Source Design You Trust  VA Design Lab is a Peru-based creative studio that develops future-oriented mobility concepts and design solutions for companies building new products, services, and transportation experiences. Its work spans concept development, design strategy, rapid visualization, industrial design, yacht and boat concepts, and advanced digital workflows. VA Design Lab positions design as a…

Source Design You Trust  Serena Malyon is a Calgary-based Canadian freelance illustrator known for imaginative fantasy scenes, historical visual influences, and traditionally painted work that pairs watercolour with Acryla gouache. Her imagery often feels like a page from an unknown folktale: richly colored, gently strange, and full of narrative clues. Malyon describes illustration as the…

Source Design You Trust  In 18th-century Europe, childbirth was often dangerous for both mother and baby, especially in rural communities with little access to skilled care. Angélique Marguerite Le Boursier du Coudray, a French midwife born in 1712, set out to change that. h/t: vintag.es At a time when women had few opportunities for formal…

Source Colossal   One of the most intimate windows into an artist’s practice is their studio. While some creatives thrive on methodical organization and tidiness, others reach their flow state amid a cluttered chaos where dozens of ideas unfold at once. Whether at one end of this spectrum or somewhere in the middle, these spaces offer…

Source Colossal   Measuring 28 feet wide and seven feet tall, two monumental wooden relief sculptures anchor Beyond Silence, a new exhibition at GRAY Chicago featuring works by Catalan artist and sculptor Jaume Plensa. The broad works—titled “Julia” and “Maria”—were created as part of the artist’s recent series, Beyond Silence, which shares a name with the…

Source Colossal   Walk into the first gallery of the group exhibition Thresholds at the Haggerty Museum of Art, and you’ll encounter dozens of hand brooms installed in long rows. Scraps of ribbons, cords, and braids in a vast array of colors and textures bind the small tools together, with raw branches from a fallen tree…

Source Colossal   Italy’s South Tyrol province, which borders Switzerland and Austria in the Alps and is home to some of Central Europe’s most dramatic mountains, lives up to its geographic position as a borderland. Italy annexed the region in 1919 following World War I, prior to which it was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Many…

Source Artsy Shark  Artist Bernardo Corman presents a collection of fantastical mixed media sculpture and collage. Visit his website to learn more.     I’m Bernardo and I’ve been making art for over 45 years. The primary focus of most of my career has been sculpture and drawing. However, in the past six years I’ve…