Berlin's new design showcase
Qubique show at Tempelhof airport introduces furniture design to next generation

Brutalist architecture - the remix
Belgian architecture photographer Filip Dujardin creates new monuments - from existing buildings

Attention wannabe space tourists - the holiday starts here
World's first commercial spaceport designed by Norman Foster+Partners opens

Kanye West plays impromptu gig at George Condo London opening
After hours show ends with celebrated artist hugging rapper

Haroon Mirza's Muse Music
The Venice Biennale Silver Lion winner on the music that gets him in a creative mood

The Don Draper with soul
Robert Montgomery’s anti-capitalist art subverts advertising’s tried and tested tricks

Frieze starts tomorrow!
Curator Sarah McCrory reveals the highs and lows of squeezing a bunch of hermit crabs, two yachts, one daily TV show and quite a few paintings into a London park

The revolution will, after all, be televised
South London artists LuckyPDF have located their practice at the forefront of internet technology. So why are they hosting a daily TV show at Frieze art fair this week?

My other Caravaggio’s a yacht
Can Christian Jankowski really sell a boat as an artwork at this week’s Frieze art fair? Let’s ask him

The Cuban (architectural) revolution
A new Havana is slowly taking shape amid the crumbling facades of the old one

Blowing apart the idea of an art museum
10 years in the making, The Art Museum will redefine how you look at art

Steve Jobs – The Sun King of Cupertino
In terms of patronising great design (and global dominance), the Apple boss was a Louis XIV for the modern age

Why is Gerhard Richter so important?
The abstract and photorealist artist has confronted both Germany’s past and abstract painting itself

Antony Micallef's Muse Music
The artist Brangelina and Damien Hirst collect reveals the music that gets him in a creative mood

Happy Birthday Google!
The company is 13 today so Phaidon asked Ferran Adrià to make sure it was one to remember

Australia's alternative Disneyland
Exhibits are removed if they prove popular at world’s oddest art museum

Goodbye REM and thanks for introducing us to Howard Finster
The outsider artist who painted the end of the world as he knew it

What is it about starchitects and car parks?
Zaha Hadid becomes the latest architect to build a parking garage in Miami

Revealed: What the elBulli Foundation will look like
Architect gives Phaidon sneak peak at Ferran Adrià's new ideas centre

So that’s what a Frank Gehry building looks like on day one
Architect reveals initial 'doodle' for Hong Kong super residence

Ryan Gander plans to set up own art school
Locked Room Scenario artist joins new grassroots approach to art education

A day on the farm with Richard Hamilton
Rachel Cooke recalls a close encounter with the pop art legend

Richard Hamilton – father of Pop Art – 1922 - 2011
"People don’t seem to understand that an artist is free to do whatever he wants, and I’ve always relished that possibility. I do whatever I feel like."

Roman Abramovich’s new art museum to include giant outdoor hot tub
Architect’s video reveals plans for new art metropolis on St Petersburg island

Ferran Adrià teams up with Barack Obama advisor
Spanish chef finally reveals plans for his foundation

A brief history of the word ‘curator’
Once solely employed to describe the exhibition maker, now it's used for anyone from a celebrity music festival programmer to a Williamsburg hipster with an iTunes account. British Art Show curator Tom Morton talks us through the origins of the most overused word of modern times

For Wilhelm Sasnal 'There are no rules'
Comics, paintings, films and drawings, nothing is off limits for contemporary artist Wilhelm Sasnal

Refinery29 picks its favourite Phaidon books
The fashion and culture site opens the new Phaidon Store Reading Room at Fashion's Night Out

Earthquake hit Christchurch Cathedral to be rebuilt with cardboard
One year after the New Zealand earthquake, architect, Shigeru Ban uses his trademark materials to replace the 19th Century building

Yayoi Kusama's polka dots are the fashion trend for fall
The humble spot print is back thanks to leading Japanese artist

In praise of... old style Hollywood seduction techniques
'Citizen Cannes' Gilles Jacob watches Jack Nicholson work his predatory magic

Peel back the pavement and what do you find?
Guerilla artist The Wa lifts the lid on the world's rubbish

MOMA and Roundhouse shows give new meaning to public art
Ron Arad and Carlito Carvalhosa works invite audience participation

Shifting focus - the Decade interview with René Redzepi
Ten years ago he was a sous-chef, now he is the head chef of the best restaurant in the world. Where will he be in ten years' time?

Redzepi's dish 'The Snowman' is the decider for Masterchef Australia 2011 winner
The finalists re-create the most difficult dish from Noma's menu under the watchful gaze of the chef

Shifting focus - the Decade interview: Ferran Adrià
He joined elBulli on work experience in 1983 and went on to change the way we eat

René Redzepi pays emotional tribute to elBulli star
“Ferran Adria opened my eyes” says the Noma chef

Shifting focus - the Decade interview: Ross Lovegrove
Where were you ten years ago? What are you doing today? Where would you like to be in ten years' time?

Lucian Freud by the benefits supervisor who knew him best
The subject of one of the artist's most famous paintings recounts sitting for him in the mid-nineties

On the menu: Alex Atala's recipe for scallops with coconut milk
Sea scallops with coconut milk, aromatic pepper, crispy mango and Brazil nuts

Coco chef close-up: in the kitchen with Alex Atala
The Brazilian chef describes his approach to cooking using responsibly sourced Amazonian products

Cy Twombly 1928 - 2011 – without him no Tracey or Damien
American artist Cy Twombly dies in Rome at the age of 83

Ai Weiwei first picture since release
Home again: The first picture of Ai Weiwei since his 80-day incarceration by Chinese authorities

What matters to the reclusive artist, Carl Andre
The private artist reveals elements of his philosophy, poetry and parents in this exclusive exchange

Fennel and pink grapefruit
A recipe from Vegetables from an Italian Garden

Courgettes, beans and prawns (zucchini, beans and shrimp)
A recipe from Vegetables from an Italian Garden

Pasta with sweetcorn, pancetta and baby spinach
A recipe from Vegetables from an Italian Garden

Mediterranean stuffed tomatoes
A recipe from Vegetables from an Italian Garden

Rosemary focaccia
A recipe from Vegetables from an Italian Garden

Aubergine (eggplant) parmigiana
A recipe from Vegetables from an Italian Garden

Cold cucumber cream soup
A recipe from Vegetables from an Italian Garden

Rocket (arugula) and taleggio pie
A recipe from Vegetables from an Italian Garden

Peppers with breadcrumbs and capers
A recipe from Vegetables from an Italian Garden

Green bean loaf
A recipe from Vegetables from an Italian Garden

Release Ai Weiwei
Sign an online petition in the Chinese artist's favourite medium of 'social sculpture'

Noma triumphs at the James Beard Foundation Awards
René Redzepi, the Danish chef from the Best Restaurant in the World, wins two prestigious awards for his book, Noma

Phaidon chefs succeed at the World's Best Restaurants Awards
The San Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants Awards at London's Guildhall honoured the best restaurants in the world

Noma wins Best Restaurant in the World for the second year running
Now in its 10th year, the San Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurant Awards placed Copenhagen restaurant Noma best in the world

A slice of history: the American angle on traditional Italian pizza
Bonnie Tsui investigates what constitutes a true pizza and why it's lovingly thought of as a national dish in the States

Shifting focus - the Decade interview: Harriet Quick
Where were you ten years ago? What are you doing today? Where will you be in ten years' time?

Shifting focus - the Decade interview: Nadja Swarovski
Where were you ten years ago? What are you doing today? Where will you be in ten years' time?

What does it mean to eat locally? Morgan Maki explains
The chef behind 18 Reasons - the community space that shares food knowledge - talks to Bonnie Tsui about classes on butchery and food history

This is #MyOfficeChair, what's yours?
We spend far too long sitting at our desks at work, so we wanted to share the experience and know why you love or hate your office chair...

'Noma: Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine' shortlisted for the James Beard Foundation Awards
René Redzepi's book about the number one restaurant in the world is nominated for two prestigious awards
