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.
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Search for inspiration on Netdiver Mag.
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/ Elsewhere
Ello.co/ellodesign
Want to discover like-mind creatives? Looking for curated visual inspiration? Looking for talent to hire? Submit new work?
Follow feed.
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Ello.co/cgwarex
Welcome to my new social hub where I post my abstract art and curate beautiful catching my attention.
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Colourpop artist ~ I study, explore and express the world of colors.
follow my journey
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Communication Arts 2018 — various disciplines call for entries.
Deadlines:
Photography — March 8/19
Design — May 3/19
Advertsing — May 3/19
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IdN magazine
International designers Network is a publication for creative people on a mission to amplify and unify the design community.
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Alt Oasis 2019.
Design bloggers, lifestyle writers, and creative entrepreneurs event to facilitate growth and innovation: 10 years!
Upcoming: March 24 - 29 / 19
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AIGA conference
Provocative speakers, sessions and face-to-face roundtables with design heroes.
Upcoming: April 4-6 / 19
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.
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Editorials. Design topics or issues that have impacted
me 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 Magazine
#ISSN 1911-866X
Carole Guevin is a culture creator / editor / curator / artist / creative activist / geek / songwriter showcasing the design digital culture.
No hype just beautiful
Reach my inbox °
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/ Design inspiration
Netdiver long-standing minis captures (200 x 115 px) galleries.
Pick one -> read review
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/ Illustration
Vast array of drawing styles
403 reviews
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/ Imaginative
Conceptual designs standing out
358 reviews
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/ Industrial
Products / packaging design / spaces +
332 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
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: archived static news in design from 1998-2008.
Start from beginning
Start in 2008
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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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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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Visual Brain Gravity is a producer and developer of concepts, products and brand experiences.
Driven by vision.
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We are all beautiful minds aka WAABM is equal part made of songwriters / music composers JF Simard + Carole Guevin
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Terrific product or service or event and wanna reach a fabulous international audience?
Advertise with us
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