Source Design You Trust  Nathan Durfee is an American painter and illustrator based in Charleston, South Carolina, known for whimsical pop‑surreal narratives packed with quirky animals, kids, and oddball objects in bright, storybook colour. A Vermont native and SCAD illustration graduate, he shifted from editorial work to full‑time painting around 2008–2009, developing large oil‑on‑panel pieces…

Source Colossal   An unwavering desire to play with scale, permanence, and fragility recurs in Rebecca Manson’s practice. The New York-based artist (previously) is known for magnifying the minuscule and preserving fleeting lifeforms in porcelain, a material regarded for both its resilience and delicacy. These dichotomies emerge through dynamic sculptures of butterflies and moths that drape…

Source Design You Trust  Ulla Thynell is a Finnish artist, illustrator, designer and photographer based near Helsinki, best known for dreamy fantasy and fairy‑tale imagery rooted in forests, folklore and Nordic myth. She works mainly with watercolour, inks, pens and coloured pencils, often combining traditional drawings with subtle digital colour and texture, and has created…

Source Design You Trust  Series Winner – 1st Place: “Buzkashi” by Todd Antony Black and white photography carries a raw, emotional power that color simply can’t replicate, and the 2025 LensCulture Awards prove it once again. This year’s winning images go beyond aesthetics, telling profound human stories through shadows, light, and grit. The collection stands…

Source Colossal   When designer Pedro Neves was an undergraduate student, he attended an advanced seminar during which students were charged with creating an alphabet using modular elements. “As someone with minimal experience with type design, I was struck by the excitement of generating letterforms simply by using pre-existing modules,” he says in a statement. Little…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  For over three decades, Ghada Amer has approached painting as a medium to be questioned, broadened and continually reimagined. Throughout her career her work has unfolded as a sustained effort to reconsider the way women appear in art and the way painting might foreground their presence. If…

Source Colossal   It’s somehow been more than a year already since we launched Colossal’s new site design, and it’s spectacular to hear your feedback about how you peruse and use the site. Whether you click on things of interest in our newsletters or encourage your students to explore thousands of articles about artists, nature, science,…

Source Design You Trust  Grand Prize: Kathleen Borshanian A powerful set of images can stop you in your tracks, reminding you of the planet’s untamed beauty. That’s the essence captured by the 18 winning shots from the 2025 National Wildlife Photo Contest, each telling vivid stories of survival and wonder. The Grand Prize went to…