Source Colossal   Greenland, the world’s largest island, is also covered in one of the earth’s two ice sheets. The other cloaks Antarctica. Greenland’s encompasses around 80 percent of the nation’s land mass, spanning more than 650,000 square miles. But it’s also melting at an accelerating rate due to climate change, losing an annual average of…

Source Artsy Shark  Painter Steven Lester creates artwork that reaches beyond appearance to explore memory, meaning, and the human experience. Visit his website to see more.     For more than five decades, creativity has been at the center of my life and work. My journey has taken me from illustrator and creative director to…

Source Colossal   After visiting the New York Art Book Fair in 2011, Adelene Koh was smitten with the world of bookbinding. Her professional training commenced in Japan, then led her to London, and she’s now based in Taiwan, where she runs a studio called dddots. This year, Koh was one of 30 finalists for the…

Source Design You Trust  Mariano Peccinetti (@marianopeccinetti), also known by the pseudonym Trasvorder, is an Argentinian musician and visual artist born in Mendoza in 1985. Peccinetti describes himself as an “image curator” — before he ever made collages, he spent years collecting vintage photos from magazines like Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and National Geographic, sourced from…

Source Design You Trust  Joseph Biwald is the Marketing Art Director for PlayStation Studios Creative, supporting Bungie, and is also an independent artist and photographer based in Washington State. For a decade, Biwald has shaped the marketing art of the Destiny franchise, capturing thousands of in-game screenshots and directing key art for major releases, including…

Source Colossal   Every year, the Central West Astronomical Society (CWAS) of New South Wales celebrates AstroFest, a festival of astronomy during which amateur photographers and scientists from around the globe are invited to submit their best views of the night sky and beyond. This year, the overall prize was awarded to Stefan Buda for his…

Source Colossal   Set against uninterrupted backgrounds, the bold, metallic portraits of Kip Omolade float almost deity-like amid vibrant color. Known for his hyperrealistic treatment of chrome-like visages in oil paint, the artist sometimes incorporates spray-painted elements, drawing on the graffiti culture of New York City’s subways during the 1980s and 1990s when Omolade tagged using…

Source Colossal   In 1906, Devil’s Tower in northeastern Wyoming became the first national monument in the U.S., preserving a little more than 1,300 acres around the 867-foot-tall column of igneous rock. Amid the rolling hills of the plains, it can be seen from miles around, and it’s been a sacred site and gathering place for…