Source Design You Trust  Discovery of the Year: “Dinner is Served” by Reed Fowler Non-professional wildlife photographers won awards at the 1839 Photographer of the Year Awards 2024. These award-winning photographers have caught stunning natural moments with talent and originality. Each shot offers a tale about the planet’s rich biodiversity, from spectacular wildlife encounters to…

Source Design You Trust  Who knew mouse art would sell better than dog art? No one? You’re wrong! Stuart Dunkel is a painter and musician noted for his cute Chuckie mouse work. Dunkel was drawn to music as a youth and became a great classical musician, but later he turned to visual arts. Stuart started…

Source Design You Trust  2024 Series Winner: “Hymns to the night” by Lucas Garcete The MonoVisions Awards have celebrated the artistry and skill of black-and-white photography from 2017 to 2024 by showcasing 16 winning images—both series and single winners—that highlight inspiring photographers’ mastery of monochrome and their unique ability to tell powerful visual stories. With…

Source Design You Trust  René Vincent (1879–1936) was a French illustrator active in the 1920s and 1930s, celebrated for his Art Deco style and influential poster designs that shaped 20th-century advertising. He contributed fashion illustrations to renowned publications such as La Vie Parisienne, L’Illustration, Fantasio, the Saturday Evening Post, and Harper’s Bazaar. After returning to…

Source Design You Trust  Overall winner & Insects winner: “Clash of the Titans” by Svetlana Ivanenko The Close-up Photographer of the Year 2024 competition, in partnership with Affinity Photo, unveiled its Top 100 winners from over 11,000 entries across 61 countries, selected by a panel of 25 experts, with each winning image offering a mesmerizing…

Source Colossal   “If Adam and Eve had not eaten the Divine Apple, they would still be in paradise, wouldn’t they? And us? Where would we be?” asks Ernesto Neto in relation to his latest project. At Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche in Paris, the Brazilian artist (previously) presents his signature crocheted installations. A 28-foot snake…

Source Colossal   Polyethylene is the most common plastic in the world. Used for food packaging, grocery bags, detergent bottles, and so much more, the often single-use items are ubiquitous in our daily lives. For computational designer Xuanhao Li, polyethylene became a fruitful source for envisioning a new way to repurpose the omnipresent material. While working…

Source Colossal   Arts Southeast’s ON::View Artist Residency ProgramFeaturedApplications are now open for the On::View Artist Residency Program in Savannah, Georgia. The residency supports artists working in all media. Selected artists gain access to a high-visibility studio space to complete a new project, continue an in-progress endeavor, or conduct research exploring conceptual, material, performative, and social…