Who's behind?
Netdiver magazine #ISSN 1911-866X is a design + digital culture magazine that uncovers, reviews and publishes outstanding work by the international creative community.
Champions the value of design, online and beyond, since 1998. Empowering, inspiring, stimulating creativity.
No hype—just beautiful
If you wonder who is behind Netdiver Mag? Check this interview by Kuvva.
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“Looks A-MAZING!!! You are most definitely an awesome eye-candy curator! :)”
— Tara Hunt
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“PIONEERING design ‘zine Netdiver is back, baby!
Founded by my friend and colleague Carole Guevin in 1998, Netdiver was one of the first web ‘zines to seriously explore and promote design and design culture on the web.”
— Jeffrey Zeldman
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“Netdiver Magazine does a superb job of surfacing talent. You could lose many hours here.”
— Jeffrey Zeldman
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“Good to see that @netdivermag is still going strong (since '98)”
— Todd Dominey
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'Carole Guevin's long running Netdiver eschewed the superficial and trendy,
instead offering links to the best and most enduring web designs and portfolios.
Browsing the archive is like visiting the web's most prestigious gallery.'
— Anonymous fan
Editor / Founder
Carole Guevin is a culture creator, editor, curator, artist, philosopher, geek , communication designer, online pioneer, theorist, creative activist, songwriter and founding partner of FYE creative continnum, publisher of Netdiver Magazine.
Follow Carole on Ello.
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Photo by Lillian Xia
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She hit the web in 1995 (prior having being on the Internet about 15+ years before while working with a UdeM scientific group) and since has become an internationally recognized driving force and unrelenting industry evangelist, activist and catalyst through her work as editor of Netdiver Magazine, championing rising talent worldwide, online and beyond.
She served on the Adobe
Design Achievement Award, HOW interactive, AIGA, SXSW jury panels and many others. Guest lecturer at the Royal College of Art and Central Saint Martins (London, UK), OFFF Barcelona where she ran a creativity workshop, FITC, SXSWi, FOTB, Art Directors Club, she likes to share her take of the future of design, creativity and self-promotion.
Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH, included Netdiver as part of his TED University session 100 Websites You Should Know and Use and Vitaly Friedman, chief editor of Smashing Magazine, named Netdiver as one of the 42 Design/Tech Magazines to read.
Co-founder / Creative code officer
Jean-François Simard aka JF holds multiple degrees in diverse areas: pure sciences, finance and music. He is a multi-tasker whose creative code + styling makes all projects run smoothly.
Sharp, critical, opiniated and single-minded, he acts as the resident assistant art director when needed.
He is a talented multi-instrumentist, composer, songwriter, mixing and music producer who is passionate about the future of the creative industry.
As the geek-head around the studio - he has worked with clients such as Adobe, Ubisoft and others.
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While currently working on contract with a NYC based firm delivering interactive solutions to high-end real estate conglomerates — he is also composing, recording and producing three albums as WAABM (We are all beautiful minds — equal part he/her) in their live / work studio.
Search for inspiration and/or talent in Netdiver Mag.
pinterest / medium / linkedin / X / rss
/ Tools we use
Affinity Suite
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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Proton Mail
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.
Try a month free!
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DuckDuckGo?
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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Obsidian
This private (free) app I use daily for taking notes or writing. Back up to the cloud for multi-devices access. Runs locally.
Deep and complex.
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I paint abstract with pretty colours ~ I play with mobile apps to create unique generative art.
Look 'Ma no AI.
feed your eyes
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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 call for submissions
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
Alt Summit 2024.
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.
/ Highlighted talents
They LUV design! #13
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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They LUV drawing! #3
Illustration is probably the largest creative area to express (mostly without words) a message.
Previously: #1 - #2
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A type of Show #5 – I love typography - these projects caught my eye.
Previously: #4 - #3 - #2 - #1
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Moodboards #1 – Branding collaterals staged and served with conceptual brilliance.
/ About us?
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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Kuvva interview
A short interview on how to build a strong portfolio + self-promotion.
Netdiver Mag
#ISSN 1911-866X
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
Reach my inbox °
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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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/ Illustration
Vast array of drawing styles
404 reviews
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/ Imaginative
Conceptual designs standing out
358 reviews
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/ Industrial
Products / packaging design / spaces +
333 reviews
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/ Motion
Brilliant storyboards / motion / vfx
286 reviews
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/ Photography
Some of the sharpest eyes shooting today
210 reviews
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/ Portfolios
New wave of design / interactive / mobile stars
552 reviews
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/ Powagirrrls
Women who rock the design scene with _more_ than pink design
391 reviews
/ Insider info
Visual Brain Gravity is a producer and developer of concepts, products and brand experiences.
Driven by vision.
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Special Feature issues
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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Best Of The Year (BOTY)
Netdiver Best of the Year is a yearly compilation of projects / talents who made a lasting impression the previous year.
/ 2016 edition
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Netdiver Vintage edition
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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Netdiver static
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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