It is not easy to navigate ever-shifting trends, or to stay creatively inspired. Yet, certain works leave a mark on culture, creating a lasting impression that expresses complexities, stories, and improvements. So, what curates or facilitates ‘creative impact?’

Libraries, photographs, films, exhibitions, and music are passports to wonders. Such formats of documentation are crucial, carrying an intersectant potential that creates impactful dominoes of creative meaning.

This issue celebrates personal transformation and achieved successes and learnings—The ‘Norman Foster’ retrospective traces the British architect’s influential career; Nick Cave's exhibition charts the artist’s tenet of employing beauty as a mechanism for healing, and the Sony World Photography Awards catalogues pedestals of momentary significance - these are all stories that echo the global creative landscape.