<div>Have you ever lay in bed at night in near darkness, staring at a strange object in the corner of your room, convinced it’s shifting shape, moving towards you, coming to life? Skinamarink — a brilliant, low-budget horror —taps right into that. Shot over the course of seven days in director Kyle …</div>
<div>This story originally appeared in i-D’s The Royalty Issue, no. 370, Winter 2022. Order your copy here. “The beauty and magic of music is that no two melodies can really be the same,” says Kelsey Lu, the classically-trained cellist and artist who prefers to be known as Lu, over the phone from their …</div>
<div>In a windowless room on the first floor of Rose Easton gallery in east London, a creature is stuck in a large brightly-lit glass vitrine. It resembles an enormous lizard or a bulbous dinosaur, mouse-brown and rubbery. Upon closer inspection, though, it’s potentially not one creature, but two: a …</div>
<div>If aliens had touched down on the outskirts of Cairo on Saturday night, it wouldn’t have been the most astonishing element of a fashion show that took the phrase “out of this world” somewhat literally. In front of the Giza Pyramids – one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, and the only still …</div>
We’re wrapping up 2022 and revisiting some of the craft projects we wrote about this year. From a 2,000-year-old Roman glass bowl to a menagerie of paper bats, the stories Colossal readers loved most are diverse in medium and subject matter and show a vast array of creativity around the globe. If you want even more of 2022’s highlights, check out the top art stories and our favorite books of the year. You can also dive into the Colossal archive. Image courtesy of Marieke Mom Archeologists Une
By Sasha Korban. All images courtesy of Tbilisi Mural Fest, shared with permission For the last four years, Tbilisi Mural Fest has facilitated more than 40 public artworks around the Georgian capital, and the 2022 event brought a spate of new projects to the city. Given the nation’s proximity to Russia and that country’s groundless war against Ukraine, festival organizers highlighted renowned Ukrainian muralist Sasha Korban who painted a large-scale portrait of a woman in customary clothing faci
<div>Nearly 40 people had RSVP'd to Chelsea Banning's first official book signing at an Ohio bookstore on Saturday. She told the store owner to brace himself for a full crowd. But when the doors opened for her event, only two showed up. "For a while I felt like I was throwing my book into the void and …</div>
<div><img src="https://admin.itsnicethat.com/images/nQx5-5hh_hiAT7MB0ccmbmJkJeY=/235251/width-1440/Remi-Volclair-discover-itsnicethat-9.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual"><div class="rich-text"><p data-block-key="rrcj1">Remi fell in love with typography and hasn’t stopped experimenting since. Here, we find out how his ever-evolving practice is influenced by the things around him.</p></div></div>
<div><img src="https://admin.itsnicethat.com/images/NTFHTA-Iw6oxn59v1Ld_Y0xqZoM=/235283/width-1440%7Cformat-jpeg/Artboard_1_JV3fbeC.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual"><div class="rich-text"><p data-block-key="58ixj">Working alongside the print site RoomFifty, It’s Nice That curates a collection of illustrative prints from a range of our favourite creatives over the years.</p></div></div>
<div><img src="https://admin.itsnicethat.com/images/bS47eYxx5VPj_0ubO659ruO96b0=/234927/width-1440%7Cformat-jpeg/Hero-07.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual"><div class="rich-text"><p data-block-key="nrg1h">In the next instalment of our Movers & Makers series, we sit down with leading creative founders to learn how and why they set up their businesses. This week, we meet Kat Romanoff, the founder of Montreal-based creative agency, Kromad.</p></div></div>
<div><img src="https://admin.itsnicethat.com/images/PfgX-RRe6gTTNLZt2Pu1bDozFuk=/235316/width-1440/pentawards-trends-report-2023-graphic-design-itsnicethat-10.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual"><div class="rich-text"><p data-block-key="ldsx4">A year after the first Pentawards Trend Report, the platform returns with 10 predictions “set to shape packaging design in the year to come”.</p></div></div>
<div>“I want to show you a side of Miami most people don’t get to experience,” artist Naomi Fisher tells a sweaty group of people swaying about on a platoon in the middle of the Biscayne Bay. It’s a humid and sticky day in Miami, but the city is buzzing. People from around the world have gathered here …</div>
<div>Brazil’s beauty lies in its diversity. Conservative ideals have wrecked the country’s environment these past four years, so to candidly document the vast number of communities that inhabit its arid sertãos, dense rainforests and sprawling prairies could be interpreted as an act of rebellion. Mico …</div>
<div>Chelsea Manning is an American hero. Chelsea Manning is a misguided idealist. Chelsea Manning is a dangerous traitor. Depending on who you ask and how much they know about her, she is a trans icon; an introverted loner; a good-time-gal who enjoys DJing at queer parties, or a symbol of just about …</div>
<div>Taken from the winter 2022 issue of Dazed. You can buy a copy of our latest issue here When Ammy Drammeh met Michaela Coel on set for her Garage cover shoot, a distant reference came to mind. It was an image of 60s actress Shirley Eaton in the James Bond film Goldfinger, painted from head to toe in …</div>
<div>Chelsea Manning is an American hero. Chelsea Manning is a misguided idealist. Chelsea Manning is a dangerous traitor. Depending on who you ask and how much they know about her, she is a trans icon; an introverted loner; a good-time-gal who enjoys DJing at queer parties, or a symbol of just about …</div>
<div>The deadpan stare, the killer one-liners, that weirdly enthralling dance scene – ever since Jenna Ortega appeared on our screens as Wednesday Addams we’ve all been obsessed. Filling the sardonic shoes of the iconic Christina Ricci was never going to be easy, but in Netflix’s new Addams Family …</div>
<div>Last night, the international fashion set descended on the Royal Albert Hall to celebrate another year of chaos and creativity at the 2022 edition of the Fashion Awards. It was freezing. But it was also very British, which meant nobody bothered to bring a jacket, choosing to risk pneumonia for the …</div>
<div>Taken from the winter 2022 issue of Dazed. You can buy a copy of our latest issue here When Ammy Drammeh met Michaela Coel on set for her Garage cover shoot, a distant reference came to mind. It was an image of 60s actress Shirley Eaton in the James Bond film Goldfinger, painted from head to toe in …</div>
<div>Earlier this year, Elliot Page announced an upcoming memoir, titled Pageboy, which will discuss his relationship with his body, his experience of being one of the famous trans people in the world since coming out in late 2020, and “the cesspool that Hollywood can be”. Now, the actor has revealed the …</div>