Design

Christian Miller (aka Xtian Miller) is a Detroit-based graphic designer and visual artist renowned for his experimental typographic posters that fuse Swiss modernism with Japanese minimalism. Miller’s signature kinetic typography creates optical tension through distorted, layered letterforms that pulse with rhythm and motion. His ongoing NAZARUNE project explores Christian theology through bold, wall-ready graphics that […]

Justin Parpan is a San Diego-born writer, producer, animator, and visual development artist. A CalArts graduate (2006), he is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor at USC Cinematic Arts and Creative Director at Parpan Creative (co-founded with brother Josh Parpan). Parpan has 15+ years in animation, art directing Disney TV series like Star vs. the Forces

miniature crane drives the needle in love hultén’s vinyl player   Love Hultén reimagines the record player as an intentionally overbuilt, semi-absurd machine where sound is no longer just played but actively performed. Commissioned for Rebin Shah, the piece replaces the conventional tonearm with a bright red crane that physically navigates the vinyl surface, shifting the

paf atelier turns cinema into an introspective environment   At Milan Design Week 2026, designboom collaborates with Paf atelier to present Cinema of Dreams inside the ROOM FOR DREAMS takeover at ME Milan Il Duca. Conceived by Christopher Dessus and his studio, the installation frames cinema as an environment where space becomes the medium through which

using choreography to navigate restrictive urban space   Silent Embrace is a short film by Luuk Walschot that examines the relationship between the human body and the built environment, focusing on how urban design shapes movement, behavior, and presence in the city. The film is set in Amsterdam, where elements of so-called hostile architecture have