Martin Parr’s postcards from Milwaukee
Parr and ten other Magnum photographers capture beer city as part of their on-going US documentary project
![Brewer. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2013. © Martin Parr/Magnum Photos/ Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago](/resource/martinparrbrewers620.jpg)
Why does Monica Bonvicini like smashing things up?
Whether it's shattered safety glass or hammered dry walling the Italian artist sees the beauty in destruction
![Still from Hammering Out (an old argument) (1998) by Monica Bonvicini](/resource/hammeringout.jpg)
How Louis Kahn's drawings changed his architecture
New show and Phaidon monograph show how drawings from Egypt influenced use of form, light and shape
![Louis Kahn, Pyramids, No. 8, Egypt
1951](/resource/a49-0291.jpg)
On Kawara's date paintings explained
The Japanese conceptual artist died last week but his date paintings allow him to transcend history
![One Thing, 1965, Viet-Nam by On Kawara](/resource/1thing-kawara.jpg)
Have you seen BIG’s new Washington maze?
'I had anxiety attacks that it was going to be too easy,' says Bjarke Ingels, 'but it’s actually pretty confusing'
![The BIG Maze, Washington DC National Building Museum - BIG - photo by Kevin Allen (kevinallenphoto.com)](/resource/bigmaze2.jpg)
Nan Goldin in the World of Marc Jacobs
The legendary Eden and after photographer turns up for her signing at Bookmarc dressed head to toe in ...
![Nan Goldin signing copies of Eden and after at MarcBook - photo copyright Patrick Mcmullan.com](/resource/nanatmj1.jpg)
Coop Himmelb(l)au imagine a cloak of invisibility
Edward Snowden's winter wardrobe sorted - courtesy of one of the architecture firms in the online Atlas
![CHBL Jammer Coat - Photo © Markus Pillhofer](/resource/coopjammercrop5.jpg)
Paula Scher on her Philly Art Museum rebrand
Pentagram partner and Phaidon author talks about how she 'uninstitutionalised' an institution
![Pentagram's Paula Scher's rebranding for the Philadelphia Art Museum](/resource/paulascherphilly1.jpg)
Tadao Ando's new gallery puts the landscape on show
The Pritzker laureate says his new Clark Visitor Center allows art and nature to be enjoyed simultaneously
![The Clark Visitor Center by Tadao Ando. Photo by Tucker Bair, courtesy of The Clark](/resource/clark-center-reflectingpool-1.jpg)
Martin Parr, now with added captions
A new show pairs the photographer's images with pithy quotes from his subjects
![Each to their own, but I think this is going to be one of the best - if not the best - houses on the estate, 1991, by Martin Parr, from Signs of the Times](/resource/bestontheestate-i.jpg)
Why this year's MAD will be pretty sane
René Redzepi's Alex Atala-hosted food and cooking symposium will remind us what cooking is really about
![MAD man, chef and D.O.M. author Alex Atala will co-host this year's symposium. Image by Rafael Mantesso](/resource/madatalacrop.jpg)
The Insider's Guide to Belgrade
Design Week CEO Vesna Jelovac on her favourite places featured in our downloadable Wallpaper* City Guide
![Vesna Jelovac, CEO, Belgrade Design Week](/resource/belgradeinsider.jpg)
The Google guide to DevArt
Steve Vranakis, Executive Creative Director of Google’s Creative Lab, talks through the tech firm’s debut art show
![Wishing Wall by Varvara Guljajeva & Mar Canet at Digital Revolution](/resource/buttf2.jpg)
The Empire State's twinkling tribute to Warhol
New York's best-loved art deco skyscraper honours the pop artist who made it a film star half-a-century ago
![Still from Empire (1964) by Andy Warhol](/resource/warhol-empire.jpg)
The duo bringing Baldessari and lolcats.com to Arles
French artists Mazaccio & Drowilal say their exhibition Wildstyle will serve as a safari into unnatural imagery
![Double Impact, from Wildstyle (2013) by Mazaccio & Drowilal](/resource/wild-style-double-impact.jpg)
Five buildings that will help you work smarter
Our new Phaidon Atlas focus looks at how architects are helping us break away from the desk and cubicle model
![HV Bayer Headquarter by Jahn, as featured in the Phaidon Atlas](/resource/hv-bayer-headquarters-office-building.jpg)
Putting the emotion back into art buying
Supposing it was the biggest reaction, not the biggest bid that secured you a piece of art at auction
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Does Jeff Koons still have the power to shock us?
Eileen Costello, author of our Brice Marden book, wonders whether the artist is still interested in dividing opinion
![Split-Rocker, Rockefeller Center, New York - Jeff Koons](/resource/jeff-koons-split-rocker-rockefella.jpg)
Why does Zach Lieberman's piano play the radio?
New York digital artist explains his Google-commissioned exhibit - inspired by the music in a yellow cab
![Zach Lieberman demonstrates Play The World at Digital Revolution](/resource/zachinstallation.jpg)
Understanding David Smith’s Circles
A new US show of the artist’s key set of works allows gallery-goers a chance to reassess his circular works
![Circle II, 1962, by David Smith](/resource/circle2.jpg)
Why Ciril Jazbec is On Thin Ice
The brightest young photojournalist at Arles says his lifelong work will be an encapsulation of climate change
![From On Thin Ice by Ciril Jazbec](/resource/03-on-thin-ice.jpg)
Ai Weiwei's Native American installation
Chinese artist responds to New Mexico commission with a work recalling his own exile in a similar landscape
![Ai Weiwei's work in Cayote Canyon, New Mexico. Photograph by Robert Schwan](/resource/ai-navajo1.jpg)
Kengo Kuma rolls out the barrel in Tokyo
Kayanoya in Tokyo is latest - perhaps greatest - example of architect's current wood first approach
![Kayanoya - Kengo Kuma](/resource/kayanoya-kengo-kuma.jpg)
Is Erik Kessels the smartest photo curator around?
Dutch art director, collector and curator gives us the lowdown on his new Arles Rencontres show Small Universe
![With my Family (1973) by Hans Eijkelboom](/resource/hans-eijkelboom-family-1713x1500-10-percent-620x546.jpg)
Yuri Suzuki on Will.i.am, Robert Moog and Jeff Mills
We catch up with the sound artist at the Barbican's Digital Revolution show
![Pyramidi by Will.I.Am and Yuri Suzuki, courtesy of the Barbican](/resource/pyramidi.jpg)
John Pawson on retuning the Design Museum
We talk to the acclaimed architect and Phaidon author about his work on the Commonwealth Institute building
![John Pawson's work continues at the new Design Museum, London. Photo by Miles Willis © 2014 Getty Images.](/resource/pawsonnew1.jpg)
Movie making the Gilbert & George way
On the eve of a Lehmann Maupin NY show we look at how they made The World of Gilbert & George movie
![Gilbert & George, The World of Gilbert & George (video still), 1981. 16mm colour film transferred to video, dimensions variable. Courtesy the artists and Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong.](/resource/gilbertgeorgeworld.jpg)
Google’s Aaron Koblin on Digital Revolution
We chat to the artist, designer and leader of Google's Data Arts Team at the Barbican’s new immersive art show
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The Insider's Guide to Frankfurt
Designer Sebastian Herkner on his favourite places as revealed in our downloadable Wallpaper* City Guide
![Frankfurt insider Sebastian Herkner](/resource/frankfurtinsider2.jpg)
KREOD's Olympian ascent
Rio Pavilion is the latest project from the fast-growing design and architecture practice
![KREOD International Trade Pavilion Rio Olympic Games 2016](/resource/kreod-olympics.jpg)
When the Cold War went domestic
A new exhibition looks back at an era when the Soviet Union tried to better America's consumer goods
![A Chaika vacuum cleaner, as featured in Work and Play Behind The Iron Curtain](/resource/rocketvacuum.jpg)
Bridget Riley by the man who knows her best
Phaidon author Richard Shiff walks you round a fantastic David Zwirner show of her Stripe Paintings
![Installation view of Bridget Riley The Stripe Paintings 1961-2014, at David Zwirner, London](/resource/rileyatzwirner5.jpg)
How Manifesta 10 is beating Russia’s anti-gay laws
Artists at the roving biennial have expressed themselves quite freely, despite new anti-gay legislation
![Marlene Dumas, Alan Turing (2014)](/resource/dumas-lead.jpg)
Monica Bonvicini defined in five great works
Sex, styrofoam and stairways to hell - the thought-provoking artworks that will turn you on to this great Italian artist
![Plastered (1998) by Monica Bonvicini](/resource/wallfuckin.jpg)
Ross Lovegrove on design, nature and computers
We catch up on the great British designer's plans for the future at the launch of the online Phaidon Atlas
![Ross Lovegrove](/resource/rosslovegrove.jpg)
Parr, Bailey and Eijkelboom at Arles 2014
Long-standing Arles director François Hébel draws on old friendships for his final Rencontres production
![With my family, 1973, by Hans Eijkelboom](/resource/eikelboomii.jpg)
Take a look at this new Ferran Adrià FT dinner video
Want a little glimpse at our super select Pollen Street Social dinner for How To Spend It readers? Of course you do
![Ferran Adria, Jason Atherton and Andres Lara (like Jason, an ex-elBulli stager)](/resource/ferranaandjasonand.jpg)
Young Americans of the Atlas
This week's Editor's Focus in the Phaidon online Atlas takes a look at new architectural talent in the United States
![3.1 Phillip Lim, Seoul - Leong Leong](/resource/3-1-phillip-lim-seoul.jpg)
The Insider's Guide to Reykjavik
Filmmaker Vera Sölvadóttir on her favourite places as featured in our downloadable Wallpaper* City Guide
![Film maker Vera Sölvadóttir your insider guide to Reykjavik](/resource/reykjavik.jpg)
Martin Parr in New York and Austin
The British photographer charms New York Magazine and the crowds at the Austin Center for Photography
![Martin Parr signs books for Phaidon Club members. Want to be invited to the next event? www.phaidon.com/register](/resource/martinsigning.jpg)
How to snag a table at Noma Tokyo
René Redzepi's Japanese pop-up might not open until 2015, but booking registration closes early next month
![René Redzepi experiments with Japanese oranges, ahead of Noma's Tokyo pop-up](/resource/japoranges.jpg)
Carsten Höller's new slide opens at the Vitra campus
Vitra Slide Tower is “a sculpture you can travel inside” - though you can appreciate it even if you don't take a ride
![Carsten Höller's Vitra Slide Tower](/resource/vitratowerlead.jpg)
Less is More at Valentino's Chipperfield NYC store
The British architect is brought in by the Italian label to reduce 'superficial decoration' in its key flagship stores
![Chipperfield's Fifth Ave store for Valentino](/resource/valentinointerior.jpg)
Dieter Rams inspires Jason Wu
The Taiwanese Canadian designer draws from Braun’s ex-chief design officer for his new Resort Collection
![Jason Wu's 2015 Resort Collection](/resource/wulead1.jpg)
Why Chilean architecture is having a moment
As the Serpentine Pavilion opens, we talk to Chile's cultural attaché and the minister for architecture and design
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Why Joseph Beuys made a child’s telephone
A new Munich show of Beuys’s multiples offers great insight into the artist’s practice and concerns
![Telefone T_R (Telephon S_E) (1974) by Joseph Beuys from our Focus book](/resource/telephonbeuys.jpg)
Five unlikely choices from Art Everywhere US
We look at a few of the less-obvious choices in a poll for America’s summer billboard art show
![The Avery Coonley Playhouse: Triptych Window (1912) by Frank Lloyd Wright](/resource/flw-balloons.jpg)
Sou Fujimoto tells us about the bus stop he built
What happened when the Serpentine Pavilion architect went to the tiny Austrian village of Krumbach?
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Have you seen Richard Prince’s Woodstock poster?
The US artist returns to the famous 60s rock festival, both lyrically and figuratively, for his new exhibition's poster
![Richard Prince's Woodstock poster for It's a Free Concert Now](/resource/woodstockposter.jpg)
Monica Bonvicini on sexing up Minimalism
How the Italian artist finds fetishism everywhere - from building sites to Carl Andre works
![Never Again (2005) by Monica Bonvicini](/resource/neveragain2005.jpg)
World's earliest figurative art gets UNESCO status
The Chauvet Cave, championed by Phaidon author Jean Clottes, receives World Heritage status
![Lion pictures in the Chauvet Cave, from Cave Art](/resource/chauvetlead.jpg)
Odile Decq on her new architecture school
Celebrated Parisian architect and educator aims to engage students in the 'laboratory of everywhere'
![Odile Decq](/resource/1-blogue-odile-decq-milan-odile-decq.jpg)
Le Corbusier cousin’s house reimagined in Basel
Art duo Kolkoz rework Pierre Jeanneret’s prefab house in a celebration of the architect and designer’s work
![Scratch Form (2014) by Kolkoz](/resource/ballyscratchlead2.jpg)
David Adjaye does neo-brutalism in New York
Affordable housing references Sugar Hill area's rows of terraced housing by placing one 'row' on top of another
![Sugar Hill Housing- David Adjaye](/resource/sugahillbydaviddyae.jpg)
See how the chefs eat
Literati Books and Vellum restaurant in Ann Arbor team up for a very special Eating With The Chefs meal
![A waiter keeps his shirt clean at Osteria Francescana, Modena, Italy. From Eating With the Chefs by Per-Anders Jörgensen](/resource/awtccleanshirt.jpg)
Focus on these futuristic façades
The Phaidon Atlas takes a look at some beautifully rhythmic digitally fabricated skins
![Soumaya Museum by Free - photograph by Adam Weisman](/resource/soumaya-image-by-adam-weisman-03.jpg)
"My first spherified olive was a revelation!"
Modernist Cuisine's Nathan Myhrvold pays tribute to elBulli 2005-2011 creator Ferran Adrià - "a philosopher and avant-garde provocateur who can reference the history and future of gastronomy in a single bite"
![Nathan Myhrvold and Ferran embrace](/resource/adriamodernist4.jpg)
The Insider's Guide to Tallinn
Textiles designer Kärt Ojavee on her favourite places as revealed in our downloadable Wallpaper* City Guide
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Tadao Ando’s first New York City project
The Pritzker laureate hopes his modest seven-storey block will “embrace the industrial character of the area”
![Rendering of 152 Elizabeth Street by Tadao Ando](/resource/152elizabeth-lead-620x413.jpg)
What’s hot at Art Basel?
Warhol, Ruby, Nauman and Richter, are snapped up by collectors at the world’s biggest contemporary art fair
![View from the top - Art Basel 2014](/resource/panterapantera0-lead.jpg)
Björk comes to MoMA in 2015
The Icelandic artist is the subject of a full career retrospective curated by Klaus Biesenbach in March
![A still from Björk's 1999 video, All Is Full of Love, by Chris Cunningham](/resource/bjorklead.jpg)
V&A to open China’s first ever design museum
Arts and design institution is teaming up with Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki in Shenzhen
![Shenzhen Sea World Cultural Arts Center by Maki and Associates, site of the V&A's new design museum](/resource/maki1.jpg)
How Kuramata’s sushi bar ended up in Hong Kong
The great Japanese designer’s sole remaining work of interior design has joined M+’s permanent collection
![Shiro Kuramata's Kiyotomo sushi bar, 1988](/resource/1988kiyotomo.jpg)
MAD Architects talk about latest project
Nanjing urban complex references mountains, water and winding pathways found in Chinese shan-shui paintings
![Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Center- MAD](/resource/madnanjing.jpg)
The Gwangju Biennale's incendiary plans
Curator Jessica Morgan draws from Talking Heads’ song Burning Down the House for the 2014 Biennale
![Stoves by Sterling Ruby (2013)](/resource/sterlingstoves.jpg)
Six things you need to know about Monica Bonvicini
Fetishism, Freud and transparent toilets - a brief guide to this great Italian artist’s work
![Kleine Lictchkanone (2009) by Monica Bonvicini](/resource/kleinelicthkanone2009.jpg)
Why Wolfgang Tillmans is choosing to show in Russia
The German artist will take part in Manifesta10 at St Petersburg Hermitage despite Russia’s new anti-gay laws
![Wolfgang Tillmans - photographed by Carmen Brunner](/resource/tillmansbrunner.jpg)
Design students create mirrored look-out in Scotland
Strathclyde design duo's £5,000 stainless steel structure debuts in the highlands
![Lookout, Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park, Scotland - Angus Ritchie and Daniel Tyler](/resource/angus-ritchie.jpg)
Barry Bergdoll 'New York is starting to feel nostalgic'
MoMA architecture curator says "London is a much more dynamic place these days than New York"
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What to expect from Art Basel 2014
$4 billion worth of work is up for sale but the most engaging parts of the fair don’t require a chequebook
![(Female figure) (2014) by Jordan Wolfson](/resource/baselwolfson1.jpg)
Floating city proposal for China's super rich
Electric cars speed along underwater tunnels, there's on-island food production and bespoke power generation
![Floating City - AT Design Office](/resource/floatingcity.jpg)
Dining out with Ferran Adrià in Hong Kong
The elBulli founder gives some advice on culinary creativity in one of Hong Kong's finest, and tiniest, restaurants
![Ferran with the Ronin staff, last night](/resource/ferranhklead.jpg)
Pollock signature misspelled in the Knoedler case
Major gallerist failed to notice that forgers dropped a crucial 'c' from an abstract expressionist work
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50 courses for Ferran Adrià - gone in 60 seconds!
We LOVE this Modernist Cuisine video of their meal celebrating Ferran and his new book elBulli 2005-2011
![Modernist Cuisine's Nathan Mhyrvold and Ferran Adrià creator of elBulli 2005-2011](/resource/nathan-ferran.jpg)
The Israeli Pavilion draws lines in the sand
At this year's Venice Biennale Israel presents a brilliantly engaging meditation on its national urban sprawl
![The printed sand in the Israel Pavilion](/resource/israelsandi.jpg)
Wolfgang Tillmans on middle age and architecture
Photographer considers whether his best work is behind him - unlikely, given the strength of his new shows
![Greifbar 1 (2014) by Wolfgang Tillmans](/resource/tangible1.jpg)
David Shrigley takes over Sketch
Acerbic artist brings his misfits, freaks and socially awkward characters to upscale Mayfair restaurant
![Ceramics for Sketch - David Shrigley](/resource/david-shrigley-plate-sketch-london-560x420.jpg)
How the Bauhaus houses were rebuilt
Mending bombed buildings in Germany is controversial, yet these ones are a great expression of Teutonic culture
![The new Masterhouse Gropius, BFM Architekten, Image: Christoph Rokitta, 2014, Bauhaus Foundation Dessau](/resource/bauhaus-new-masterhouses.jpg)
Would you sleep in Antony Gormley's new sculpture?
The British artist’s 'inhabitable sculpture' has a hotel room inside it, and comes with an art market style price tag
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Mystery of a 50-year-old Nauman art object solved
Bruce Nauman book author Peter Plagens reveals the strange story behind infamous funk art object the Slant Step
![The original Slant Step, as reproduced in Bruce Nauman: The True Artist](/resource/slantstepsquarer.jpg)
Ten buildings changing the way we travel
The Phaidon Atlas picks out airports, ferry terminals and cable-car stations putting the bon into bon voyage
![Queen Tamar Airport, Georgia - J. Mayer H Architects](/resource/queen-tamar-airport.jpg)
Banksy likes blotter art, not keen on Sotheby’s show
The graffiti artist offers a little insight into his unauthorised London show, as well as some trippy appropriation
![Banksy's Flower Bomber on perforated blotting paper, courtesy of blotterart.com](/resource/banksy-blotter-lead.jpg)
French Pavilion pairs Jacques Tati with Jean Prouvé
The French submission for the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale interrogates and gently lampoons modernism
![Model of the Villa Arpel © Luc Boegly. Image courtesy of the Institut Francais](/resource/630-maquette-villa-arpel-i.jpg)
The Insider's Guide to Salvador
TV presenter Paula Magalhães on her favourite places as revealed in our downloadable Wallpaper* City Guide
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Look what Renzo Piano has squeezed into Paris
Piano's building for film company Pathé snakes in between the façades of the XIII arrondissement
![The Pathé Foundation, Paris, by Renzo Piano Building Workshop](/resource/renzopianopathe1.jpg)
So, is there such a thing as national architecture?
OMA's Stephan Petermann, Diébédo Francis Kéré and MAD's Ma Yansong join us for a great debate in Venice
![OMA's Stephan Petermann, The British Council's Vicky Richardson and MAD Architects' Ma Yansong](/resource/phaidoninvenice.jpg)
Roald Dahl’s Bacon portrait of Freud up for sale
1967 study of Lucian Freud was originally bought on the proceeds from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
![Francis Bacon - Study for Head of Lucian Freud, 1967 oil on canvas 14 x 12in. (35.5 x 30.5cm.) Image courtesy of Christie's](/resource/baconfreudstudy.jpg)
What happened at the London elBulli dinner?
Guests and editorial executives from The Financial Times joined the elBulli chef for a gala meal and presentation
![Pollen St Social prepares just prior to last Wednesday's event](/resource/ferranpollenone.jpg)
Bruce Nauman: from Smart Aleck to True Artist
Writer and author Peter Plagens explains how his view of Bruce Nauman went from disdain to admiration
![Waxing Hot from Eleven Color Photographs, 1966-7/70 - Bruce Nauman](/resource/waxinghotlead.jpg)
Meet the speakers at today’s Phaidon talk
Great minds from Canada, the Netherlands, China and Burkina Faso discuss the state of national architecture
![Diébédo Francis Kéré](/resource/kerelead.jpg)
Why is Cliff Richard in the British Pavilion?
Sam Jacob and Wouter Vanstiphout’s show at the Venice Architecture Biennale takes a pop view of town planning
![Cliff Richard's Take My High (1973) sleeve, as featured in Clockwork Jerusalem](/resource/clifflead.jpg)
Larry Clark’s first movie screened in Amsterdam
The Foam gallery will be showing Clark’s early 16mm film, alongside shots from Tulsa and Teenage Lust
![A frame from Tulsa 1968, by Larry Clark](/resource/tulsa-1968-leadi.jpg)
Have you seen Massimo Bottura’s art collection?
The chef talks through his collection of paintings, photographs and bronze bin bags with the Wall Street Journal
![Massimo Bottura by Paolo Terzi](/resource/massimo-bottura-by-paolo-terzi.jpg)
Monica Bonvicini shows some love in Zurich
Look out for the Italian artist’s Desire (2006) in the Swiss city this summer, as part of a wider retrospective
![Desire (2006) by Monica Bonvicini](/resource/desireroof.jpg)
The Dominican Republic’s concrete legacy at Venice
The national submission remembers its 1956 fair, and how its citizens now live their lives in among the architecture
![An image from Fair Concrete/La Feria Concreta](/resource/dom-lead1.jpg)
Deyan Sudjic and Barbara Radice on Sottsass
The Design Museum director and Sottsass’s widow discussed the great man last night. Here are some highlights
![From left: Deyan Sudjic, Ettore Sottsass, Barbara Radice](/resource/lead-sotstalk.jpg)
America brings an architect's office to Venice
The American Pavilion’s 'Office US' looks at how Meier, Saarinen and Wright built abroad
![Frank Lloyd Wright, Taliesin West. Scottsdale, Arizona, 1950. Photo: Ezra Stoller, Esto. All images courtesy of the US Pavilion](/resource/flroffice.jpg)
When Ettore Sottsass met Barbara Radice
To mark tonight’s Design Museum talk, we look at how Sottsass’s second wife enabled him to reach new heights
![Barbara Radice by Ettore Sottsass, Como, 1977](/resource/barbaralead.jpg)
What links Mies van der Rohe to Ferris Bueller?
How director and Chicago native John Hughes sought out a Mies protegé's building for his 1986 film
![The Beech St home built by Mies protégés A. James Speyer and David Haid, as featured in Ferris Bueller's Day Off](/resource/miesspeyer.jpg)
Welcome to the Sottsass pleasure Dome
The great designer Ettore shunned public commissions, favouring ambitious private, hedonistic undertakings
![Models for Twin Dome City Complex, Fukouka, Japan, 1991-93, by Ettore Sottsass](/resource/sottsassdome.jpg)