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Painted figures with limbs knotted together in a gallery, part of fredrik raddum sculptures at Arme og Ben.
Sculpture

Fredrik Raddum Ties Painted Figures in Knots at Copenhagen’s Arme og Ben Show

 Collage-style view of VSCO billboard photographers' selected works displayed on outdoor billboards across several states.
Photography

VSCO Picks 25 Final Photographers for Home-State Billboards From 13,500 Entries

 Rodeo life captured in portraits and candid moments, showing the everyday world of black rodeo culture today.
Photography

McClellan’s Photos Replace the John Wayne Cowboy With Black Rodeo Life

 Blanket octopus with iridescent, sail-like membranes trailing behind a golden head, one of the 1839 awards 2026 winners.
Photography

1839 Awards Honor Night Plankton and Nigerian Gods in 2026 Photo Contest

 A large painted artwork spreads across a grassy field under open sky, one of Saype's temporary murals on grass.
Art

Saype Paints Temporary Murals on Grass and Snow, Then Lets Nature Erase Them

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2025

Design

Why AI matters now in graphic design

In 2025, artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a fringe curiosity in graphic design—it’s a core part of many professional workflows. Lately, more design teams use…

2014

Alternative

Handmade 3D Objects by Kyle Bean

Kyle Bean is a young London based artist, designer and illustrator. He creates playful, concept-driven work for editorial and commercial projects as well as installations for…

2012

Photography

Photographer Polina Rabtseva

  Polina Rabtseva – young and talented photographer from Minsk, Belarus. Lives and works in LA. Shoots portraits and fashion. Website: www.pollyshot.me

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Several julie curtiss paintings displayed together, including tilted laundry rooms and tarot-themed scenes on gallery walls. Julie Curtiss tilts laundry rooms and tarot readings just enough to unsettle viewers Fairground acoustic dioramas on display at Osh Gallery in London, inviting visitors to listen to public space. Five Fairground Dioramas Let Visitors Hear Public Space at London’s Osh Gallery Across the powerhouse parramatta water installation, shallow water spreads over sculpted sandstone while visitors walk through the gallery. Overflow Turns Powerhouse Parramatta’s Gallery Floor into a Tidal Plain Underfoot Religious figures in a dim Old Master setting, one of the konstantin korobov paintings with unsettling hidden symbols. Korobov’s Old Master Pastiches Hide Sinister Allegories Behind Religious Imagery

VEHICLES SPOTLIGHT (view all, Vehicles spotlight)

Digital makeover of a 1965 Pontiac GTO showing its reworked body, bold colors, and redesigned lines. Paris Studio AZER Gives a 1965 Pontiac GTO a Bolder Digital Makeover A completed LEGO Interstellar Ranger model sits on a table with its removable roof lifted and rear hatch open. LEGO Greenlights Interstellar Ranger Build With Removable Roof and Rear Hatch An electric café racer motorcycle rides along a street, showing its low, sleek profile and minimalist design. Real Motors Puts ARES Electric Café Racer on the Road With 250 Units

ARCHITECTURE SPOTLIGHT (view all, Architecture spotlight)

Shenzhen Opera House Builds Its Four Halls on Shekou Bay Ahead of December 2028

Jean Nouvel's Light of the Sea is moving from competition renderings onto a working construction site on Shenzhen's Shekou waterfront. The complex will host a 2,100-seat opera hall, an 1,800-seat concert hall, and two smaller theaters beneath a sweeping roof. Fresh site images mark its shift into the next architectural phase.

Shenzhen opera house construction site on Shekou Bay, with partially built halls rising along the waterfront.

PHOTOGRAPHY SPOTLIGHT (view all, Photography spotlight)

Close-up view of oak plant galls on a Solano oak branch, with wasp-made growths resembling alien architecture in varied shapes. Boomer’s Close-Up Photos Show Wasps Turning Solano Oaks Into Alien Architecture Solitary tree photography shows a lone tree under a wide sky with a pale moon above. Nature AroundClock Photos Make Lone Trees and Moons Look Like Surrealist Paintings Large black-and-white portraits wrap Cloud 11 for the inside out project thailand installation, spanning facade, level two, and retail. Cloud 11 Hangs 2,500 JR Portraits Across Its Facade, Level 2 and Retail Visitors move through the Paris Photo 2026 fair, browsing photographs and photobooks displayed across gallery booths and tables. Paris Photo 2026 Sends Visitors From Ruff’s Entrance Wall to Seine Photobooks Three photographers work a rocky cliff edge while photographing red bull rampage, as a short documentary follows their work. Documentary Short Follows Three Photographers Working the Cliffs at Red Bull Rampage

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Pedrali's orgatec office furniture arranged in a welcoming, home-like display, softening the workplace with warm residential touches.

Pedrali Makes Office Furniture Feel Like Home at Orgatec in Cologne

Tall cedar trees fade into soft white fog across a quiet Japanese forest mist scene at dawn.

Stepping Into the Past: AI Images Show Japanese Forests Wrapped in Mist

One of the hannes caspar ai images: a woman floats above a dreamlike landscape beside a cactus-headed walker.

Hannes Caspar Makes Floating Women and Cactus-Headed Walkers Look Startlingly Real

Silver NOCTILUX book cover with a centered black-and-white lens cross-section diagram, part of the leica noctilux lens evolution.

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Seagate FireCuda Forge external storage device with hard drive ssd cache for automated gaming storage

Seagate’s FireCuda Forge Automates Game Storage Between Hard Drive and Flash, Starting at $699

A Loll Designs outdoor bench in HDPE plastic, a rebuilt aldo leopold farm bench for outdoor seating

Loll Designs Launches Here and There, Rebuilding Aldo Leopold’s Farm Bench in HDPE

In a studio, a gray-haired man in glasses stands between framed portraits from the ron howard avedon documentary.

Early Reviews Warm to Ron Howard’s Avedon, With Four Stars From Roger Ebert

A folding-screen device used as a handheld wildlife field guide, showing animal species photos and identification details.

Log Concept’s Folding Screen Turns a Handheld Into a Wildlife Field Guide

A magnifying lens table lamp with several round lenses stacked, one being lifted off by a diner's hand.

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Person holding a black smartphone horizontally, fingers on its edges, ready to take a holocoder bayer filter-free photo.

Holocoder Could Let Phone Cameras Skip Color Filters and Gather More Light

Beauer X6 expandable travel trailer parked outdoors, its side extended to show the enlarged floor space inside.

Beauer’s X6 Camper Stretches Floor Space, but Its 220-Pound Payload Is Tight

Interior of the Highlands Cali tiny house showing a ground-level bed and overhead storage in a compact living space

Highlands’ Cali 9.6 Puts the Bed on Ground Level and Stores Belongings Overhead

Adaptive reuse factory Brno hall interior showing exposed steel trusses, corrugated metal roof, and gallery spaces below.

KOGAA Converts Brno Factory Hall Into Galleries Beneath Exposed Steel and Corrugated Metal

A ring drone cam hovers indoors, showing its central camera lens and two lights in a dim home.

Ring’s Drone Cam Flies Indoors in 2027 as Towns Drop Flock

An astrid earbuds hearing test in progress, with Noble Audio earbuds set up to tailor sound to one listener.

Noble Audio’s Astrid Earbuds Run a Hearing Test to Shape Their Sound

A portable leather fan in a closed leather shell, its hinge starting to swing open over the folded fan.

COVANI’s Leather Shell Keeps a Fan Hidden Until Its Hinge Swings Open

A carpenter's studio in rural Henan, China, its curved timber roof rising and falling with the surrounding mountain landscape.

Carpenter’s Studio in Rural Henan Gets a Mountain-Following Roof of Curved Timber

Design Doha public commissions bring sculptural shade structures to an outdoor plaza in Doha, reviving traditional forms.

Design Doha’s Five Commissions Revive Falaj, Salsabil and Dhow Forms for Public Shade

Arrowspace S1 camera mounted above a workbench, reading a screw head while a lit indicator marks the matching bit slot.

Arrowspace S1 Camera Reads 12 Screw Profiles and Lights the Matching Bit Slot

A single, uncluttered kolkata film festival logo built around one bold central idea, avoiding crowded film references.

Kolkata’s festival logo proves one bold idea beats a crowd of film references

A transparent surfboard prototype with a white carbon-fiber skeleton, clear panels, and a neon rear fin.

Tidal Wave Surfboard Swaps Solid Deck for Carbon Ribs and Open Ocean Views

Twin valle de bravo houses stand apart as a regrown forest of trees fills the gap between them.

PPAA Grows Back Forest Between Twin Valle de Bravo Houses Instead of Building a Wall

Six real-life gta vi cars miami collection vehicles line a city street, bold paint and oversized wheels visible.

Six Real-Life GTA VI Cars Roll Out in Miami, Including a V10 Police Supercar

Overview of the bomba drum performance campus design in Ecuador's Chota Valley, set within a rural landscape.

Caá Porá and Jerome Haferd Design Drum-Inspired Performance Campus for Ecuador’s Chota Valley

The Golmorad house in Iran, its overlapping arches home extension shifting from terracotta to blue.

ZAV Architects wraps Golmorad house extension in terracotta-to-blue overlapping arches

An upright steam deck handheld with a red-keyed keyboard in place of Game Boy style buttons, shown from the front.

Upright Steam Deck Handheld Trades Game Boy Buttons for a Red-Keyed Keyboard

A casio a168 ring watch worn on a finger, its small digital display showing the time against a plain background.

Casio’s Finger-Sized A168 Ring Watch Frees Your Wrist for $135

The new Caixa logo rebrand, where the X forms a savings box and a house roof

Caixa’s New Logo Turns Its X Into a Savings Box and House Roof

Two bluebirds perch on branches flanking a dark red camera aperture icon, representing Adobe Camera Raw 19.0 updates.

Adobe Camera Raw 19.0 Quietly Adds Batch Generative Remove and Virtual Copies

Various product designs from the compasso d'oro international award winners, gathered for a permanent Milan museum collection.

ADI Sends Compasso d’Oro Winners Into a Permanent Milan Museum Collection

The mount med wellness retreat in a mountain setting, with alpine forest and meadows surrounding its buildings.

Mount Med Resort Turns a Post-Holiday Reset Into a Tested, Structured Plan

A thin, flexible flint paper battery sheet laid flat on a laboratory bench beside testing equipment.

Flint’s Paper Battery Avoids Lithium, but Cycle Claims Await Independent Testing

Full interior of a PriestmanGoode private jet cabin design created for three generations of family travel.

PriestmanGoode Designs a Private Jet Cabin for Three Generations of Family Travel

Circular viewing ring at the bjólfur mountain viewpoint on a grassy Icelandic ridge above a fjord.

Ring of Bjólfur Stands In for a Viking’s Lost Silver Treasure on Iceland Ridge

A curved timber sauna roof rises beside a palm tree at the chiba timber guesthouse, surrounded by greenery.

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Exterior view of Michael B. Jordan's Hollywood Hills house, showing the remodeled home beside its mirrored sauna pavilion.

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