house.jpg)
The Japanese Interior in the city with the feel of the forest
Take a look at the Tokyo home where fine art meets meets nature and classic minimalism
![House S, Tokyo, Keiji Ashizawa Design, 2011 and 2019. Photo by Ben Richards](/images/9781838663995/a/small/002-house-s-and-garden.jpg)
The Japanese interior filled with holes to let the outside in
Kengo Kuma captured the Lotus House’s natural surroundings both physically and figuratively in this checkerboard-style stone exterior
![Lotus House, Eastern Japan, Kengo Kuma & Associates, 2005. Photo by Daici Ano](/images/9781838663995/a/small/072-3-lotus-house.jpg)
The Japanese interior where old first met new
One acclaimed architect demolished and rebuilt his home on the same spot before he finally created this near perfect home in 1928
![Chochikukyo; yamazaki, Kyoto Prefecture, Koji Fujii, 1928. Photo courtesy Takenaka Corporation/Photo Taizo Furukaw](/images/9781838663995/a/small/196-7-chochikukyo.jpg)
Wangechi Mutu’s hopeful future
By working away at simple, age-old artistic practices, this contemporary artist believes she’s working towards a better tomorrow
![Wangechi Mutu, Subterranea Stemmed, 202](/images/9781838661649/a/small/130-subterranea-stemmed.jpg)
Wangechi Mutu’s mutant collages
Though she cut-and-pasted Cola ads together as a student, this Kenyan artist’s collage works serve to upend old cultural and social assumptions
![Wangechi Mutu, Misguided Little Unforgivable Hierarchies, 2005. Ink, acrylic, collage and contact paper on mylar, 206 x 132 cm](/images/9781838661649/a/small/012-misguided-hierarchies.jpg)
Wangechi Mutu’s Mythical Mothers
The Kenyan artist created her fantastical Water Women series in response to some all-too-real maternal pains
![Wangechi Mutu, Water Woman, 2017. Installation view at The Contemporary Austin](/images/9781838661649/a/small/039-water-woman.jpg)
Wangechi Mutu’s protest painting
By referencing action painting and Kenyan feminist protests, Mutu breaks down any barrier between fine art and political concerns
![Wangechi Mutu, Throw, 2016](/images/9781838661649/a/small/094-5-throw.jpg)
Wangechi Mutu’s African Queens
In an age of toppling statues, this incredible African artist created four regal figures fit for our times
![Wangechi Mutu, The Seated II, 2019. Installation View at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York](/images/9781838661649/a/small/047-b-the-seated-ii.jpg)
Wangechi Mutu’s Imperial Monsters
In her highly charged video work, the Kenyan artist addresses global ecological fears and a highly personal colonial history
![Wangechi Mutu, The End of Eating Everything, 2013. Animated video, colour, sound, 8 min. 10 sec](/images/9781838661649/a/small/102-3-end-eating.jpg)
The modernist masters who helped Walter Gropius
Whether it was Klee, Kandinsky or Le Corbusier, the Bauhaus founder had a knack for attracting and sharing his life with other modernist greats
![Walter Gropius (far right), Peter Behrens; Babelsberg office, near Potsdam, 1908. As an assistant in the office, Gropius worked alongside Mies van der Rohe and his future architectural partner Adolf Meyer. Le Corbusier joined the Behrens office in 1910. Left to right: Mies, Meyer, Max Hertwig, Bernhard Weyrather, Jean Chandler and Gropius](/images/9781838664213/a/small/030-behrens-office.jpg)
Why Lynda Benglis’s own body is the ultimate guide to her art
From synthetic rubber, to clay to chicken-wire, this acclaimed American sculptor sees the human body as the measure of all things
![Lynda Benglis in her New Mexico Studio, 2015. Photo by Paul O'Connor](/images/9781838661229/a/small/lynda-benglis.jpg)
Landscape and Lynda Benglis
The artist doesn’t quite paint landscapes, but many of her sculptures have been created in response to her natural environment
![Lynda Benglis, New Mexico, 2021. Photo: Grace Roselli, Pandora's BoxX Project](/images/9781838661229/a/small/006-7-lynda-benglis.jpg)
The dangerous chemicals that could have killed Lynda Benglis
The US sculptor’s work with carcinogenic rubbers and foams drew attention to the interplay between the natural and unnatural world
![Lynda Benglis, Contraband, 1969. Poured DayGlo pigmented, latex; 2022 Lynda Benglis / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Photo: Christopher Burke Studios](/images/9781838661229/a/small/038-a-contraband.jpg)
The way abstract expressionism shaped Lynda Benglis
Discover how the contemporary sculptor’s response to Pollock and his contemporaries influenced art history
![Lynda Benglis with Planet, New York, 1969. 2022 Lynda Benglis / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Photo: Norman Seeff](/images/9781838661229/a/small/029-b-lb-w-planet.jpg)
The story behind Lynda Benglis’s most shocking image
First published almost half-a-century ago, Benglis’s 1974 photograph for Artforum magazine remains a startlingly frank assertion of sexual freedom
![Lynda Benglis with mask, reproduced in The New Sexual Frankness: Good-By To Hearts and Flowers;, New York Magazine, 17 February 1975; 2022 Lynda Benglis / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Photo; 1975 and 2022 Steve Myers](/images/9781838661229/a/small/029-a-lb-w-mask.jpg)
The shared heritage between Palace and Vans
The British skate brand was polite about its collaboration with its Californian counterpart, but customarily snarky outside of that tie-up, as our new book shows...
![Palace Vans Skate Authentic black](/images/9781838665845/a/small/palace_summer_21_Vans_low_blk_3168-1024x717.jpg)
Madonna and Anna Wintour on Steven Klein
Two long-standing collaborators share their love of this great photographer’s work
![Steven Klein. Madonna, Hotel Glória, Rio de Janeiro, 2008. © Steven Klein. All Rights Reserved](/images/9781838665555/a/small/119-madonna-gloria.jpg)
Studs and Steven Klein
See how the photographer pairs beautiful models and haute couture clothes with powerful equine imagery
![Steven Klein. Horse Pool, Guinevere Van Seenus, Windsor, CT, 2005. All rights reserved](/images/9781838665555/a/small/039-horse-pool.jpg)
The British link between Palace and Reebok
Lev Tanju, the skate brand founder, shows his love for the north of England trainer brand in Palace Product Descriptions
![Palace Reebok P-Bok Classic leather pump](/images/9781838665845/a/small/Palace-Winter-Reebok-pump-white-6302-1024x717.jpg)
The parties that brought joy to Walter Gropius
He may have liked clean lines and rational logic, but he also loved a good time, as our new book shows
![Menu for the first Half Hundred Club dinner, January 1937.](/images/9781838664213/a/small/180-c-d-isokon-menu.jpg)
The mutual admiration between Palace & Ralph Lauren
The British skate brand's founder wore their Polo shirts for 30 years, now he shares the love in our new book Palace Product Descriptions
![Palace Ralph Lauren pyjama top engineered equestrian print](/images/9781838665845/a/small/Palace-Ralph-Lauren-Pyjama-Silk-Horse-front-5942-1024x717.jpg)
The winning bond between Palace and Adidas
How the skate brand went from the run down apartments of London's Waterloo to dominate Centre Court
![Adidas Palace Pro Black/Orange](/images/9781838665845/a/small/S16_PALACE_PRO_TRAINERS_BLACK_AQ5148_DETAIL15023-1024x717.jpg)
The love between Palace and Stella Artois
The London skate brand showed its admiration for the Belgian beer in not one, but two collaborations
![Palace Stella Artois chalice glass](/images/9781838665845/a/small/palace_winter_stella_glass2074-1024x717.jpg)
The elite students who remade the world under Walter Gropius
The later chapters of our new illustrated biography look at how the Bauhaus master influenced Richard Rogers, IM Pei, and Norman Foster, among many others
![Drawing of the north elevation for the Pan Am Building, New York](/images/9781838664213/a/small/279-a-pan-am-north.jpg)
How Steven Klein went from ‘bad kid’ to photographic icon
Our new book charts the American photographer’s incredible rise, producing some of the most recognisable images of Brad Pitt, Kate Moss and Madonna
![Steven Klein, Self Portrait. courtesy Steven Klein studio](/images/9781838665555/a/small/steven-klein-1.jpg)
The wildly creative childhood of Steven Klein
Our new book reproduces an early vacation snap that pointed towards the photographer’s bright future
![Steven Klein, Self Portrait No. 18, 2022, courtesy Steven Klein studio](/images/9781838665555/a/small/steven-klein-2.jpg)
The artists who sustained Walter Gropius
From Joan Miró to Henry Moore, Robert Motherwell to Wassily Kandinsky, great artists helped the Bauhaus founder on his way to greatness
![Walter Gropius, Spain, circa 1907.](/images/9781838664213/a/small/028-wg-c-1907.jpg)
What this pioneering oceanographer saw in the Ocean
Our new book illustrates how Matthew Fontaine Maury unlocked the mysteries of the Atlantic
![Matthew Fontaine Maury, Vertical Section; North Atlantic, 1854](/images/9781838664787/a/small/109-maury.jpg)
This rather grand sounding River Cafe dessert is perfect for kids
Trust us on this one - children will love making (and eating) this hazelnut praline semifreddo!
![Hazelnut praline semifreddo](/images/9781838664459/a/small/099-hazelnut-semifreddo.jpg)
The fruit and friendship that enrich Ballymaloe Desserts
In his new book, the brilliant pastry chef JR Ryall describes how the generosity of County Cork influences his menus
![Peaches at Ballymaloe House. Photo by Cliodhna Prendergast](/images/9781838665272/a/small/029 peaches.jpg)
The country house that nurtured Ballymaloe Desserts
JR Ryall may be one of the world’s most exciting pastry chefs, but he always grounds his cookery in his restaurant’s historic surroundings
![Ballymaloe House, County Cork, Ireland. Photo by Cliodhna Prendergas](/images/9781838665272/a/small/004-ballymaloe-house.jpg)
Yes, it was once illegal to sell certain sweet buns in Britain
The British Cookbook traces the nice but naughty history of British baking
![Chelsea Buns. Photography by Sam A Harris](/images/9781838665289/a/small/291-chelsea-buns.jpg)
This River Cafe salad looks great and is fun to make with kids
The River Café Parmesan and raw zucchini dish is very easy to prepare and quick to impress
![Zucchini Salad. Photography by Matthew Donaldson](/images/9781838664459/a/small/056-zucchini-salad.jpg)
This River Cafe risotto is a great, kid-friendly introduction to Italian cookery
There may be no alcohol in this tasty tomato and basil recipe, but it’s still a wonderfully grown-up dish
![Risotto with tomato and basil](/images/9781838664459/a/small/030-risotto-tomato-basil.jpg)
The dessert trolley that helped define Ballymaloe Desserts
In our new book, the brilliant dessert chef JR Ryall describes how a blood orange dish adds a ray of sunshine; a fruit fool always goes down well and a redcurrant barquette pretties it up too
![The dessert trolley at Ballymaloe House. Photo by Cliodhna Prendergast](/images/9781838665272/a/small/014-ingredients.jpg)
Inside the hen house fit for a banking dynasty
Spanish designer Isabel López-Quesada Biarritz crams so much good taste into her modest Biarritz farm house
![Isabel López-Quesada, Biarritz. Photo by Miguel Flores-Vianna/The Interior Archive](/images/9781838664763/a/small/107-lopez-quesada.jpg)
Inside the Korean home that uses antique methods to solve modern problems
Teo Yang isn’t only creating his own home in Seoul, he’s taking care of the city’s traditional buildings for the next generation
![Teo Yang. Seoul. Photo by Shim Yun Suk/Studio Sim](/images/9781838664763/a/small/112-3-yang.jpg)
Inside the English house that feels like a modernist sculpture
British designer Faye Toogood says this family home was the first place she could truly live a modern life
![Faye Toogood. London. Photo by Henry Bourne](/images/9781838664763/a/small/237-toogood.jpg)
The hugely talented young chef behind Ballymaloe Desserts
Discover how a kitchen pratfall pushed JR Ryall down a distinctly sweeter path
![JR Ryall](/images/9781838665272/a/small/jr-ryall-dessert-trolley-2.jpg)
This classic River Cafe pasta recipe is child’s play
Try the spaghetti alle vongole recipe from The River Cafe Look Book: Recipes for Kids of all Ages
![Spaghetti alle vongole](/images/9781838664459/a/small/025-spaghetti-vongole.jpg)
Inside the soulful loft of Kim and Kanye’s designer
Vincent Van Duysen might be known for his starry clientele, but his own home is all about comfort and quiet contemplation
![Vincent Van Duysen, Antwerp. Photo by Kasia Gatkowska](/images/9781838664763/a/small/121-van-duysen.jpg)
Inside the warehouse apartment decked out with salvaged souvenirs
Italian designer Paola Navone creates beauty with discarded ceramics in her distinctive domestic space
![Paola Navone's home in Milan. Photo by Enrico Conti](/images/9781838664763/a/small/160-navone.jpg)
Try a healthy and affordable slice of Mexican vegetarian cuisine via these tasty tacos
Tacos de pobre might make for a budget-conscious dinner, but they’re rich in both taste and nutrients.
![Poor tacos with potato peelings. Photography by Ignacio ‘Nacho’ Urquiza](/images/9781838665265/a/small/243-poor-tacos.jpg)
The amazing adaptability that keeps HAY current
From smart speakers to sandals, cookware to candleholders, this Danish design firm collaborates cleverly to always stay ahead of the game
![Dinner in collaboration with Ignacio Mattos, Los Angeles, 2021. Photo by Thomas Slack](/images/9781838665647/a/small/189-dinner-ignacio-la.jpg)
This River Cafe fish dish is perfect for kiddy cooks (and those young at heart)
Monkfish wrapped in pancetta might sound like haute cuisine, but The River Cafe Look Book makes it easy
![Monkfish wrapped in pancetta](/images/9781838664459/a/small/083-monkfish-pancetta.jpg)
What Iris van Herpen saw in the Ocean
Our new book Ocean looks at how this Dutch fashion designer captured a mystery element of the seas
![Iris van Herpen, Sensory Seas, 2019](/images/9781838664787/a/small/058-van-herpen.jpg)
What David Doubilet saw in the Ocean
The brilliant National Geographic photographer captured life perfectly below and above the sea’s surface
![David Doubilet, Father and Son, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea, 2013.](/images/9781838664787/a/small/017-doubilet.jpg)
Discover the lighter side of Mexican vegetarian cuisine via these sophisticated salads
The Mexican Vegetarian Cookbook helps bust those 'unhealthy' myths about Mexican cuisine
![Roasted Jicama salad with apple and poblano dressing](/images/9781838665265/a/small/139-roasted-jicama.jpg)
What Paul Klee saw in the Ocean
The Bauhaus master used marine life as a teaching aid, our new book explains
![Paul Klee, Fish Image, 1925](/images/9781838664787/a/small/213-klee.jpg)
Inside the Paris apartment that doubles as a self-portrait
French designer Sophie Dries says creating an interior is like creating a portrait. So what does her own home reveal?
![Sophie Dries, Paris. Photo by Christophe Coenon](/images/9781838664763/a/small/017-dries.jpg)
The affordable offerings that set HAY apart
Rolf and Mette Hay attracted the world’s greatest designers by offering them a worldwide audience (and an egalitarian price point)
![Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec](/images/9781838665647/a/small/111-les-bouroullecs.jpg)
How Ugo Rondinone re-invents life, love, experience, identity and even time and space itself around him
All the elements that make up the practice of this Swiss-born artist come under the microscope in his new Contemporary Artist Series monograph
![Ugo Rondinone at Studio Rondinone 2019](/images/9781838661656/a/small/006-7-ugo-rondinone.jpg)
Inside the Milanese palazzo where the past meets the future
Architect and artist Vincenzo de Cotiis has turned his antique apartment into a beautifully progressive design lab
![Vincenzo de Cotiis's apartment, Milan. Photo by Joachim Wichmann](/images/9781838664763/a/small/253-de-cotiis.jpg)
Inside an unexpectedly English home in Latin America
Chilean design duo Grisanti & Cussen turn up the baroque beauty in this Santiago home, and add just a touch of Wes Anderson-style whimsy
![Hugo Grisanti (Grisanti & Cussen), Santiago. Photo by Ana Mar&ia Lopez](/images/9781838664763/a/small/029-grisanti.jpg)
The designers that truly distinguish HAY
This innovative Danish firm knows what consumers want, and also what great designers desire
![Stine Gam and Enrico Fratesi](/images/9781838665647/a/small/143-gam-fratesi.jpg)
What Jean Jullien saw in the Ocean
The French artist finds thrills, threats - and humour - in his sea view
![Jean Jullien, Surf's Up, 2017.](/images/9781838664787/a/small/179-jullien.jpg)
What Snøhetta saw in the Ocean
Our new book takes a look at the beautiful, box-like restaurant the world-famous architecture practice pitched into the Norwegian sea
![Under by Snøhetta](/images/9781838664787/a/small/123-snohetta.jpg)
Inside the wood-panelled LA den that reminds its star creator of his grandparents’ place
Californian designer Jeff Andrews has worked for Lady Gaga and the Kardashians. Yet, when it came to his own place, he drew on influences closer to home
![Jeff Andrews. Los Angeles. Photo by Grey Crawford](/images/9781838664763/a/small/015-andrews.jpg)
The colours that make HAY shine
Against a prevailing backdrop of Scandi neutrality, HAY has brightened our world with colourful, coherent products
![Six-Colour Bags, Susan Bijl and Bertjan Pot, 2019, from HAY](/images/9781838665647/a/small/212-3-colour-bags.jpg)
Taste a hearty slice of meat-free Mexican vegetarian cuisine via this charcoal-grilled classic
This roasted mushroom dish from Yucatán is the perfect reformed carnivore’s choice from The Mexican Vegetarian Cookbook
![Poc chuc with mushrooms](/images/9781838665265/a/small/073-poc-chuc.jpg)
Inside the London designer’s 18th century apartment that’s become a lab for interior treatments
You won’t just be impressed by the way Ben Pentreath decorated his flat, you’ll also be struck by the way he secured the property
![Ben Pentreath's London apartment](/images/9781838664763/a/small/062-3-pentreath.jpg)
What NASA saw in the Ocean
The Space Administration’s contrasting views of our seas hold both hope and fear
![Earth Science, 1994, by NASA](/images/9781838664787/a/small/043 NASA.jpg)
The New York dessert that's now pretty much British
The British Cookbook explains how The Knickerbocker Glory found a new home - on the other side of the Atlantic
![Knickerbocker Glory, from The British Cookbook](/images/9781838665289/a/small/409-knickerbocker-glory.jpg)
Inside the apartment that slowly became a family home for two footloose designers
The Anglo-Japanese couple Naoko Takenouchi and Marc Webb arrived in Singapore as backpackers, and created their forever home
![Naoko Takenouchi and Marc Webb's apartment, Singapore. Picture courtesy of Studio Periphery](/images/9781838664763/a/small/193-a-takenouchi-webb.jpg)
Enjoy the savoury side of Mexican vegetarian cuisine via these delicious breakfast dishes
Big breakfasts are part of Mexican culture, and our new Mexican Vegetarian Cookbook has some great meat-free options to try
![Molletes with pico de gallo salsa and gratin cheese](/images/9781838665265/a/small/031-molletes-.jpg)
This classic River Cafe chocolate cake is fun to make, and delicious to eat
Young home cooks, as well as those young at heart, will love making this pressed chocolate cake
![Pressed chocolate cake](/images/9781838664459/a/small/102-3-spread-crostata-pg.jpg)
What Hokusai saw in the Ocean
Our new book explains how deep, East Asian philosophical ideas are captured in this famous image
![Katsushika Hokusai, Under the Wave off Kanagawa (or The Great Wave), c.1830-32](/images/9781838664787/a/small/127-hokusai.jpg)
There are a bunch of spicy, Indian-flavoured dishes in The British Cookbook. But you won’t find any of them in India
In The British Cookbook, Ben Mervis records the recipes and retraces the roots of the country’s colonial legacy
![Chicken tikka masala, from The British Cookbook](/images/9781838665289/a/small/141 chicken tikka masala.jpg)
Try a colourful, fresh taste of Mexican vegetarian cuisine with this satisfying dessert
The Mexican Vegetarian Cookbook uncovers the lighter, healthier side of this country's cookery
![Fresh fig cake](/images/9781838665265/a/small/279-fig-cake.jpg)
Septime, Central and Ikoyi find a place on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list
Phaidon high risers and new entrants dominate this year
![Septime, Paris. Photograph: Alexandre Guirkinger](/images/9781838662202/a/small/016_septime.jpg)