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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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April 2023 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

Colossal

Image © Kelsey McClellan Every month, Colossal shares a selection of opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. Twenty artists will be invited to participate in an exhibition that will take place in Tel Aviv in November 2023. Deadline: 11:59 PST on May 26, 2023.

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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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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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In ‘American Grown,’ Tiffanie Turner Roots Out Personal Memories and U.S. Exceptionalism

Colossal

An architect by training, the artist ( previously ) is known for her incredibly lifelike paper flowers that explore beauty standards and aging through dramatic decay and flawed growths. x 57 inches Do stories and artists like this matter to you? But in American Grown , Turner turns toward the personal.