Phaidon is a world legendary publisher of titles on art, cuisine, design, architecture, fashion, travel and much more. But Phaidon originally focused on literary, historical and especially philosophical publications in 1923. Phaidon was a disciple of the philosopher Socrates and a speaker in Plato's dialogue on the immortality of the soul.
Phaidon has a long and significant history not only as a publisher of art books. They collaborate with the world's most important artists, chefs, writers and thinkers to create innovative books on art, photography, design, architecture, fashion, food and travel and children's illustrated books. The name Phaidon reflects their love of antiquity and culture. From the very beginning, great attention has been paid to meaning and design, which are two factors that are key to Phaidon to this day.