Luminous Macro Worlds: Insect Wings Captured by Chris Perani

Back in 2018, we featured Chris Perani’s astonishing macro photographs of butterfly wings, and his ongoing Wings series continues to push that process into even more intricate territory.

Vintage Objects Rebuilt in Paper by Manabu Kosaka

Japanese artist Manabu Kosaka makes paper do the work of plastic, metal, glass and circuitry, recreating vintage objects with extraordinary attention to detail.

Precision Without Excess: Auralen Branding by Numinous

Portland-based agency Numinous designed this restrained identity for Auralen, a Colorado studio specializing in product photography and 3D visualization.

Dark Fables and Sharp Allegories: Recent Illustrations by Roger Olmos

We previously featured a collection of strange, whimsical illustrations by Roger Olmos here on the grid, and his newer pieces drift into darker themes, pushing further into the uneasy space between fable, satire and nightmare.

Drawing with Keystrokes: Intricate Typewriter Portraits by James Cook

James Cook is a London-based artist who creates dense, realistic portraits using typewriters as drawing tools.

Blackletter Rotunda: A Comprehensive Guide to a Medieval Hand

Portuguese calligrapher Hugo “Xesta” Moura and Porto-based design studio 0.itemzero have joined forces to produce Blackletter — Rotunda, a compact, focused guide to one of the most historically rich scripts in the Western tradition.

Unsettling the Familiar: Ian Strange’s Architectural Interventions

Ian Strange is an Australian transdisciplinary artist whose practice treats the suburban home as both subject and canvas, a loaded symbol to be interrogated, defaced, illuminated, and collapsed.

Brushstrokes in Time: David Ambarzumjan’s Painted Collisions of Past and Future

Sharp Conceptual Illustrations by Richard A. Chance

Photographer Kenta Hayashi Turns Tokyo’s River Traffic into a Luminous Composite

LP18 House: A Bangkok Residence That Folds Inward on Itself

Utopia Broadcasting: Otherworldly Industrial Landscapes by Serena Ho

Soft Bodies, Sharp Shapes: The Playful Figures of Mameko Maeda

AI Machines: Whimsical 3D Creations by Gao Yang & Kisame

Knit the City: Architectural Textiles by Jake Henzler

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