Source Design You Trust  Amir Zand is an Iranian-Turkish digital artist and senior concept artist, born September 27, 1990, now based in Paris after years working out of Istanbul. Zand’s career began at age 22 when an indie author discovered his work on DeviantArt and commissioned a book cover — a break that unexpectedly opened…

Source Design You Trust  Witchaya “Mean” Jingjit is a Thai architect and speculative designer, currently working as a Senior Designer at Zaha Hadid Architects in London, after previously holding a senior role at Coop Himmelblau. Jingjit earned a Master of Architecture from the University of Applied Arts Vienna, studying under Hani Rashid and other tutors,…

Source Design You Trust  Eli McMullen is a multidisciplinary painter and muralist based in Richmond, Virginia, who earned a BFA in Painting and Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2015. He co-founded Endeavor Studios, a grassroots artist-run space in Richmond’s Jackson Ward arts district that hosted First Friday exhibitions and music events. McMullen’s paintings fuse…

Source Colossal   Known for her lush assemblages of flameworked glass, Amber Cowan reimagines a ubiquitous yet fragile medium. Flowers, filigree, and colorful baubles cluster into dense compositions that invoke fairytale narratives and whimsical nature scenes. Cowan typically works with industrial scraps, antiques, and other offcasts, which allows her to draw on products and colorways that…

Source Colossal   The term “ark” invariably conjures images of the monumental boat onto which pairs of animals were stewarded prior to a cataclysmic, biblical flood. It’s a reference that feels apt amid the climate crisis and our planet’s rising sea levels, although in this case, the melting ice caps and creeping tides are down to…

Source Colossal   110 years ago, Thomas Lupo’s grandfather opened the American Wood Column Corporation in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood. Specializing in architectural woodwork including decorative moulding, columns, balusters, corbels, and more, the historic family-owned company is shutting down after more than a century. A new documentary directed and produced by filmmaker and photographer Joshua Charrow takes…

Source Colossal   From happenstance and humor to solemnity and tension, the images topping the 2026 Pure Street Photography Awards run the gamut of daily scenes. The annual contest is organized into two categories: black-and-white and open. Reflections of New York City meet dramatic views of urban spaces and pensive tableaux in rural communities, emphasizing timely…

Source Design You Trust  Matías Vivanco Brellenthin is a 3D digital artist and director from Santiago, Chile. He specializes in surreal sci-fi and fantasy imagery built entirely in Blender, and has worked with clients including Nissan, NVIDIA, Lil Nas X, and TCHAMI. Brellias started in 2017 making posters purely to practice color and composition, and…