Source Design You Trust  History books are full of extraordinary places we can no longer visit, from magnificent imperial palaces to cities that disappeared centuries ago. But what if we could see them through the lens of a modern camera? That’s the intriguing idea behind AI History Art, a creative project that uses artificial intelligence…

Source Design You Trust  A woman floats weightlessly through a narrow hallway. Someone wanders down a sunny street with a cactus growing where their head should be. Another person carries an enormous cloud across an otherwise ordinary field. Welcome to the wonderfully peculiar imagination of German visual artist Hannes Caspar, whose AI-generated images make the…

Source Colossal   Ask a seasoned collector about their first acquisition, and you’re likely to hear that they began with limited-edition prints. Often accessible in price point yet bearing the artist’s signature and maybe even hand embellishments, prints are the perfect entry point for people interested in living with art each and every day. For the…

Source Colossal   More than 15,300 submissions made their way to the judges for this year’s Close-Up Photographer of the Year, setting a record for the highest number of entries in the competition’s history. From uncanny insects to slime molds to unexpected animal interactions, photographs captured by amateur and professional photographers alike highlight the diverse and…

Source Colossal   Plumbing the rhythms of the ocean and marine life, Amy Genser creates undulating abstractions that evoke swells, currents, reefs, and the sea floor. The artist composes elaborate wall works from rolled mulberry paper, acrylic, and wire in which patterns move and converge across swaths of blues and greens. The closer you look, the…

Source Design You Trust  Imagine stumbling upon an abandoned computer from the year 2085 and discovering that its hard drive is filled with artwork created by a particularly eccentric cyberpunk philosopher. That’s roughly the experience of exploring the work of Los Angeles-based digital artist Justin Mays. Chrome-plated skulls, holographic crystals, mysterious geometric symbols, and synthetic…

Source Design You Trust  Some artists draw monsters. Jeff Simpson seems more interested in figuring out what happens when nature itself starts making terrible decisions. His unsettling collection of character designs, grotesque creatures, and biomechanical experiments is populated by things that look as though they evolved somewhere they really shouldn’t have. Human faces dissolve into…

Source Design You Trust  There’s a peculiar kind of beauty in the moments when you’re too tired to stay awake but somehow unable to fall asleep. Faces become unfamiliar, lights dissolve into strange colors, and ordinary memories begin to resemble scenes from a dream you can’t quite remember. This unsettling territory is where visual artist…