Netdiver Mag

/ Surfacing the creative culture
since '98

Design Currency

Icograda Design Week will take place in Vancouver under the theme: Design Currency: defining the value of design.

“Design has the power to influence our core values, our identity, our expectations and our worldview. The conference offers designers, business leaders and government the opportunity to experience current design thinking.

Reshape your understanding of the value of design.”

Upcoming: April 26-30

AIGA design comps

365: AIGA Annual Design Competition 31

A distinguished jury of design exemplars selects the best work across all disciplines of communication design and strategy created in 2009.

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AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers of 2009 competition

This time-honored juried competition aims to identify the 50 best-designed books and book covers of 2009.

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Become part of the AIGA Design Archives and a traveling exhibition that debuts at the AIGA National Design Center in New York.

Deadline: March 5

Are you a student?

Adobe Design Achievement Awards 2010 call for entries

Get recognised for your work on an international stage. The ADAA gives higher education students from around the world the shortcut to brilliance to propel their careers in the future. Enter in 12 categories in 3 media areas endorsed by the industry.

Finalists will be invited to attend the awards ceremony at Adobe MAX in Los Angeles and awarded software and cash prizes.

Deadline: June 4

Design Adidas Goggles

Design Adidas Goggles for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Customize a pair of adidas iD2 goggles to be worn by a British Adidas eyewear sponsored athlete competing in the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Following the submission deadline, all the designs will be posted on Talenthouse for voting to identify the top 10 finalists.

Compensation: 20,000$ USD

Deadline: December 31

ABC Dimensional

Call for entries. Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek from London-based design studio FL@33 are currently compiling and designing an exciting new book entitled ABC Dimensional (working title) to be published worldwide by Laurence King Publishing in spring 2011.

ABC Dimensional will be a handbook, source of inspiration and the a truly comprehensive showcase focusing 100% on three-dimensional experimental letterforms, sculptural shape-shifting letters, tactile experiences and surprising and inventive ways to interpret the alphabet, ranging from beautiful and humorous to poetic, witty and conceptual.

Deadline: January 6

USA by designers

Designers, illustrators, photographers, design studios, collectives/crews, agencies, students, visual artists… you are welcome to submit an innovative, creative, exciting, personal and experimental artwork inspired by the theme:

WHAT DOES USA MEAN TO YOU?

We are expecting diversity and freestyle: all styles of outstanding visual media are welcome. Selected works will be featured through online exhibit and book (more information soon).

Deadline: January 31 (2010)

89th ADC Awards

Art Directors Club 89th Annual Awards Call for Entries is now opened. Announcements of the winners will appear in national and international advertising and design publications, both in print and online versions. Winners will be announced at the Gala ceremony at ADC Gallery in New York in the spring of 2010. Winning work will go on a worldwide exhibition tour and be published in the Art Directors Annual 89, the longest-running archive of leading creative work in global advertising and design.

Deadline Design: January 22
Deadline Interactive: January 29
Deadline Advertising: February 5
Deadline Hybrid: February 26
Deadline Students: January 29

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Affinity suite

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

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

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 app

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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Carole's Instagram

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

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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Smashing Mag

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

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

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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YWFT

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 by Carole Guevin

Editorials. Design topics or issues that have impacted me and/or our creative industry. .

Over 50 articles.

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Kuvva interview

Kuvva interview

A short interview on how to build a strong portfolio + self-promotion.

 

Upcoming events
Competitions or conferences you don’t wanna miss!
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Carole Guevin

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 review galleries

/ Design inspiration

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

Visual Brain Gravity is a producer and developer of concepts, products and brand experiences.

Driven by vision.

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Special Feature issues

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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Netdiver Best of the Year

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

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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