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Saul Kim Treats Architecture as a Place Where Small Formal “Anomalies” Can Grow Into Whole Worlds
Source Design You Trust Saul Kim Min Kyu is an architectural designer and studio founder based in Seoul. He runs Saul Kim Studio, teaches as an adjunct professor, and leads Saul Kim Lab as an academic studio, pairing practice with education. His background spans Singapore Polytechnic, SCI-Arc, and Harvard GSD, and he has become widely…
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Bryan Larsen Paints a Future-Facing Realism Where People, Machines, and Space All Share the Same Light
Source Design You Trust Bryan Larsen is an American realist oil painter who describes himself as a “classical optimist.” His work brings together figurative painting, architecture, science, and an explicit interest in beauty, achievement, innovation, and a hopeful view of the future. Educated in illustration and mechanical engineering, he eventually returned fully to fine art,…
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A Character Designer Who Turns Animation Work, Personal Films, and Teaching Into One Ongoing Creative Life
Source Design You Trust Jackie Droujko is a Vancouver-based character designer, filmmaker, and educator working in animation. She studied at Sheridan Animation and has designed for projects at Netflix, Disney TVA, DreamWorks, Nickelodeon, Warner Bros and other studios, while also directing her own short films and building a large, self-driven online practice. Her work sits…
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Rob Pointon Paints Cities, Canals, and Steep Streets With the Energy of Someone Who Has Walked Every Corner
Source Design You Trust Rob Pointon is a British oil painter known for his dynamic plein air work and constructed studio pieces. He is a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and has served as Household Division Artist in Residence, placing his practice firmly within contemporary British painting while keeping it closely tied…
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‘Voices in the Mirror’ Honors the Legacy of Pioneering Photographer Gordon Parks
Source Colossal From portraits taken around Harlem in the 1940s to assignments for Life magazine to the 1963 March on Washington, Gordon Parks (1912-2006) wielded his camera as a tool for social justice. He captured civil rights activists like Malcom X and Martin Luther King, Jr. in addition to artists and celebrities such as Helen…
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Artist Showcase, Summer 2026
Source Artsy Shark Enjoy a curated selection of artwork from twelve artists whose diverse mediums and perspectives make this showcase especially compelling. Barbara L. Chapman This painting was inspired by the ever changing light of late winter in the Pacific Northwest. The light and hues of color seem almost magical and filled with…
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Trompe-L’œil Paintings by Jason Limon Reveal a Hidden Skeletal World
Source Colossal If you were to rip open a tattered matchbox, what might you find hidden in its confines? And what’s lurking behind biological renderings and advertisements? Jason Limon imagines a playful world in which vintage illustrations are the colorful veneer concealing a vast, three-dimensional universe populated by skeletons. The San Antonio-based artist has long…
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Cocoa Plantations Set the Scene for Divine Events in Marc Padeu’s ‘Memento Vivere’
Source Colossal “It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste much of it,” wrote stoic philosopher Lucius Seneca. The phrase appeared in his essay “De Brevitate Vitae,” or, “On the Shortness of Life,” which he scratched into papyrus around 49 A.D. Nearly 2,000 years on, his words reflect what…
