Source Design You Trust  Each artwork features a one-of-a-kind beetle which has a unique story, differentiated by diverse colors, bodies, and patterns – some traits are much rarer than others. Creative studio OBBY & JAPPARI is based in Frankfurt and Berlin. We are collaborating globally with numerous cultural and commercial clients and focus on art…

Source Design You Trust  Faces from around Australia and across the world are on display at Sydney’s Head On photo festival, which features work by more than 600 artists. Here are some of their most striking images. First place: The invisible doors This image, taken during a production of The Threepenny Opera, depicts an interaction…

Source Artsy Shark  Painter Rebecca Berman creates dreamy whimsical characters with expressive eyes. Enjoy her portfolio and view more art on her website.   “Fern” acrylic on board, 8″ x 8″   I love a good story. If I don’t understand someone’s behavior, I make up a backstory to fill the void. I make up…

Source Colossal   All images by William Barrington Binns, © Enter Projects Asia In South East Asia where palm trees grow abundantly, rattan has traditionally provided a source of sustainable, affordable, and adaptable material for everything from homewares and furniture to sports equipment and crafts. Architecture firm Enter Projects Asia (previously) has transformed an art gallery in…

Source Colossal   All images by Don Hall, © Ekow Nimako, shared with permission Through vast environments constructed with hundreds of thousands of black LEGO, Ghanaian-Canadian artist Ekow Nimako envisions an Afrofuturistic landscape brimming with strength, power, and liberation. Sprawling metropolises nest small buildings, regal towers, and fantastical details like the unhinged jaw of an enormous snake in…

Source Colossal   All images © Matt Roussel, shared with permission Characterized by the use of specialized tools called burins, gravers, or gouges to carve thin, elegant lines, wood engraving developed in the late 18th century to produce more precise detail than earlier techniques. For French artist Matt Roussel, the linear forms created on the surface of linoleum…

Source Colossal   All images © Jessica Oreck, shared with permission In Las Vegas, the Office of Collecting & Design is a haven for the minute, the small objects that have been broken, separated from their partners, or grown obsolete and somehow found their way into the hands of Jessica Oreck. Today, the museum of miniatures houses countless…

Source Colossal   “High Tide” (2022), acrylic on panel. All images © Lisa Ericson, shared with permission Ecosystems intermingle and mammals find themselves immersed in an increasingly watery world in Lisa Ericson’s hyperrealistic acrylic paintings. A hare and a mountain goat, which would typically be found in dry climates or high elevations, stand atop a small…