Source Design You Trust  Federico Seneca (1891–1976) emerged as one of the most influential graphic designers of the early 20th century, known for fusing avant‑garde artistry with commercial clarity. As art director for Perugina and later Buitoni, he reshaped Italian advertising by replacing literal imagery with bold, metaphor‑driven visuals. His most iconic contribution was the…

Source Design You Trust  Photographer of the Year: “Above the Horizon” by Marie Juliette Aziz Viewing the world from above has a way of transforming the familiar into something astonishing, turning roads into branching networks, rivers into painted strokes, and fields into abstract patterns. The 2025 reFocus Photographer of the Year aerial winners embody that…

Source Design You Trust  People & Culture Category and Overall Winner: “Kartika Vrata” by Tanveer Rohan The 2026 Penda Travel Photography Competition has announced its winners, showcasing images that immerse viewers in powerful stories from around the world. Photographers from across continents submitted emotionally rich and visually intentional work, making the judges’ task of choosing…

Source Colossal   Off the deep waters of Kumejima, Japan, Steven Kovacs captured an image that would be awarded Best in Show for the 2025 Ocean Art Photography Contest. Traveling to the Okinawa prefecture in the hopes of encountering a scarcely documented species of larval goosefish, Kovacs spent nearly two weeks blackwater diving before photographing the…

Source Colossal   In his forthcoming solo exhibition, Building Identities Through Style, Glenn Hardy Jr. excavates the strata of fashion, especially how identities are shaped and perceived through appearance. Based in Washington, D.C., Hardy is a self-taught painter whose bold portraits emphasize Black life “liberated from the burdens of racial stereotypes and conflict,” says Charlie James…

Source Colossal   Individual feathers and beady eyes glint in the light in Marvin Heinzel’s up-close bird portraits. Capturing high-resolution details of a wide range of avians, from diminutive European robins to elegant swans, the Brandenburg-based photographer illuminates expressive features and coloring with a level of detail we don’t typically have the opportunity to experience in…

Source Colossal   Joy Machine is thrilled to present World in My Eyes, a duo exhibition of Chicago artists Kayla Mahaffey and Joseph Perez, a.k.a. Sentrock. World in My Eyes is, first and foremost, rooted in the lives of everyday people. Both Sentrock and Mahaffey have long depicted friends and neighbors in their own Chicago neighborhoods, exploring how our city shapes…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  If you happen to be in Miami (and missed the Lomex show) Joseph Geagan has a series of works up at the Rubell Museum. His paintings feature comic scenes that foreground the social sphere around him. A self-taught artist, his work includes his friends, artists, pop figures,…