Source Design You Trust  Argentine-Spanish artist Felipe Pantone unveiled his largest mural yet, “OPTICHROMIE” for Jersey City. The 25-story digitized artwork contrasts the city’s skyline with bold colors and geometric patterns. Pantone and his team spent 25 days braving the elements to complete the massive project. It’s been an ultra-physical effort (I still have sore…

Source Design You Trust  Forget dry textbooks! The 13th-century Parisian edition of the *Canon Medicinae* is like a medical school dropout’s wild fever dream, splashed across tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Tucked away under shelf mark MS 0457 at the Besançon Municipal Library, this Latin translation of Avicenna’s work is proof that the Middle…

Source Design You Trust  Move over clowns, there’s a new record for packing people into a tiny car! It’s 1964, the spirit of silliness is in the air, and a group of students from Laudra Vista Junior High in Fullerton, California have decided to achieve legendary status. Their weapon of choice? A Volkswagen Beetle. Their…

Source Colossal    Today we’re returning to a dark comedy classic that, although released in 2017, rings just as true in 2024. Directed by Swedish animator Niki Lindroth von Bahr, “The Burden” is a wildly wry musical that skewers loneliness, greed, beauty myths, and the existential woes of modern life through a lively cast of…

Source Design You Trust  According to the artist behind ReactorLab, an exclusive mask-making workshop: “War rat mask. This is a cannibal rat, trained specifically to hunt other rats. The rat killer is repeatedly mentioned in fiction and in the press. Such rats were bred under special conditions. A dozen rats were locked in a box…

Source Design You Trust  A master of many talents, Demetri Martin is an American comedian. His deadpan stand-up routines are known for their quirky blend of illustrations, musical bits, and clever wordplay. Martin rose to national fame in the early 2000s, writing for “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” and contributing to “The Daily Show with…

Source Colossal   All images courtesy of Phaidon, shared with permission First published in 1997, Phaidon’s The Art Book has long been a go-to source for introductions to some of the most influential artists. Spanning medieval to modern times, the volume contains more than 600 works and is available in 20 languages. About two decades ago,…

Source Design You Trust  In 2016-2017, Yulia Taits launched her photo project “Porcelain Beauty,” celebrating the distinct beauty of individuals with albinism. Following the project’s release, she aspired to broaden its reach to encompass people of various ages, races, and nationalities globally, though the way forward remained uncertain. Recently, Taits explored artificial intelligence and realized…