Design

Nafis Khan specializes in digital art focused on cinematic anime‑style nature and ocean scenes. The work features dramatic golden hour sunsets fading into starlit skies, motorbikes on quiet roads under the Milky Way, serene lakes, and coastal horizons with a smooth, filmic quality. The aesthetic blends anime vibes with high‑end cinematic mood: soft gradients, starry

3am Horrors is a ghost‑themed art Instagram account focused on cozy, atmospheric spooky scenes created with MidJourney and Photoshop. The bio reads “I like ghosts. Enjoy my spooky creations,” and the feed is full of soft, foggy ghosts in cemeteries, porches, autumn streets, and gothic Christmas settings. More: Instagram

fernando romero opens la cuadra with two exhibitions   Under the direction of Fernando Romero, La Cuadra, the 1968 equestrian complex designed by Luis Barragán on the outskirts of Mexico City, reopens as a public-facing cultural campus (find designboom’s previous coverage here). Timed with Mexico City Art Week 2026, the site launches its programming with

Landscape Winner: “Shapes and Patterns of the Desert” by J Fritz Rumpf, United States American photographers made a powerful impression at the 2026 Sony World Photography Awards, with work ranging from West Virginia’s quiet roads to Namibia’s blazing deserts. Across professional, open, and documentary categories, U.S. artists delivered stories that felt intimate yet universally resonant.

Winner: “Riding the Silence” by Photo by Mateusz Kuca (@mateusz.kuca) Black‑and‑white photography doesn’t murmur—it declares itself boldly, as seen in the second Irys Photos Spotlight competition. Sponsored by Leica and featuring the coveted Leica Q3 Monochrom as the top prize, the event celebrated the purity of light, shadow, and visual storytelling. Mateusz Kuca claimed the