Future Snack Design
Future Snack Design Future Snack DesignA leading company in the food & beverage sector, in collaboration with Desall, is looking for innovative concepts for a…
A Multifaceted Book and Exhibition, ‘Black Earth Rising’ Contends with Colonialism, Land, and Climate
Between 450 B.C.E. and 950 C.E., a particularly fertile soil known by researchers as terra preta, literally “black earth” in Portuguese, was cultivated by Indigenous…
Lucy Davidson’s Stop-Motion Animation ‘Baggage’ Travels Through an ‘Insecurity Inspection’
For those of us who have regularly traveled through airports, the process of checking in—and checking bags—always seems undergirded by latent anxiety. What if a…
Kandy G. Lopez Embroiders Striking, Life-Size Yarn Portraits Highlighting BIPOC Narratives
On large swaths of colorful mesh, Kandy G. Lopez embroiders large-scale portraits of people from historically marginalized communities. “Her works are created out of the…
‘Of Salt and Spirit’ Celebrates the Legacy of Black Southern Quilters
You may have heard of the remarkable quilters of Gee’s Bend, but do you know about the Crossroads Quilters, like Gustina Atlas? Or Hystercine Rankin?…
Challenge to develop a sustainable eco-hotel in the Galapagos
Galapagos Retreat: Challenge to develop a sustainable eco-hotel in the Galapagos Puerto Ayora: The Heart of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador The Galapagos Islands, a UNESCO…
In ‘Chimera,’ Erin Milez Lovingly Chronicles the Everyday Chaos of Parenthood
Mundane tasks like washing the dishes, eating dinner, or getting some shuteye take on wild and chaotic proportions in Erin Milez’s uncanny paintings. She portrays…
In ‘Flying High,’ Tyler D. Ballon’s Portraits Parallel Sports, History, Identity, and Patriotism
In Édouard Manet’s painting “The Execution of Emperor Maximilian” — actually a series of works completed between 1867 and 1869 — a firing squad dramatically…
Deep in the Amazon Rainforest, ‘I Am the Nature’ Celebrates Indigenous Cultural Philosophy
Directed by Taliesin Black-Brown and narrated by Ramiro Vargas Chumpí Washikiat, “I Am the Nature” poetically plumbs the human interconnection with nature through the eyes…
Mountain Guardian
Mountain Guardian BRIEFThe aim of this competition is to creatively address the experience of living the high-altitude lands, exploring historical, marginal and extreme situations of…
