Painter David Hockney, Who Made the Everyday Otherworldly, Dies at 88 — His work over a prolific six decades ranged from psychologically precise portraits to luminous depictions of California pool sides.
Tech Life - Smell the future - BBC Sounds — Dogs have a great sense of smell. Now machines are being trained to sniff out odours.
Daily Designer — <p>Every day, a thought-provoking quote from a designer.</p> <br/><br/>
Brooklyn Street Art | …loves you more every day. — Street art culture.
Tricky FM Announces New Album Twin Star Fantasy: Hear "Sugar In My Drink" — San Francisco-based Hana Freed records electronic indie pop (sorry, make that “emotional computer core”) as Tricky FM. She’ll be dropping her new album Twin Star Fantasy this fall, and as today’s single…
Zendaya’s Earrings Are Part of a Much Bigger Problem — The 3,000-year-old Iranian discs turned red-carpet jewelry are emblematic of a market that has spent decades quietly dismantling ancient objects for parts.

Earth Rangers - Inspiring the next generation of conservationists — Earth Rangers is the charity that transforms children’s concerns about the environment into positive action.
The Met Museum's Staff Have Some Thoughts About the Art — A new book gathers essays by the museum’s curators, researchers, librarians, and conservators on everything from Renaissance portraiture to the work of Wendy Red Star.
Apple Photos in iOS 27 gets camera roll feature it’s long needed - 9to5Mac — Apple Photos in iOS 27 gets a welcome camera roll-type feature many have long been asking for: ‘Captured by Me.’
The Artist Who Colored Ghibli — Plus: news.
Wallpaper Cave — Wallpaper community sharing hundreds of cool wallpapers daily! Free downloads - More than 7 million wallpapers!
Miami Graffiti Legend Eric Alan Hirt "Eson" Killed in Train Strike — The prolific tagger boldly transformed the city's street infrastructure for decades.

Homepage - Mindsparkle Mag | Design Inspiration — Mindsparkle Mag showcases the best of branding, web design, graphic and packaging projects through in-depth case studies and behind-the-scenes with deep insights—revealing how standout work is actually made.
Echo Chamber: A healthy public square — Wide tolerance, and nobody walls anyone out — the room stays in one conversation.
Designing for care, not growth — From healing fiction to smart feeders, the booming pet economy shows what design looks like when households shrink instead of grow.
Serbia and Ukraine pledge closer economic ties, eye free trade deal — Serbia says it will help rebuild Ukrainian cities and provide aid as the two countries deepen cooperation.
Join Us for the Chicago Premiere of 'Paint Me a Road Out of Here' — Join us for Chicago premiere of Paint Me a Road Out of Here, the award-winning documentary from Aubin Pictures directed by Catherine Gund.

Font Awesome — The internet's icon library + toolkit. Used by millions of designers, devs, & content creators. Open-source. Always free. Always awesome.
How Fannuh Baskets Connect Liberia to the US Lowcountry — Gullah Geechee basket-weaving is rooted in an oral tradition carried by enslaved people from Liberia’s Windward Coast.
Introducing: J.N. Shapiro Infinity Series 'Radiant' Chronograph, In Two Varieties (Live Pics) — Two heavyweight monopusher chronographs inspired by California's aerospace industry.
Claire Valdez Claims Resounding Win in NYC Primary — The Mamdani-backed assemblywoman and artist is poised to represent "Commie Corridor" in Congress.
Jerry Gogosian Dies at 40 — News about Hilde Lynn Helphenstein’s sudden death shocked the art world.
Pinterest Has Become Unusable. “When I started painting again in January, I went back to Pinterest and found i — Pinterest Has Become Unusable. “When I started painting again in January, I went back to Pinterest and found it overrun with AI slop. It’s continued to get wors
'Bodega Cats of New York' Advocates for the City's Beloved Feline Shopkeepers — 'Bodega Cats of New York' by Dan Rimada features 120 photos by Gulce Kilkis of 60 cats across all five boroughs.
The $299 Viture Pro 2 are the company's lightest and most comfortable smartglasses yet — Viture is releasing a more compact Mobile Dock Mini for just $99 alongside its new $299 smartglasses.
Families search for earthquake survivors in one of Venezuela's hardest hit areas — BBC correspondent Will Grant reports from Caraballeda, La Guaira, where locals are still desperately searching for family members in the rubble.
Meet with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago at Admissions Events Across the US and Online — Learn more about the graduate degrees offered at SAIC and get all of your questions answered.
Font Squirrel — Free fonts for commercial use.
Hyperallergic’s Art Tarotscope for the Summer Solstice — Amid global turmoil and rising temperatures, I’ve seen creative friends hitting periods of stagnancy. What will help us return to a flow state?
Ten Years of Terms and Conditions — Henry — <p>Recording all the "terms and conditions" I claimed to have read on a computer or phone for 10 years.</p> <br/><br/>
Stuffed Animals and Found Objects Reconfigure in Sungho Bae's Uncanny Sculptures — Sungho Bae's uncanny sculptures aremade of a vibrant, fleshy patchwork that resembles organs, tissue, muscle, and more.
Discover Millions of Artworks from Thousands of Museums with This Huge Art Search Engine — "We currently have around five million artworks indexed, and strive to eventually index all museum art in the world," the creators say.
AI democratized the answer, not the understanding — <div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://uxdesign.cc/ai-democratized-the-answer-not-the-understanding-5c12da448030?source=rss----138adf9c44c---4"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2
Speed Art Museum Returns 24 Native Artifacts to Oklahoma Tribes — The culturally significant objects include a turtle amulet, a Cheyenne cradle board, and a slate of beaded bags.
Frank, Young and more join MOTD as BBC launches four new YouTube shows — BBC Sport will bring football fans closer to the action across TV, radio, YouTube, website and app.
Blackstone Strikes $1.8 Billion Deal for Air Canada Loyalty Unit — Blackstone Inc. and a group of Canadian pension funds are buying a 25% stake in Air Canada’s Aeroplan loyalty program for C$2.5 billion ($1.8 billion).
Met Museum Announces Free Memberships for NY SNAP Recipients — Millions of residents across New York State are now eligible for the "Explorer" program, which offers perks like streamlined entry and special previews.
How the GW Corcoran Is Rethinking Interaction Design Education — The Interaction Design program at the George Washington University Corcoran School of Arts and Design is utilizing partnerships across DC to encourage its students to develop more inclusive design practices.

WebGradients - Free CSS Gradients for Backgrounds and UI by itmeo — Browse 180 free CSS gradients for backgrounds, UI, websites, and design systems. Copy CSS code and explore color palettes.
Brussels' Grand-Place Is Carpeted with 750,000 Fresh Dahlias in a Tribute to Hokusai — Titled "Neo Hokusai," the monumental arrangement designed by Hiro Sugiyama is covers nearly 14,000 square feet.
Pacific Surf Takes Center Stage in Craig Hubbard's Dreamy Photos — The golden hour hues of the West Coast's legendary sunsets and a love for surfing spurred Hubbard's reacquaintance with the camera.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare — Every play and sonnet, free.
Chasing This Global Stocks Rally Boosts the Need for Protection — Reasons to be wary about stocks are quickly disappearing and a Goldilocks scenario looks increasingly likely. That’s precisely why it’s a perfect time to hedge against a market priced for perfection.
29 Easy Appetizers for Parties — Like tangy tomato-chile popcorn and mini marinated mozzarella balls.
San Francisco Art Book Fair Celebrates 10 Years — Presented by Minnesota Street Project Foundation, SFABF returns this July, welcoming 160 independent publishers from around the world.
Why I Removed Cesar Chavez From My Show — Elizabeth Ferrer writes candidly about making “a decision I could live with,” Roberto Lugo's ode to Puerto Rico, and a new Avedon documentary in Cannes.
NYC's Swiss Institute Heads to the Bowery — Raymond Pettibon and Abdelkader Benchamma team up on a massive mural, Seattle Art Museum's new chief curator, and more.