Source Design You Trust  Eresus Walckenaeri. Shortlisted in the Invertebrate Portrait category. By Aris Kolokontes The 2024 Close-Up Photographer of the Year competition has shortlisted 20 stunning images from 11,681 entries, spanning 11 categories like Animals, Insects, and Underwater scenes, with a special category for photographers under 18. The overall winner will receive $3,240 and…

Source Design You Trust  Victorian Sussex showcased remarkable displays of engineering ingenuity, where inventors tackled various cycling challenges from bumpy unpaved roads to the impracticalities of woolen clothing with boundless enthusiasm and creativity. h/t: vintag.es Among these innovators was Horsham architect Edward Burstow, who in 1882 patented the ‘pentacycle,’ an ingenious machine featuring a large…

Source Colossal   A new book by Malene Barnett celebrates more than 60 artists, designers, and craftspeople whose work has been shaped by their Caribbean roots. Published by Artisan, Crafted Kinship: Inside the Creative Practices of Contemporary Black Caribbean Makers peers into a range of multi-faceted practices influenced by the diaspora. Whether drawing on connections to…

Source Design You Trust  Anthony Ventura, an award-winning Canadian artist, is known for his highly detailed and expressive illustrated portraits. A graduate of Sheridan College’s Illustration program, he has worked with major clients like Playboy, Rolling Stone, Time Magazine, Doritos, and ESPN, with standout celebrity pieces featuring Bob Dylan, George Harrison, and Nikki Sixx that…

Source Design You Trust  Oupas Design, a creative studio from Portugal, has spent over 12 years crafting playful, custom paper art for brands like Salesforce, Hermès, and The Atlantic. Founded by three friends—Cidália, Joana, and Sofia—the studio’s work reflects their passion and expertise in paper art, evident in their detailed, whimsical creations that bring ideas…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Skarstedt is pleased to announce our latest exhibition, Cristina BanBan: 14th Street Madonna with one of our favorite painters and past Juxtapoz cover aritst. The word “Madonna” has many origins and connotations. Tracing its roots to the Latin mea domina, or “my mistress,” which is the feminine form of…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  One of the shows we caught a preview of yesterday (the other being Ruby Neri, more on that Monday), was Chase Hall’s Halfrican at David Kordansky in Los Angeles. There are some dramatic, grand works in the exhibition, all made with his unique coffee-based pigments. 

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Cleon Peterson paints something tribal, an undercurrent of tension and violence, the shadow side of the self. Though at time we can see it at its fulcrum, on the surface, the paintings capture a dangerously ravenous human spirit.  Peterson draws from classical art and modern graphic design, reminiscent…