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Boston Evolutionary Art

Flying across the country from San Francisco to Boston, just as this past winter’s infamous “polar vortex” was set to grip the midwest and northeast for a few days, I made a list of all the popular culture stereotypes I knew of the city.

Alex Chinneck

Unzipping Milan Design Week.

The Union Of The West And East

Palehorse, an illustrator from the US is highly influenced by the Indian mythology and Gods, which is reflected in his art. From creating abstract manifestations of Ganesha to showcasing glimpses of Ramayana, his work has a cultural connection, with an alliance of traditional folklore.

Experience. Feel. & Capture

For Rohan Bhatia, a first year student at NID, Ahmedabad, art from being his passion is now his profession.

The Inspiring Story

The journey to a successful career in the animation can be thrilling and overwhelming. Renowned animation film maker, Vaibhav Kumaresh, tells us about the story behind his success and the establishment of Vaibhav Studios.

Twist Of Art, Story & Photography

Generating stories and translating them into photographs doesn’t seem like a cakewalk, but Avinash Jai Singh’s work makes it look like it. Illustrations supported with compelling messages and eye-catching colours and visuals appeal to the youth and engulf the audience.

The Seeds You Sow In Your Childhood

Your childhood experiences, explorations and continued learning through life, greatly shapes the way we think and the career path we chart for ourselves. Veteran artist and animation film designer, Dhimant Vyas, is an example of this. He gives us a peek at his childhood and throws some light on the animation industry.

Music To Eyes

Senior art director Vineesh Viswanath explains how music has always influenced him!

Minimal Is Here To Stay

Illustrator and graphic designer Ashwini Bharadwaj tells us the story behind her style and why minimalism is here to stay!.

Devta Or Devi? Who Do You See?

Vijaya Laxmi exhibits the power that a woman possesses through various series, an exploration of her mythological concepts allowing viewers to see beyond the obvious.

Animation. Then, Now And Tomorrow

The animation industry in India has come a long way, and still has a longer way to go. Renowned animation film maker, Suresh Eriyat, gives us the ground reality of the industry today, and where the future lies.

Animation Meets Learning

Delightful animations and stories with a good sense of humour is what describes Sonia Tiwari’s art the best! Be it visual design, coding or working towards improving the system of early education, she has done it all.

How The Happiness Industry Has Hijacked Virtually Every Facet Of Contemporary Life

The Architecture of Happiness was a trite book published in the mid-2000s and mercifully forgotten. Our Happy Life: Architecture and Well-Being in the Age of Emotional Capitalism, a new exhibition at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montreal, isn’t nearly as snappily titled, but as an enterprise, it is far more probing and curious. Curated by Francesco Garutti, the show explores how, after the 2008 financial crash, the “happiness industry”—comprising government initiatives, economic indices, and city rankings— hijacked virtually every facet of contemporary life.Metropolis’s Samuel Medina spoke to Garutti about happiness as a social project, the “cold intimacy” of Instagram, and architecture’s new spaces of meaning.

Environment Trade-Off

There are nearly 700,000 street trees in New York City, and all of them— London plane trees, Bradford pears, lindens—are working every hour of every day to sequester carbon dioxide and capture stormwater.

Wild And Free

Three contemporary wildlife artists share their perspectives of the natural world.

Treasured Images

Oil Painters of America presents its 28th annual National Juried Exhibition at Illume Gallery of Fine Art in St. George, Utah.

Shades Of Gray

East Coast artists Daniel Ambrose, D. Eleinne Basa, Donald Demers and Mary Erickson founded the American Tonalist Society in 2016 while on an artists’ retreat in Port Clyde, Maine.

Savannah

The creative culture in Savannah, Georgia, is breathing new life into the Old South.

Roaming Free

The wild horse is thought to have originated in North America several million years ago.

Looking West

American Women Artists hosts its fourth juried museum exhibitions as part of its 25 in 25 campaign.

Lifting The Veil

ANDREA KOWCH’S MIDWESTERN SCENES EXPRESS THE COMPLEX NATURE OF HUMAN EMOTION.

A Long Tradition

Members of Oil Painters of America are dedicated to painting striking subjects in the time-honored medium.

Fantastic Beasts

In her first solo show, artist and illustrator Julie Bell brings together figures and wildlife in luscious colors and compositions.

Desert Dwellers

The Palm Desert, California, home of Sharon and Steve Huling features contemporary two- and three-dimensional art.

Spectrum

An essential survey of architecture and design today.

Productsphere Neocon Preview

We look ahead to the 51st edition of NeoCon, the annual trade show for commercial interiors.

Playing For Keeps

In the pursuit of design made to last, Fyrn’s Stemn collection—on view at ICFF this year— adopts a kit-of-parts approach.

Nurturing Thoughtfulness

Wanted Design’s founders discuss why a platform for socially and environmentally responsible design is so important.

New Talent Circular Reasoning

New Affiliates creates visually pleasing design, but its most interesting work is cerebral.

New Realities

A kinetic, “human-actuated” pavilion comes to Greenpoint, Brooklyn.