Source Colossal   In 2019, Cornwall-based artists William Arnold and James Fergusson began paying a lot of attention to wild apple trees growing in unique and sometimes unlikely locations around the Cornish countryside. Remarkably, every apple seed is capable of producing an entirely different variety. And it’s this immense genome that inspired the pair to begin…

Source Design You Trust  Paul Blow is a Scottish‑born, Dorset‑based illustrator known for witty, concept‑driven images that strip ideas down to bold shapes, limited colour and dry humour. A graduate of Maidstone College of Art with a master’s in Narrative Illustration, he has spent decades working mainly in editorial and commercial illustration for clients like…

Source Design You Trust  Paolo Domeniconi is an Italian illustrator based in Spilamberto (Modena), best known for atmospheric, story‑driven images for children’s books that mix realism with quiet magic. After studying art and working in advertising, he moved fully into children’s illustration; since then he has created around 60 picture books, many covers and educational…

Source Design You Trust  Scott Mills is a Detroit‑born, Asheville‑based painter and illustrator whose work sits between surrealism and pop‑surrealism, often featuring animals, plants, space motifs and glowing, otherworldly atmospheres. Working mainly in acrylic (and more recently oil) on canvas, he builds scenes where nature, time and inner emotion overlap—bears, birds, insects and celestial forms…

Source Design You Trust  Greg Pettit is a contemporary painter based in Austin, Texas, who describes himself as a “transdimensional still‑life painter” and “airbrush wizard,” building meticulous, surreal compositions from abstract sculptural references. Using acrylic and airbrush on paper or panel, he creates crystalline, floating forms, portals, and geometric objects that feel both scientific and…

Source Design You Trust  1st Place: “Blue Hour Guardian” by Alexander Tasho The 1839 Photographer of the Year Awards just announced the Nature winners, and the shots are unreal. This year’s collection is packed with drama, quiet beauty, and those “how is that even real?” moments that only happen when instinct meets patience. The top…

Source Design You Trust  Photographer of the Year: “Echoes from the Eastern Ghats” by Rukhiya Mohammed The Nature inFocus Photography Awards just revealed their 2025 winners, and the shots are unreal. Sixteen incredible images capture everything from fierce predator portraits to emotional conservation stories to surreal, fantasy-like frames of nature. Each photo feels like a…

Source Colossal   In the Karakoram Range on the northeastern border of Pakistan, a group of Indigenous women and girls is defying conventions with a seemingly simple pastime: soccer. The Gilgit-Baltistan Girls Football League is a bastion of independence and autonomy amid a traditionally conservative environment. “In our culture, girls were brought up to be brides,”…