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Captain Brick Sparrow Builds the Sort of Miniature Worlds You Want to Wander Around In
Source Design You Trust Captain Brick Sparrow is a LEGO builder focused on pirate ships, trains, and haunted houses. The name already says a lot about the spirit of the work: it leans into adventure, play, and a love of themed building rather than minimalist display or strictly technical model-making. What makes this kind of…
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Enigmatic Iconography and Incomplete Narratives Merge in Phlegm’s Murals and Engravings
Source Colossal In his characteristically illustrative, enigmatic style, Phlegm’s monochrome compositions evoke wonder, mischief, and riddles. Hybrid figures, strange interactions, and uncanny combinations of objects fill his idosyncratic murals, about which we can only speculate the meaning. “I think a lot about the barriers between people understanding each other, and I think I enjoy making…
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Dreamlike Worlds, Cinematic Mood, and a Strong Sense of Feeling in the Art of Astro
Source Design You Trust Astro is a Dubai-based visual storyteller and Photoshop artist working in a cinematic, surreal register. His images are built around the meeting point of dream and reality, with emotion, atmosphere, and imaginative worldbuilding sitting at the center of the work rather than straightforward design polish alone. He also comes from a…
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Amelia Cross Blends Bespoke Tailoring and Trompe-L’œil Painting in Her Sartorial Studies
Source Colossal Although Amelia Cross subscribes to the belief that our sartorial choices are a way to signal who we are and what we care about, she also knows there are more subliminal details hiding in personal style. A nametag curling at the edges or a pen bleeding through a shirt pocket stand in stark…
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Featured Artist Sharon Abbott-Furze
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Nebulae, Comets, and Aurorae, Oh My! See the ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Shortlist
Source Colossal 769 photographers and astronomers around the world, representing 66 countries, submitted more than 4,000 images to this year’s ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. The shortlisted photos represent a range of phenomena from aurorae and stars to planets and the moon, captured around the globe. Some photographers focus on the juxtaposition of…
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Veks Van Hillik Suspends Fish, Insects, and Other Objects in Surreal Murals
Source Colossal In Dutch Golden Age still-life painting, it’s not uncommon to be treated to tables laden with flowers and food such as fruits, game, and fish. These works were painstakingly rendered; one can practically smell the sea. But the flip side is the temporality of these items, as the painting preserves their freshness, but…
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Cranbrook Academy of Art Reopens Applications for Fall 2026
Source Colossal At Cranbrook Academy of Art, no two doors are exactly alike. That was by design. Architect Eliel Saarinen believed even the smallest details deserved thoughtful consideration. Each door across Cranbrook’s historic campus serves the same purpose, yet each possesses its own distinct character—a reminder that creativity is found not in repetition, but in…