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fromItsnicethat
4 days ago
Photography

Gideon Tsang's blurred and distorted work is nature photography as you've never seen it before

Photography
fromItsnicethat
4 days ago

Gideon Tsang's blurred and distorted work is nature photography as you've never seen it before

Gideon captures the essence of time and change in photography, focusing on the ephemeral rather than traditional beauty or detail.
Photography
fromColossal
2 weeks ago

Ben Zank's Portraits Teeter Between Surrealism and the Mundane

Ben Zank's photography captures faceless subjects in ordinary settings, evoking complex emotions through uncanny realism.
Graphic design
fromMedium
6 days ago

Disruption has a shape. Design history shows us what it is.

AI is causing anxiety in design, echoing past technological disruptions like the printing press and desktop publishing.
Design
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
2 weeks ago

a rich palette of saturated hues meet industrial precision in mara's renewed digital identity

Mara enters 2026 as a global interior design protagonist, expanding from office and hospitality into residential markets while strengthening its digital identity and sustainability commitment.
Arts
fromArtnet News
1 week ago

More Than 300 Yayoi Kusama Works Take Over a German Museum

The Museum Ludwig in Cologne celebrates its 50th anniversary with a comprehensive exhibition of Yayoi Kusama's works, showcasing over 300 pieces including new installations.
Pets
fromThe New Yorker
2 weeks ago

Why Everyone Has a Doodle Now

Doodles originated in 1989 as hypoallergenic guide dogs and became popular as healthier alternatives to purebreds, combining desirable traits from multiple breeds while appealing to social media culture.
#illustration
Graphic design
fromBOOOOOOOM!
1 week ago

Illustrator Spotlight: Kristina Tzekova

Kristina Tzekova's work transforms fleeting moments from media into contemplative drawings, exploring the boundary between contemporary media and emotional belonging.
Design
fromArchitectural Digest
3 weeks ago

"Neo Deco" Is the Designer-Approved Trend of 2026

Contemporary designers are reinventing Art Deco by combining its opulent aesthetic with understated, curated sensibility, creating a more livable and personalized design approach called Neo Deco.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 weeks ago

Artists Set Islamic Futurism Into Motion

Contemporary Muslim artists use calligraphy, installation, and speculative image-making rooted in Islamic philosophy and medieval traditions to imagine and shape Muslim futures.
fromItsnicethat
2 weeks ago

Abstracted organica: The design trend taking root in Naarm, and the designers doing it best

The ridges of eucalyptus bark, the geometries of shell formations, moss-covered trees, Indigenous grasslands and the hidden networks of fungi beneath the soil. These landscapes produce organic yet abstract patterns - natural systems that quietly shape the way we see and design the world around us.
Graphic design
Remodel
fromApartment Therapy
1 month ago

Accent Walls May Be Back - But Here's What No One Tells You

Select wallpaper before paint color and commit fully to mural designs for successful room transformations.
Photography
fromAnOther
4 weeks ago

AnOther Thing I Wanted to Tell You ...

AnOther Magazine's 25-year portrait portfolio features hundreds of creative figures discussing personal inspirations, from artists to designers, celebrating diverse cultural achievements and individual perspectives.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 weeks ago

Haroutiun Galentz: The Form of Colour

A new monograph repositions Armenian-Lebanese painter Haroutiun Galentz as a cosmopolitan modernist whose work transcends national boundaries and demands cross-border interpretation.
Miscellaneous
fromColossal
1 month ago

Delve in to a Psychedelic Self-Portrait of Animator Jake Fried

Jake Fried's 'Strange Light' is a looping one-minute animation exploring the uncanniness of vision through ink, Wite-Out, and digital enhancement with psychedelic, glowing colors.
Graphic design
fromItsnicethat
4 weeks ago

"A poster is a bit like a song": Jakub Zasada's geometric works are a thing of beauty

Jakub Zasada creates midcentury-inspired digital posters using minimal software functions and scanned materials, prioritizing functional design for public spaces with universal accessibility.
Design
fromItsnicethat
1 month ago

Visual communication that challenges convention: Phantasia on how graphic design can forge true collaboration

Phantasia, a Barcelona-based design studio founded in 2021, prioritizes meaningful projects that serve communities through intentional collaboration, diversity, and accessible communication.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Remembering Dora Maurer, Isaiah Zagar, and Peter Stampfli

Multiple artists across diverse disciplines and geographies recently passed away, each leaving significant contributions to visual arts, community engagement, and artistic innovation.
UX design
fromIlyabirman
1 month ago

Design is dead, it's all evolution now

Digital products increasingly evolve through incremental, ad hoc changes rather than coherent, intentional design, producing tangled, inconsistent interfaces that confuse users.
fromBoard Game Quest
1 month ago

Sand Art Review

Sand Art is a game by Kory Jordan and published by 25th Century Games for two to four players ages 10 and up. It takes about an hour to play, and has you collecting resources and then coloring in a bottle, making art in a bottle out of sand, in case the name didn't give away the plot. Gameplay Overview: Sand Art has you gathering and mixing sand, which is used to fill your bottle.
Board games
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Six great reads: Mondrian's hidden inspiration, the friendship secret and heat for Heated Rivalry

One day during his first term, Donald Trump summoned a top aide to discuss a new idea. Trump called me down to the Oval Office,' John Bolton, national security adviser in 2018, told the Guardian. He said a prominent businessman had just suggested the US buy Greenland ' The US president's friend Ronald Lauder, heir to the Estee Lauder cosmetics fortune, is now making deals in the island. Guardian investigations correspondent Tom Burgis explored the reasons behind Trump and Lauder's fixation with Greenland. Read more
US politics
fromRemodelista
2 months ago

Trend Alert: For the Birds - Remodelista

New year, new shapes. Fish motifs were the unlikely trend of the past few years, and we're still spotting new examples. But! Lately we've noted something new taking flight: simple, graphic, linocut-like silhouettes of birds, swallows, swans, and doves-the latter certainly the symbol we'd like for 2026. Have a look. Above: Ferm Living's whimsical bird hooks are hand-carved and hand-painted (and reminiscent of the company's logo). We like the Lola Bird Hook (left) and the Billie Bird Hook (right).
Renovation
fromwww.kaltblut-magazine.com
1 month ago

Union of Opposites

Originally from Dallas and now based in New York City, I approach photography as an exercise in atmosphere, trust, and control. Trained in the discipline of film and later in fashion photography, I work with both natural and artificial light to construct images that feel cinematic and psychologically charged. Moving fluidly between studio and location, I transform spaces into environments that heighten mood and presence.
Fashion & style
Philosophy
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Can an Art Exhibit Answer a Zen Koan?

Koans are paradoxical Zen prompts meant to disrupt habitual analytical thinking and open access to deeper, nonconceptual awareness.
Television
fromWIRED
2 months ago

The Inevitable Rise of the Art TV

Art-focused televisions transform unused black screens into matte, framed artworks, appealing especially to people in smaller urban homes and driving a new product trend.
Mental health
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Whimsy is the word of the moment. So, I added more of it to my life. Here's what happened.

Small, playful whimsical changes in daily life can provide accessible emotional relief and lighten grief and anxiety during difficult seasons.
Remodel
fromDefector
2 months ago

Make It Nice: Gallery Wall Tutorial | Defector

Use a daybed in front of the window as a pet perch and entry seat; choose leather or velvet and anchor it with a rug.
#contemporary-art
fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 months ago
Arts

An Artist Paints Aristocratic Frogs, Masked Lemurs And Weird Florals In Lush Gouache, Turning Classical Portraiture Into Surreal Dreams

fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 months ago
Arts

An Artist Paints Aristocratic Frogs, Masked Lemurs And Weird Florals In Lush Gouache, Turning Classical Portraiture Into Surreal Dreams

Remodel
fromApartment Therapy
2 months ago

People Are Obsessed With This Whimsical Art Hack, and This $36 Anthropologie Find Makes It Even Easier

Anthropologie's Pattern Drench Frame offers ready-made, affordable patterned frames that replicate the viral DIY "drenched" look across multiple sizes and designs.
Design
fromDesign Milk
2 months ago

DiscoRectangle Turns Abstract Geometry Into Color-Drenched Rugs

Hand-tufted DiscoRectangle rugs by Sam Buckley and cc-tapis use bold abstract geometry and vibrant color on Himalayan wool to create joyful, dance-floor-inspired statement pieces.
fromItsnicethat
2 months ago

Aldon Chen's exploded infographics challenge our "assumptions of sight"

In his graphic design work, Aldon transforms periodic tables and dense masses of information into maximalist pieces of design, expressing information whilst also challenging the impossibility of taking it all in. Data sprawls across screens and pages, overlapping in overloads and feedback loops, communicating more the aesthetic of information rather than its substance, playing with images we have all seen in science classes or colour palettes. These are exploded infographics.
Design
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Edward Zutrau Was a Chromatic Rebel

Edward Zutrau fused reductive Abstract Expressionism with Japanese ink-painting principles to create a distinctive, underrecognized mid-20th-century painting practice.
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
2 months ago

'dan flavin: grids' floods NYC's david zwirner gallery with fluorescent color

The exhibition gathers several grid installations first developed in 1976, presented here through careful re-creations of historic works. Installed directly into corners, the luminous sculptures become a fixed part of the gallery as walls, ceilings, and floors receive light as an active condition. The atmosphere of each room shifts, all while remaining unified by the straightforward presence of the simple fluorescent fixtures.
Design
Graphic design
fromItsnicethat
2 months ago

The magic behind Louis Garella's design process is "a constant back-and-forth between digital and print"

Louis Garella merges visual arts, graphic design, and spatial design into tactile, multimedia work blending digital and print techniques to produce expressive, research-rooted visual languages.
fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 months ago

Matt Midgley Paints Razorsharp Geometric Acrylics So Precise They Barely Look Handmad

Death Anxiety Comics Inspired By Our Fears "Sunkissed": Beautiful Feminine Illustrations by Emilija Savic Artist Creates Honest Illustrations About Relationships And Everyday Life Artist Yana Tarakanova Creates Superb Explicit and Bizarre Comics About The Society The Dark, Incredibly F*cked Up Comics Of Joan Cornella Chris Keegan by Cosmic Creatures 6 Feet Covers: Duo Artists Re-Designed Iconic Album Covers To Promote Social Distancing Artist Spent Three Years Painting Her Readings Mom Prepares Healthy Meals As Cartoon Characters For Her Son How To Teach Yoga Like Slav: Top 10 Drunk Yoga Positions
Arts
Arts
fromColossal
1 month ago

Minimal Shapes Layer into Dynamic, Abstracted Murals by James Reka

James Reka favors public murals that respond to local history and community, using geometric abstraction, layered color, and architectural details to create site-specific narratives.
Arts
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

8 signs you appreciate art, music, and culture on a deeper level than most people - Silicon Canals

Some people experience art deeply, reacting emotionally and perceiving subtle artistic cues that reveal heightened sensitivity and meaningful connections to creative expression.
fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 month ago

Stunning Daily Renders Blending Cinema 4D And AI Into Otherworldly Scenes by Will Toulan

Dad Gets Tattoo So His 6-Year-Old Daughter Wouldn't Feel Different 21 Watercolors That Show How The Sun And Shadows Change Cities The Designer Reveals His Suggestions for Redesigning Famous Brands Naive, Super: Lovely Paintings by Angela Smyth Creative Spontaneous Sketches of Faces and Figures by Pawe Ponichtera Logo Artists Reinterpreted 38 Of The Most Recognizable Logos With A Single Unbroken Line Artist Paints While Under The Influence Of 20 Different Drugs The Uncannily Realistic Landscapes Of Carolyn H. Edlund
Arts
fromHi-Fructose Magazine - The New Contemporary Art Magazine
1 month ago

Cayce Zavaglia & The Haphazard Beauty Found behind Her Fiber Portraits - Hi-Fructose Magazine

What gives me encouragement to continue to use my family as inspiration is that, if you look back in history, the famous portraits that Van Gogh did are portraits of people he knew, the postman or his friends. Intimate friends that, once you get that distance of time, you don't think, 'Well, this is someone he knew and that's kind of boring. It's portrait, in and of itself.
Arts
Arts
fromColossal
2 months ago

Clouds Billow and Caverns Melt in Gabe Benzur's Mystical Landscapes

Gabe Benzur paints surreal, color-forward oil landscapes blending digital rendering, imagination, mythology, and cartoonish forms into uncanny, transcendental scenes.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Does It Have to Mean Something to Be Great?

Joanne Greenbaum combines diverse media and mark-making to create cohesive paintings where individual elements retain distinctiveness, blending stillness with accelerating movement.
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