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Some very sharp creativity!

On 11/30/2025, in architecture, art, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, Asia, content development, aggregation, repositories, creativity, digital photography, photography, tools, visualizing information, by Daniel Christian

Enjoy your weekend and your coffee, loves ?? ?? pic.twitter.com/GmLFHcHFWt

— Kris Kashtanova (@icreatelife) November 22, 2025

A holographic table that makes every traditional presentation look outdated. pic.twitter.com/CxxurXYp6v

— Architecture Presentation (@arcpresentation) November 23, 2025

“Whither Rivers Flow” by Photographer Ximeng Tu — from booooooom.com by Ximeng Tu

Zaha Hadid Architects completes waterfront stadium and sports centre in Guangzhou — from dezeen.com by Amy Peacock

Two cool items involving art and creativity

On 11/21/2025, in art, collaboration, creativity, Emotion, K-12 related, more voice more choice more control, relationships, student-related, teachers, by Daniel Christian

Simon Laveuve’s Scaled-Down Tableaux Reveal Post-Apocalyptic Lifestyles — from thisiscolossal.com by Simon Laveuve and Kate Mothes

Bringing High School Students and Kindergartners Together to Make Art — from edutopia.org by Cory Desmond
A look at how teachers can have students collaborate across grades on an art project that promotes creativity and teamwork.

What happens when high school students and kindergartners collaborate? Art. Innovation. Growth. And so much more.

Inspired by illustrator Mica Angela Hendricks’s collaborations with her 4-year-old daughter—in which Hendricks would begin by drawing a portrait and then have her daughter add to it—I formalized the concept into an inter-grade art lesson. It’s a replicable, three-stage project based on vertical collaboration. This model bridges the creative and social gap between students, weaving together technical skill and imagination through methods based in social and emotional learning (SEL).

It operates by passing a structured project back and forth, compelling older students to engage with empathy, relationship maintenance, and responsible decision-making. Simultaneously, it empowers younger students, giving them significant creative autonomy through their own responsible choices. By breaking down the separation between age groups, cross-grade collaborations cultivate essential skills in ways that isolated classrooms typically can’t.

In this article, I’ll provide a flexible framework for vertical collaboration—a blueprint that teachers can adapt for their own cross-grade collaborations.

Free Music Discovery Tools [Caplan & Dalla Riva]

On 11/17/2025, in art, content development, aggregation, repositories, creativity, digital audio, Emotion, engagement / engaging students, learning, learning ecosystem, liberal arts, media/film, multimedia, music, platforms, student-related, teachers, tools, vendors, by Daniel Christian

Free Music Discovery Tools — from wondertools.substack.com by Jeremy Caplan and Chris Dalla Riva
Travel through time and around the world with sound

I love apps like Metronaut and Tomplay, which let me carry a collection of classical (sheet) music on my phone. They also provide piano or orchestral accompaniment for any violin piece I want to play.

Today’s post shares 10 other recommended tools for music lovers from my fellow writer and friend, Chris Dalla Riva, who writes Can’t Get Much Higher, a popular Substack focused on the intersection of music and data. I invited Chris to share with you his favorite resources for discovering, learning, and creating music.

Sections include:

Learn about Music
Discover New Music
Learn an Instrument
Tools for Artists

Just beautiful !!#videos #morning #sunrise pic.twitter.com/DBYLjuBKO4

— Alessandro ?? NO DM (@KatanaHugo) November 8, 2025

Prompt share – ASMR draw a living animal with oil paint

Prompt: close-up shot of a hand holding a paintbrush, painting on a white sheet of paper placed on a wooden desk. As the brush glides, vivid color paint flows smoothly then suddenly transforms into living [ANIMAL] [COLOR]… pic.twitter.com/rRu6oTwzlP

— Kris Kashtanova (@icreatelife) November 7, 2025

So beautiful ??? pic.twitter.com/jBFWWRbqUq

— ???????? ????? ?? (@Hoang_HQ) November 11, 2025

BIG unveils Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art topped with ribbon-like roof — from dezeen.com by Christina Yao
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Also from Dezeen:

MVRDV designs giant sphere for sports arena in Tirana — from dezeen.com by Starr Charles
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I wanted to see how #VEO3 would animate these cool story book #Midjourney images. Really great actually. I love fairytales ??? Song @sunomusic #ai #aiart #aivideo #aimusic #suno #aiimages #aifairytales pic.twitter.com/u40XfBdfWu

— Kelly Boesch???? (@kellyeld) November 6, 2025

62 Modern Tree Houses Climb to Architectural Heights [Ebert]

On 11/03/2025, in architecture, art, creativity, by Daniel Christian

62 Modern Tree Houses Climb to Architectural Heights — from thisiscolossal.com by Grace Ebert

The arboreal designs featured in TASCHEN’s new book aren’t your dad’s Home Depot box variety. Uniquely stunning, all 62 structures in Modern Tree Houses respond to the surrounding environment, whether a tiny, winterized pod for escaping the snow or a split-level playground complete with climbing ropes and nests. Built by architects and amateurs alike, each dwelling is varied in material, layout, purpose, and aesthetic, although all thrive because of their proximity to nature’s beauty.

Adobe Reinvents its Entire Creative Suite with AI Co-Pilots, Custom Models, and a New Open Platform — from theneuron.ai by Grant Harvey
Adobe just put an AI co-pilot in every one of its apps, letting you chat with Photoshop, train models on your own style, and generate entire videos with a single subscription that now includes top models from Google, Runway, and Pika.

Adobe came to play, y’all.

At Adobe MAX 2025 in Los Angeles, the company dropped an entire creative AI ecosystem that touches every single part of the creative workflow. In our opinion, all these new features aren’t about replacing creators; it’s about empowering them with superpowers they can actually control.

Adobe’s new plan is to put an AI co-pilot in every single app.

For professionals, the game-changer is Firefly Custom Models. Start training one now to create a consistent, on-brand look for all your assets.
For everyday creators, the AI Assistants in Photoshop and Express will drastically speed up your workflow.
The best place to start is the Photoshop AI Assistant (currently in private beta), which offers a powerful glimpse into the future of creative software—a future where you’re less of a button-pusher and more of a creative director.

Adobe MAX Day 2: The Storyteller Is Still King, But AI Is Their New Superpower — from theneuron.ai by Grant Harvey
Adobe’s Day 2 keynote showcased a suite of AI-powered creative tools designed to accelerate workflows, but the real message from creators like Mark Rober and James Gunn was clear: technology serves the story, not the other way around.

On the second day of its annual MAX conference, Adobe drove home a message that has been echoing through the creative industry for the past year: AI is not a replacement, but a partner. The keynote stage featured a powerful trio of modern storytellers—YouTube creator Brandon Baum, science educator and viral video wizard Mark Rober, and Hollywood director James Gunn—who each offered a unique perspective on a shared theme: technology is a powerful tool, but human instinct, hard work, and the timeless art of storytelling remain paramount.

From DSC:
As Grant mentioned, the demos dealt with ideation, image generation, video generation, audio generation, and editing.

Adobe Max 2025: all the latest creative tools and AI announcements — from theverge.com by Jess Weatherbed

The creative software giant is launching new generative AI tools that make digital voiceovers and custom soundtracks for videos, and adding AI assistants to Express and Photoshop for web that edit entire projects using descriptive prompts. And that’s just the start, because Adobe is planning to eventually bring AI assistants to all of its design apps.

Also see Adobe Delivers New AI Innovations, Assistants and Models Across Creative Cloud to Empower Creative Professionals plus other items from the News section from Adobe

Vernacular Architecture and Mossy Trees Fill Michael Davydov’s Tiny Worlds [Davydov & Mothes]

On 09/29/2025, in art, creativity, by Daniel Christian

Vernacular Architecture and Mossy Trees Fill Michael Davydov’s Tiny Worlds — from thisiscolossal.com by Michael Davydov and Kate Mothes
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Tenderness and Empathy Prevail in Bisa Butler’s Nostalgic and Vibrant Quilts [Butler & Mothes]

On 09/28/2025, in art, creativity, Emotion, hearts -- matters of the heart, history, relationships, society, sociology, by Daniel Christian

Tenderness and Empathy Prevail in Bisa Butler’s Nostalgic and Vibrant Quilts — from thisiscolossal.com by Bisa Butler and Kate Mothes

Cosmic Wonders Abound in the ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Contest

On 09/20/2025, in art, creativity, digital photography, photography, by Daniel Christian

Cosmic Wonders Abound in the ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Contest — from thisiscolossal.com by Kate Mothes and various/incredible photographers

In Rural Wisconsin, Pat Perry Connects the Various Forces That Shape Our World [Perry & Ebert]

On 09/09/2025, in art, creativity, education, Emotion, ideas, society, teachers, United States, by Daniel Christian

In Rural Wisconsin, Pat Perry Connects the Various Forces That Shape Our World — from thisiscolossal.com by Pat Perry & Grace Ebert

To conceptualize the work, the collective helped to contact and secure permissions from the teachers pictured, and with the exception of the woman in the red floral garment at the bottom of the piece—she’s the artist’s mother and a retired educator—all work in the area. And why teachers? Perry explains:

Day after day, people find purpose. They wake up early, show up with intention, and try to make sense of things—not just for themselves, but also for others. Teachers do this every day. Not for recognition, and rarely for much pay. It’s a repetitive act of maintenance that holds things together. Choosing to shoulder that task, even while standing at the edge of something vast and indifferent, is a quiet act of defiance. Amidst overwhelmingness and uncontrollableness and unanswerableness, teachers—and all custodians of human affairs—keep meaning in the world by steadily and stubbornly tending to it.

While you’re out there, also see:

Song Dong’s Monumental Installations Mirror Memories, Globalization, and Impermanence — from thisiscolossal.com by Song Dong and Kate Mothes

The Transformative Power of Arts Education; Moving to Student-Centered Environments; + Transforming Career Connected Learning

On 09/05/2025, in active learning, art, career development, collaboration, creativity, education, engagement / engaging students, ideas, instructional design, K-12 related, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, more voice more choice more control, participation, pedagogy, project-based learning, real-world assignments, by Daniel Christian

The Transformative Power of Arts Education | A Conversation with Dr. Lucy Chen — from gettingsmart.com by Mason Pashia

Key Points

Arts education boosts academic performance, communication skills, and student engagement, supported by long-term data.
Tailoring arts programs to individual student needs creates impactful pathways, from foundational exposure to professional aspirations.

12 Shifts to Move from Teacher-Led to Student-Centered Environments — from gettingsmart.com by Kyle Wagner

Key Points

Despite modern technological advancements in classroom tools, many educational settings still center around a traditional model where the teacher is the primary source of information and students passively receive content.
Slowly, learning environments are inviting students to actively participate and take ownership of their learning through collaborative projects, inquiry-based experiences, and real-world problem-solving, thereby transforming traditional educational roles and practices.

From Readiness to Relevance: 3 Ways to Transform Career Connected Learning — from gettingsmart.com by Dr. Mahnaz R. Charania

Key Points

Career-connected learning must start early and be integrated across K–12 to provide students with exposure and informed choices for their futures.
Real-world, immersive learning experiences enhance student engagement and help build critical skills, social capital, and opportunities for success.