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Maps, Everyday Ephemera, and Watercolor Drawings Record José Naranja’s Travels with Fantastic Detail

Colossal

The artist and author is an avid tourist and dedicated observer, and he saturates the blank pages of his Moleskines with watercolor and ink drawings of airplanes, film characters, and maps. The artist’s latest book, The Nautilus Manuscript , is available now, and you can follow updates on his work on Instagram.

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The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Selects Winning Proposal for its New Waterfront Home

Azure Magazine

Chaired by New York-based architect and principe of WXY Architecture + Urban Design Claire Wiesz, the jury also included landscape architect Claude Cormier and Sobey award-winning artist Ursula Johnson.

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Solar Photograms Imagine a Haunting Vision of the Future

Feature Shoot

In My Plastic Life , a series of solar photograms, the artist brings this scene and others like it to life through cameraless pictures created using plastic waste: single-use plastic bottles, shopping bags, bottle caps, and more. “Darkroom paper has a spray of nano-silver gelatin particles,” the artist explains.

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How to AI

UX Collective

Some AI experts predicted it would be around 2030, others said 2050, and few predicted never. The *airegan line of sneakers is an experiment by independent designers and artists for now using generative AI to create endless options. They announced the first single “Masquerade” from MIDNATT, a new artist that the label is backing.

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Digital Renderings Collage 3D Objects into Futuristic Self-Portraits by Artist Omar Aqil

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Lahore, Pakistan-based artist Omar Aqil ( previously ) digitally assembles technology, 3D objects, and textured masses into figurative collages for his series Self-Portraits 2050. Find more of the artist’s sculptural renderings, which include a variety of abstracted figures and colorful assemblages, on Behance and Instagram.

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Meltdown Flags Visualize the Climate Crisis’s Toll on Glaciers Worldwide

Colossal

Canada’s middle section begins at full width in 1995 before condensing in both 2020 and 2050. Created by the digital design studio Moby Digg , Meltdown Flags also functions as an online tool replete with statistics about the percentage of glacier retreat from 1995 to 2050, the nation’s population, landmass, and emissions. .”

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Fragmented Garments and Body Parts Drift Away From Steel Sculptures by Regardt Van Der Meulen

Colossal

The artist writes: I am fascinated by human mortality and the fleeting moments we spend here. Dematerialising” (2020), steel, 2050 milimeters. One often forgets how fragile life and our environment is. We think we are part of a binary relationship with nature when in fact we are one.

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