Muse.World

Interactive Light Installation: Before Fish Become Birds, created by Zhiyi Zhang Studio, explores transformation through an interactive light installation inspired by the opening passage of Free and Easy Wandering in Zhuangzi. Drawing from the mythical transformation of Kun, an immense fish, into Peng, a bird whose wings stretch across the sky, the installation captures the uncertain moment before change takes place.

Highmark’s (un)Hungry community movement addresses food insecurity in the United States during the holiday season through a timeless character-driven film created by Tonic DNA. Inspired by the story of a real neighborhood pantry, the film follows a little girl on a quest to help others, bringing her community together through a heartfelt journey. The concept captures the spirit of compassion and collective action at the heart of Highmark’s initiative.

Miley & Maybelline, created by Pure Perfection GmbH, transformed the celebration of Miley Cyrus as Maybelline New York’s new brand face into an immersive live experience where music, beauty, and pop culture came together. Hosted at Harbour.Club in Cologne, the event turned an industrial venue into a Hollywood-inspired setting designed to keep guests engaged throughout the evening.

I’m Rintaro Ukon, a photographer and visual artist based in Tokyo, Japan. I have been working professionally in photography for about 18 years. Today, I work across a wide range of genres, including fine art, underwater, wedding, landscape, and architectural photography. I think the moment I truly became serious about photography goes back to my university days, when I was working at an electronics store.

Spanish photographer Felipe Martín-Serrano Ortiz, known as f90foto, approaches photography as a way of looking more closely at light, structure, and the details that give ordinary scenes their character. His Category Winner of the Year photograph, L'Arbre Urbain: Montpellier's White Canopy, came from a patient observation of L'Arbre Blanc, where architecture and everyday movement meet in a carefully timed frame.

I am a self-taught artistic and portrait photographer from Luxembourg. My artistic journey has been significantly influenced by extensive travels throughout the vibrant landscapes of Latin America since the late 1990s, which have enriched and refined my unique photographic style. I have a particular affinity for the powerful medium of black-and-white photography, which I adeptly employ to capture the essence and dignity of Indigenous communities.

My name is Yefan Liu. I work across industrial design and visual design, with a strong focus on interdisciplinary design projects that combine material exploration, user experience, and product systems thinking. This project began with a simple but important question:
How can protective wear provide not only physical shielding, but also emotional comfort for people undergoing sensitive medical treatments? For me, design has always been about translating observation into solutions.

I originally studied architecture, and I believe that education has strongly influenced the way I see and compose photographs. Photography gradually became my true profession, and for more than four decades I have documented people, places and events, particularly in Serbia and the former Yugoslavia.

Riyan Durrani is a Director and Co-Founder of Anomaly Films, one of Pakistan’s leading production houses. With 6–7 years of experience across directing, writing, and producing, he brings a story-first approach to every project he takes on. I’m Riyan Durrani, Director and Co-Founder at Anomaly Films, one of Pakistan’s leading production houses.

I'm Stephen Sefton, the Founder, Owner, and Artist behind Third Coast Pillows. I started the company following a lifesaving transplant surgery. During that uncertain period of my life, I spent a lot of time reflecting on the experiences that had shaped me. I began turning those memories, observations, and ideas into works of art and eventually found a way to put that artwork onto decorative pillows.