horovitz and ludwig goldscheider country of origin austria headquarters location london and new york city distribution worldwide key people keith fox ceo philip ruppel coo deborah aaranson vp publisher emilia terragni editorial director publication types books magazine official website www.phaidon.com phaidon is a global publisher of books on art architecture photography design performing arts decorative arts fashion film travel and contemporary culture as well as cookbooks and children s books . working with some of the most influential artists chefs writers and thinkers in the world phaidon is globally recognized as a publisher of excellent quality meticulously curated and trendsetting books . 1 2 3 4 5 dubbed by the gourmand world cookbook awards as the publisher all cookbook authors dream about phaidon s creative design production quality inventive concepts and multiple language distribution are regarded as the key components to their masterpieces . 6 contents 1 background 1.1 early history 1.2 move to england and revival 1.3 new era and ascent into cookery 1.4 current 2 references 3 external links background edit early history edit phaidon was founded in vienna in 1923 as a history and art book publisher . the founders dr bela horovitz and ludwig goldscheider named the company phaidon german form of phaedo after phaedo of elis a pupil of socrates to reflect their love of classical antiquity and culture . their first titles were in fact not art books but books on literature philosophy and history . phaidon s well recognized large format art books first emerged in 1937 with the issue of high quality plates on works by vincent van gogh sandro botticelli and the french impressionists . they successfully achieved their goal of beautifully designed yet affordable books by pioneering the international co edition and doing large print runs . high quality design and good value the main tenets on which the company was based remain key values almost a century later . 7 8 move to england and revival edit to avoid the effects of the nazi annexation of austria horovitz and goldsheider moved their company to england . soon after in 1950 phaidon published what would become one of the most influential titles in the art world and the best selling art book of all times . 9 the story of art has since its publication in 1950 sold more than 7 million copies 9 and been translated into more than 20 languages . 10 following the sudden death of horovitz in 1955 phaidon was held at the helm by his son in law harvey miller . a decade later in 1967 it was acquired by encyclopedia britannica . it changed ownership several times in the 1970 s and 1980 s and started to decline until it was acquired by entrepreneur richard schlagman in 1990 . schlagman s goal was to return phaidon to its original values of affordable high quality publications . his program which included new books new editions and a larger business operation led to rapid growth and helped re establish phaidon as the premier publisher of the creative arts in content design and production . 11 in 1995 iwona blazwick ideated phaidon s contemporary artists series a series of monographs on important and emerging contemporary artists dubbed by artforum as the boldest best executed and most far reaching publishing project devoted to contemporary art . 12 in 2009 phaidon acquired the film magazine cahiers du cin ma . new era and ascent into cookery edit in 2005 editorial director of phaidon press emilia terragni worked on the translation of the silver spoon il cucchiaio d argento from its native italian into english . the book sold more than a million copies 13 and quickly became an international bestseller thrusting phaidon into the cookery publishing sphere and extending its reputation beyond its traditional subject areas . following the success of silver spoon terragni dubbed as phaidon s queen of cookbooks by the wall street journal 14 went on to match top photographers and designers with some of the biggest names in modern gastronomy . some of its most notable books were penned by the chefs from the world s 50 best restaurants including andoni luis aduriz of mugaritz magnus nilsson of f viken and all three 1 winners winners noma s rene redzepi elbulli s ferran adri and most recently osteria francescana s massimo bottura . their growing list of high quality innovatively designed and genre defining cookbooks has positioned phaidon as one of the most influential players in the cookbook industry . remaining true to their core values of high quality content with beautiful design their books are often seen not as cookbooks but as lifestyle tomes that look just as good on a coffee table as they do on a kitchen table . current edit phaidon was purchased by leon black and family in 2012 with the long term plan of ensuring the company s continued position as the leading publisher of the visual arts cookery and children books . 15 based in london and new york city phaidon has offices in paris berlin madrid milan and tokyo . with over 1500 titles in print phaidon sells its books in over 100 countries and publishes them in english french spanish japanese and german . references edit http www.abebooks.co.uk books publishing artists story art gombrich phaidon press.shtml . missing or empty title help https www.yuppiechef.com spatula whats the fuss about phaidon . missing or empty title help http mobile.bighospitality.co.uk trends reports cooking the books the dynamics and economics of the cookbook world for restaurants . missing or empty title help http www.wsj.com articles sb10001424052702304007504579348790749972378 . missing or empty title help http www.designersandbooks.com publisher phaidon press . missing or empty title help gourmand world cookbook awards phaidon wins best in the world . phaidon . http uk.phaidon.com about phaidon . missing or empty title help http www.abebooks.co.uk books publishing artists story art gombrich phaidon press.shtml . missing or empty title help a b skidelsky william . picture perfect . the guardian . the story of art . phaidon press . retrieved 9 october 2016 . about . phaidon press . paul mccarthy phaidon press . accessed 9 october 2016 swanson clare . a decade of silverspoon . emilia terragni phaidon s queen of cookbooks . the wall street journal . lattman peter . billionaire financier leon black buys art publisher phaidon . nytimes . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title phaidon press & oldid 743993203 categories book publishing companies of englandbook publishing companies of austriacompanies based in londoncompanies based in viennabook publishing companies of the united kingdomhistory of viennajews and judaism in viennapublishing companies established in 1923visual arts publishing companiesbritish companies established in 1923hidden categories pages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urls navigation menu personal 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