What a brilliant and creative approach! James Westwater has made it his own unique signature to incorporate ‘ovals’ shapes into everything he does. Check out the walls installations of mix media, found objects and paintings.
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And the surprising composition of his plywood Chateau on wheels. Somewhere nice to snuggle and read.
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VHAU Estudio is a graphic design studio producing various ideas in art and for many media. Gotta luv their new visit card! Creating kind of a small book made of one sheet paper to showcase their work.
Fold it neatly and tada!
Well you’ve been working in the background on developing a great app and you need to create a little pre-launch buzz and intrigue around it. Here’s what the folks behind the Nizo app for iPhone have done: dynamically assembled ‘parts’ literal parts as clues to generate a teaser that is both indication of what the app will do, although clouted in mystery, and also the intricacies of the what the app functionalities will be. Smart!
Objective met! I’m intrigued.
So what do you think it is?
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Exclusive visual originally designed by pizzafire, provided by Jason Cotterrell who is part of the developing team Image Mechanics from Australia.
Cracking up for these toys designed by SML (Sticky Monster Lab). There is such vulnerability perceived, bit weird (well aren’t we all some days) and still lovable.
SML have created such a brand experience around these. The packaging and accompanying posters are gorgeous (as well the mini accessories)! Oh and their logo (play on word for Small Medium Large)?
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LOVE the new collection. These are cuties!
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Watch the unboxing videos. Nice idea!
So what do you think of the Google + project? Is this something you would use? Another megapoly scam? Or?
Diacarta is a such a well-design app! Luv the icons and how it creates a visual of your ‘day’ scheduled activities which you can access with just a touch of a finger.
Syncs with iPhone native calendar too.
Love the Norr font created by Damien Gauthier and Quentin Margat. Available via Éditions Deux-Cent-Cinq.
Creativy x2 – because the business of design requires that our creative processes grow and seek nutrition and enrichment. Here are two articles to feed your mind.
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Creativity? Pursuit of change
One of my favorite quotes comes from a book I highly recommend: It’s not how good you are, it’s how good you want to be, by Paul Arden. "All creative people need something to rebel against, it’s what gives their (and clients) lives excitement," and, "Successful solutions are often made by people rebelling against bad briefs."
Here are some pointers to keep your creativity alive.
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Originally published in Design in Flight magazine – launch issue. / Republished by Icograda as a featured article.
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Ideas! A closer look at creativity!
So how do we in fact become proficient idea generators? First, ideas = creativity. The root of creativity stems from the word creation which is to create from nothing. Nice theoretical assumption. Now what is the practical side?
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Originally published in Creative Behavior magazine
a href=”http://wurmapp.com/”>WURM is an iPhone / iPad app to create dazzling abstract wallpapers with just your finger. Using any movement, fast or slow and see what happens. Pick up a color palette, shapes or drawing forms and next thing you know – you have relaxed.
Brought to you by Anna O. programmer. Making algorithms for art. Lover of patterns (no doubt about that). The very first woman that I know of – who has created an app.
Know more who did? Please suggest here.
Or in comment form.
Shotopop and JWT Shanghai put their heads together to create these in-store displays out of shoe boxes for sports-brand ANTA. Check-out these tactile illustrations that garnered Cannes Lions.
Oh! Now that’s a really cool concept to expresse: Adaptation. Created for the Barcelona City Council as an outdoor print and newspaper campaign art directed by Conor Cronin and Gaizka Sampedro.
Splendid illustration for editorial design assignments by Borja Bonaque Gotta luv the geometric and angular shapes that makes you focus on a ‘curvy’ detail, almost an anomaly, driving the message home.
The iPad one is such an original idea!
Long week-end ahead for us and intend on practicing what’s written on the poster and take time to read the 100 Ways to Kill a Concept: why most ideas get shot down by Michael Iva
Downloaded over 75K times and translated into 16 languages.
My next few days program?
Chill. Reboot. Create.
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addendum: You can buy the Holstee Manifesto Poster here.
33 Ways to stay creative by Frederik Frede.
Aerial bouncing girl / boy photographic concept for the new Reform Clothing Co. collection. Did you know that the entire range can be customized? From the fabric color to the designs, prints embroideries and nicknames for each garment?
Keep in mind they’re located in Australia.
Pixelgarten is a small bureau for multidisciplinary creation based in Frankfurt am Main Germany. It was founded by Catrin Altenbrandt and Adrian Niessler who have been working for various clients in many fields of design including illustration, fashion, identity and editorial design.
They like to do self-initiated projects and have been very active exhibiting their work.
Showing: Exhibition view of Hoehenluft, a mix of photography, tactile and illustration.
Very nice catalog layout for TOLIX by Superscript. A graphic design studio vested in mostly print projects based in Lyon, FR and as their name evokes, they have favored lots of typographic explorations, check out the rest of their portfolio to see more.
Luv the sparingness and minimalist grid which allows for products to shine.
Studio Lin is the graphic design practice of Alex Lin. Their work process is founded on a desire to explore new territory through challenging collaborations with creative visionaries in the fields of architecture, industrial design, art and fashion.
Behind every design is a highly defined rationale but not a singular style. The common denominator is a fresh, modern sensibility that eschews the overtly trendy in favor of lasting impact.
The portfolio is so rich in all following: creative output, challenging projects and inspiration – you will find it hard to hit it and run it.
Showing: Design w/Conscience projects
Mathis Pfaeffli a member of the Lucerne based Detektiv Bureau But currently I live and work in Leipzig. Check out his poster series. Love the sparingness and cutting-edge concepts as well as his typography placement.
BreakThrough a new illustration contest call for entries. Cash award, trip to NYC, meet-up with other art directors / artists. Opened to 5 years and less experience, must be between 18-35 years old.
Deadline: June 30
Slavimir Stojanovic was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia in 1969. His design career started when he was 16. He studied at Design Higschool in Belgrade, at the Academy for Applied arts and Design and at HDK in Gotheborg, Sweden. Between 1992 and 1999 he worked at S Team Bates Saatchi & Saatchi. From 1999 to 2007 he lived in Ljubljana, Slovenia working at Kompas Design, Arih Advertising and his own Futro Creative Service Unit.
From 2010 he works as a creative director at Communis DDB, Belgrade. More recently, he became a partner at Designis, design and branding agency. His work in the domain of visual communication, design and advertising has brought him more than 200 international awards.
You know ‘good’ when you see ‘good’.
Alex Dukal is an illustrator born and raised between the wastelands, wind and sand from Patagonia Argentina. He works for publishers around the world illustrating with passion different kind of projects, mostly for children projects.
He’s such a good visual storyteller.
Appropriate for today! Awesomeness. Yesterday we composed a brand new song from scratch and were able to make a from start to end score and lyrics. Weee. More tweaking under way.
Without music life would be a mistake eye chart poster by Jan Skácelík’ a graphic designer / photographer / composer in Olomouc Czech Republic.
Resonance = 20 motion designers (studios) + 11 sound designers to explore the relationship between geometry and audio = A-A-A-mazing! Evidently there are loads of blurb blobbing mass of something wet sticky or plastified all animated and loads of spikes shiny reflective or not, galatactiky or earthly but such were the constraints.. you know the ‘geometry’ part.
Shows how ‘soundscapes’ influence and make for a big portion of our perception of a film.
Spectacular! What a great initiative.
More please!
More joyfull moments brought to you by Yumalum.
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United Colors of LOVE (is there any other way?)
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via: Veerle Duoh
Two branding identity projects by SDL (Stockholm Design Lab). Always love their simple approach and strong use of typography.
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Peak Performance
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Cubus
Smile! No matter where you are – we all can overcome the oh no – Not one of these days – if it happens to be one.
Illustrations by Matt Chase.
How to think up digital ideas by Ben Keenan who is a senior copywriter / digital specialist at Clemenger BBDO.
The internet is a relevance engine! So any advertising idea must be relevant. And since people don’t like ads. You should try to do solutions not ads. Think like an inventor and storyteller.
Good tips and creative exercises.
Download the .pdf
Erwin Kho aka zerbamine is a Rotterdam-based graphic designer, illustrator and motion-graphics animator. His 3D illustrations are simply out of this world spectacular! Pure visual delight! Masterfully executed. Brimming over with creative charm. See fauna and flora like never before.
Prints available in his store. Lovely for a kidz space.
The Truth of the Apple iPad Behind Foxconn’s Lies
In 2010, Foxconn was under the spotlight of the media due to the suicide tragedies. At least 18 workers committed suicides and 3 survived. One year on from the spate of suicides..
Rampant labour rights violations and harsh management remain. Workers always have excessive and forced overtime work. Sometimes, they have to skip meals if they cannot accomplish the production target. They have to stand for over 10 hours on shop floor and cannot talk with each other. They are exposed to chemicals aluminium dust but do not have adequate protection..
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Shocking! Appalling! Unacceptable. I hate to see so much pain and danger bestowed on some for the pleasure / privilege of others.
After watching this video, what are you reactions?
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via: Michael Chuah
Every morning I start the day with a nice cup of coffee, probably you do too, or tea.. Whatever your hot beverage may be, Typography Shop has got just the right mug for you. With smart pick-me-up-and-make-me-laugh-or-think liners, these really cool mugs are nice designy gifts for creative colleagues, designers and typophiles.
Which one is your fav? Mine is.. guess? :))
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Pimp my shoes! Converse new Canvas robotic shoe screen experiment is off to an awesome start. Brought to you by Perfect Fools, a creative studio based in Stockholm and Amsterdam.
FOMO – Fear Of Missing Out anyone? by Genevieve Bell
She is an Intel anthropologist and offers 10 visions of the (networked) future. You don’t want to miss this right?
The ‘Happy’ logo is an exact reflection of how I feel today! Great news for you: it’s official I’m going to marry my best friend forever – JF! Weeeee! Got it from the totally gorgeous logos series designed by Andrei Robu.
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Check out the lettering section as well. This guy LOVES typography.
Ricardo Gimenes has found a very smart way to show his illustration skills (amongst others) – distribute his art for free as desktops (for iPhone too) and sells .eps for a nominal fee – all this in one swell woosh. Every other day he publishes a featurette about a website as an illustration. The portfolio section is a little rectangle with tabs that takes about 15% of interface.
So what do you think? Works or not?
Fantastic Hysteria is a freelance illustrator and designer from Spain and I wish he would complete his retro-kitschy-hello-it’s-the-50’s-all-over-again Cartoon alphabet. Luv the color palette and exquisite details.
Very cute signature too (bottom right).
In Depth Design Magazine is a result of a long term assignment for Natasha Lid, a second year graphic design student in Oslo, Norway. Very smart concept: focus exclusively on one subject per issue – subjects that deserve more than one article; enlightening details in a larger extent, by making a magazine that gives a bigger picture of something small.
Wonderful prototype about typography, grid, etc.
iPad App by Published by Process
With so much ongoing debate of print versus digital, as a publisher of printed publications we felt it was our duty to comprehensively investigate the current state of digital publishing. After researching and downloading every digital publication we could get our hands on, we decided the best way to complete our research was to get some hands-on experience with designing and developing our very own iPad app.
Unlike many other digital publications the Process Journal digital release is not just an exported document from the original printed version; it is a standalone release.
Free for download.
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Founded in 2009, Process is dedicated to capturing beautiful work in print, stepping back and allowing the design to do the talking.
While waiting for her new website to go online – Alexandra Mendes aka BLANK – a design thinking (for graphic minds) independent design consultancy to both clients and design agencies has opted for a one-page placeholder with animated thumbnails of her past work and studio artefacts. Most unusual base color: #fbad9a – an opaque ‘flesh’ tone and tints with black accent.
Blank makes tailored projects. Experimentation is the basic structure of her work. Always looking for answers in the most improbable places. They must be there… Somewhere!
Read your book case! One of the many possibilities, letters from A-Z and numbers 0-9 available to create your one of a kind innovative bookcase or storage space sporting your very own message. Designed by Saporiti.
What would be yours?
Hers is a wild-wild-wild world! Kristina Collantes is a 24 year old self-trained illustrator born and raised in the Philippines. She currently lives and works as a full time pencil pusher in Los Angeles.
Christopher David Ryan… a Portland, Maine-based graphic artist, daydreamer, pseudo-scientist, wanna-be astronaut and untrained intellectual says that: YES… All of the work featured on this site is my own. Why so? Because his, is as ecclectic as one can find.
He has successfully designed the Sleephyheads (you have what you daydream) collection of pillows (sold-out), book and posters.
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Although I initially veered via his Flickr before finding his website (well one of them) I couldn’t resist the optimistic-lifting-my-spirit-up vibe that can be found in these two selections.
Sometimes to think positive can go a long way. Not just thinking different. But positive. So here’s to someone who made a difference in my life today.
.net magazine Q&A – Carole Guevin on archiving the web, explains why we should be inspired by the early web.
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via: Jeffrey Zeldman
What a strange and original way to express how ‘creativity’ stems from within us. Extremely well done storyboard, motion and editing. Luv the contrasting Art Nouveau like typography over the organic bubbling wiggling shapes. Texturing and 3D fx are fantastic.
MadInSpain 11 Open Titles by Toch Studio
Are you considering returning or going to school. You gotta watch this Hyper Island pitch that has the facts to help you take a decision. Such as 98% of students land a job – often times via an internship. In ref with the featurette production, this is a simple and efficient idea.
Joon en Jung is a conceptual product design studio based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The abstract level of design initiation is simply human based. The trio likes adorable design shapes that are story based design from everyday.
Making of movies available – worth watching.
All originally from South Korea.
Go have some reel fun! If you love motion graphics, that is.
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Now would be the right time to start planning what to sent as a perfect gift to every one of those difficult clients. Or if you don’t have any – (lucky are you) – hang it right above your workstation – so when you prepare a RFP or design job estimate.
How’s that? Freelance Ain’t FREE
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Each poster is signed, stamped & numbered and shipped flat in a sturdy cardboard mailer.
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via: Mikey Burton
Space Invader chair compact foam seating (comes in various colours) based on the orignal Space Invaders arcade game from the 1970s. Brought to you by Dorothy which is a collective of like-minded people working on unlike-minded ideas.
Oh these are cool!
I luv designer toys and the smaller – the better. I like to think sometimes in the perspective of these liliput inhabitants around the studio. So small and the space to them – would be perceived as so large. Sometimes when facing a design or creative challenge – I feel the same.
Sooo small in front of a sooo large challenge.
Showing: Imagination (2 cm tall) by Jeremyville
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Ready for a little people encore? This time around brought to you via the Disparity series shot and staged by Christopher Boffoli whose miniature vignettes are spectacular both in scale and accuracy. Terrific story-telling via edible props (fruits, veggies, snacks).
Go be amazed!
The clothes – the editing – the choreography of the video from Dorhout Mees – Ballets Russes Collection f/w 2011 featuring Gild Atelier collection is supremely artistic and a gem in itself. All jewelry is handmade, most of it by Fraukje Teppema. And so are the clothes. Both collections could be described as ‘classic with a twist’.
We like that!
Blowing me away right now!
Design Montreal Open House exhibit. The Talked About Town. Montreal UNESCO Design City. Netdiver Mag salue les designers derrière Montréal ville UNESCO du Design.
Upcoming: June 4 – Sept 30
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Bright and beautiful website with comprehensive info.
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Stunning ad campaign whereas selected designers wear cutout masks of one of their project print on it.
Anyone know which agency is behind the concept?
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Shot these large format ads at PVM.
Studio Aandacht is referred to as one of the most interesting styling and creative ideas agency of Holland. Republishing such a quote means it is close to their heart. Tall order in perspective right? Well do they deliver. Check out their portfolio. There are so many good projects – take your time! Excellence is stamped all over. Photography is gorgeous.
Were I on the market for a job, would plead to be a gofor or intern just to watch them work.
Beautiful website too. They nailed it all!
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via: Marcel Kampman
Martin Sati is like a cross-over between art-nouveau elegant fioritures and intrinsically complex pattern-making illustrations and add to it typography. The results? Unique.
Search for inspiration and/or talent in Netdiver Mag.
pinterest / medium / linkedin / X / rss
Our little studio owned Adobe Master Suites—invoking security issues our perpetual licenses were nulled. Undone? No!
I can open all .pdf, .psd or .ai files in the Affinity apps and the UI/UX is so gorgeous!
See for yourself: test the Affinity suite. Works on all platforms + iPad for—6 MONTHS FREE!
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Connected to the internet's origins, building the internet of the future. We’re building ways to help everyone fight for privacy online. I am a big fan of their services.
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What a strange name for an independent Internet privacy company. Contrary to G/ who records every instance of their services useage with DDG, no recording of your data, EVER!!!
We use it everyday.
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This private (free) app I use daily for taking notes or writing. Back up to the cloud for multi-devices access. Runs locally.
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I paint abstract with pretty colours ~ I play with mobile apps to create unique generative art.
Look 'Ma no AI.
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Communication Arts 24-25—calls for entries.
Interactive — October 25/24
Illustration — Jan 10/25
Photography — March 7/25
Design — May 2/25
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The Smashing Conferences explore real-life projects, workflows and hands-on insights.
SmashingConf - Antwerp
Upcoming: Oct 28-31/24
SmashingConf - Workshops
Online: check dates.
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AIGA’s competitions celebrate exemplary design and demonstrate the power of effective design.
50 Books | 50 Covers: February 26 / 24
365: AIGA Year in Design February 26 / 24
It is a conference and a community of thousands of women influencers and entrepreneurs in creative fields.
Upcoming: March 17-20 / 24
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YouWorkForThem — Good design needs good fonts! YWFT is privately owned and run by designers.
Rocking it since 2001.
Mind-blowing visual feats and original designs I recently discovered.
Previously: #12 - #11 - #10 - #9 - #8 - #7 - #6 - #5 - #4 - #3 - #2 - #1
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Illustration is probably the largest creative area to express (mostly without words) a message.
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A type of Show #5 – I love typography - these projects caught my eye.
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Moodboards #1 – Branding collaterals staged and served with conceptual brilliance.
A little (www) Story. In 1995, JF and I started a little project — Netdiver mag.
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Editorials. Design topics or issues that have impacted me and/or our creative industry. .
Over 50 articles.
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A short interview on how to build a strong portfolio + self-promotion.
Carole Guevin is a founder + editor + design curator ∞ culture creator + online pioneer ∞ featuring the creative culture since '98.
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No hype — just beautiful
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Netdiver long-standing mini visuals (200 x 115 px) galleries. Each lead to its review. Happy talent discovery!
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Vast array of drawing styles
404 reviews
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Conceptual designs standing out
358 reviews
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Products / packaging design / spaces +
333 reviews
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Brilliant storyboards / motion / vfx
286 reviews
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Some of the sharpest eyes shooting today
210 reviews
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New wave of design / interactive / mobile stars
552 reviews
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Women who rock the design scene with _more_ than pink design
391 reviews
Visual Brain Gravity is a producer and developer of concepts, products and brand experiences.
Driven by vision.
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Self-curation experiment coupled with minimalist interviews with people in the design industry I admire.
By invitation only
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Terrific product or service or event and wanna reach a fabulous international audience?
Advertise with us
Coming soon
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Netdiver Best of the Year is a yearly compilation of projects / talents who made a lasting impression the previous year.
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What was new in design worldwide—sort of a very unofficial record of web history as captured from {1998 - 2007}.
Over 2.3k+ projects.
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Walk down memory lane: hand-coded news in design from 1998-2008.
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Terrific product or service or event and wanna reach a fabulous international audience?
Advertise with us
Dates soon.
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