Source Design You Trust  Matchstick Marvels is a unique museum in Gladbrook, Iowa, dedicated to the intricate, large‑scale matchstick models created by local artist Patrick Acton. Since 1977, Acton has transformed a “hobby-gone-mad” into a full‑time vocation, gluing nearly 10 million ordinary two‑inch wooden matchsticks into highly detailed sculptures of architecture, pop culture icons, and…

Source Design You Trust  Antoine Dufilho is a French sculptor based near Paris and Lille, known for his monumental kinetic and automotive sculptures. A self‑taught metalworker with a background in medicine (biomechanics) and architecture, he builds dynamic skeletal models of legendary cars—such as the Bugatti Type 35, Ferrari F40, and Porsche 911—by assembling precisely cut…

Source Design You Trust  Steve Schütz is a digital artist who creates nostalgic, atmospheric, and highly detailed dreamscapes by merging “creative intuition with AI tech.” He has amassed nearly half a million followers on Instagram, where his works often depict solitary figures, neon cities, endless oceans, and quiet, melancholic moments like late-night code sessions or…

Source Design You Trust  Jeff Satterthwaite is a Virginia‑based digital artist, creative retoucher, and compositor with over 30 years of experience in commercial photography and advertising. Through his one‑man studio, Satterthwaite Productions, LLC, he collaborates directly with photographers and agencies to elevate images using high‑end retouching, seamless compositing, and AI‑driven concept development. More: Instagram Satterthwaite…

Source Colossal   Tensely contorted or standing pin straight, Ben Zank’s signature faceless subjects evoke ineffable yet familiar emotions. The New York City-based photographer has a knack for turning ordinary settings and unaccompanied figures into strangely perplexing sights. Mismatched socks, bold garments, and awkward poses go a long way in evoking a visceral response through his…

Source Colossal   On the top floor of Buffalo AKG Art Museum’s Gundlach Building, a vast body of work from 58 artists comes together for Let Us Gather In a Flourishing Way. The impressive ensemble is both a survey of contemporary Latinx painting and a lively dialogue between a spectrum of artists with diverse backgrounds, experiences,…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Alicia McCarthy’s abstract and colourful compositions instantly capture the viewer’s attention. From afar, the use of repeated geometric patterns recalls the Op Art of the 1960s. A closer look yet reveals that these optical effects aren’t engineered and calculated by machines with mathematical precision, but the result…

Source Colossal   Multi-colored lengths of fabric billow in the breeze in the work of Thomas Jackson, challenging the relationship between nature, human intervention, and consumerism. “Rooted in the tension between nature and artificiality, the installations pose questions about how we interact with the environment and how we might find equilibrium with it,” the artist writes…