Source Colossal   Known for their monumental murals, which span entire public squares, rooftops, playing fields, and more, Ella & Pitr bring eccentric joy to urban spaces. The artists often represent people from historically marginalized groups, including refugees and the elderly. Sometimes laughing, other times sleeping or passing the time in quietude, these giant figures curl…

Source Colossal   After spending many years painting, Agata Iwaszkiewicz picked up a ball of clay for the first time at 41 and felt a change. “I knew I’d found what I had been looking for,” she tells Colossal. “Working with clay felt completely natural. Ideas came effortlessly, and I immediately had a clear vision for…

Source Colossal   Greenland, the world’s largest island, is also covered in one of the earth’s two ice sheets. The other cloaks Antarctica. Greenland’s encompasses around 80 percent of the nation’s land mass, spanning more than 650,000 square miles. But it’s also melting at an accelerating rate due to climate change, losing an annual average of…

Source Artsy Shark  Painter Steven Lester creates artwork that reaches beyond appearance to explore memory, meaning, and the human experience. Visit his website to see more.     For more than five decades, creativity has been at the center of my life and work. My journey has taken me from illustrator and creative director to…

Source Colossal   After visiting the New York Art Book Fair in 2011, Adelene Koh was smitten with the world of bookbinding. Her professional training commenced in Japan, then led her to London, and she’s now based in Taiwan, where she runs a studio called dddots. This year, Koh was one of 30 finalists for the…

Source Design You Trust  Mariano Peccinetti (@marianopeccinetti), also known by the pseudonym Trasvorder, is an Argentinian musician and visual artist born in Mendoza in 1985. Peccinetti describes himself as an “image curator” — before he ever made collages, he spent years collecting vintage photos from magazines like Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and National Geographic, sourced from…

Source Design You Trust  Joseph Biwald is the Marketing Art Director for PlayStation Studios Creative, supporting Bungie, and is also an independent artist and photographer based in Washington State. For a decade, Biwald has shaped the marketing art of the Destiny franchise, capturing thousands of in-game screenshots and directing key art for major releases, including…

Source Colossal   Every year, the Central West Astronomical Society (CWAS) of New South Wales celebrates AstroFest, a festival of astronomy during which amateur photographers and scientists from around the globe are invited to submit their best views of the night sky and beyond. This year, the overall prize was awarded to Stefan Buda for his…