Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  No doubt, there are a lot of mural festivals; in fact, too many, if you ask me. When the senior center starts taking field trips to see cool new graffiti on the walls of your town’s “old town,” the coolness factor of the mural festival has lost…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  For their October exhibition 111 Minna Gallery will be showcasing two powerhouses in the art world, Jay Howell and Attaboy. Jay Howell will be displaying his solo exhibition Here Comes the Howellman in 111 Minna’s 2nd Street Gallery. Attaboy will be displaying his solo exhibition Portal in…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  In the Juxtapoz Fall 2024 Quarterly, Charles Moore wrote in his survey on contemporary Mexican art, “Based in New York, the Columbia University professor Aliza Nisenbaum paints colorful portraits that humanize underserved global communities, offering an intimate look at diverse cultures and relationships. Through an often political lens,…

Source Colossal   Following four days of continuous observation, Darya Kawa Mirza captured the moon and its rugged surface in exceptional detail. The self-taught Kurdish astrophotographer amassed 81,000 images, which he stitched into a 708-gigabyte composite revealing the intricacies of the lunar topography in stunningly high resolution. Each frame zooms in on both individual craters and…

Source Design You Trust  Pumpkins and October are a perfect match, and Qian’s art captures this theme with her cutesy characters—pumpkins, bears, bunnies, and ghosts—who appear adorable but hide an inner darkness, reflecting her own emotions. In an interview with Bored Panda, Qian revealed that she has been drawing cartoons and comics since childhood and…

Source Design You Trust  In 1979, Spearhead Industries introduced “Kooky Spooks,” a unique line of Halloween costumes that featured inflatable headgear, capes, and facial makeup, offering an alternative to traditional masks that limited visibility. While the costumes were lighter and safer, the bulky inflatable heads and cracking face paint posed challenges, and their generic characters…

Source Colossal   Many cities around the U.S. use a microphone-powered system known as ShotSpotter to help law enforcement detect the location of gunshots. In Chicago, for example, the controversial program was implemented a little over six years ago, then turned off on September 22 when the contract expired. A study found that the app had…

Source Colossal   Phillip Keefe’s furniture appears like it might scuttle away in the night. The Chicago-based designer uses traditional techniques like hand-carving and wood joinery to sculpt lively pieces evocative of spiders, crabs, and other creepy, crawly critters. The Tim Burton-esque furnishings were initially inspired by Keefe’s dog Iggy, who frequently accompanied him to the…