Netdiver Mag

/ Surfacing the creative culture
since '98

Elevator Studio

Looove Elevator Studio – which has become Liverpool’s creative hub, providing working space for artists, musicians and commercial Companies – one-pager new website and ready to be scrolled from floor 0 to 8. Smart metaphor in ref w/ their name.

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Web design handiworked by talented Smiling Wolf.

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Oh and that logo is sooo beautiful.

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Sneakercube

In praise of enterprising self-initiated projects that push and expand our conceptual / design / drawing skills. Curious what these are? Hit it.

Sneakercube personal design project by Pawel Nolbert.

Analog light

Vinyl cover with analog light animation by Michael Hansen.

Convincing project that shows beyond doubt that black & white only themed designs cannot be above ordinary and being exemplary in keeping w/ a tight budget.

Stunning simplicity. Briliant concept.

Krystalrae oh!

It’s wonderful to fall off one’s chair on Monday and that’s exactly what happened when Mark shared the link to Krystalrae — who creates clothing w/ daring pattern combinations designed for that rare woman who has the confidence to stand out, pioneer trends, and is never one to follow — website.

Finally something fresh – punchy – audacious – beautiful.. and last but not least – usable. The mobile version is as gorgeous.

Watch what happens when you scroll over the model. Oh! I’m impressed.

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via: Mark Fleming

Reinvention

Check out the animated calendar snipped from the brand new Ryan Fitzgibbon website (redesigned over last w/e). Inspiration all year round!

He is a graphic designer and began his career as an intern at People Design before moving to San Francisco in 2009, where he spent the ensuing 2.5 years as a communication designer at IDEO and as co-chair of communications for AIGA San Francisco.

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Each month contains a quote from some of his favorite creative people. Never get comfortable. Reinvent yourself. — Michael Vanderbyl.

Handmade Type

Handmade Type by Tien-Min Liao

This is a self-initiated typographic experiment that explores the relationships between upper-case letters and lower-case letters, and also records the transformation between them.

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Impressed by the level of research put into this project. Must see.

Eye Mag / logo

While visiting the Eye blog which has one of the yummiest eye candy luscious – oh did I just say ‘eye’ candy – well design logo where I found an article showing past ‘covers‘.

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Gave me the idea of doing a little digging to see if any of my fav covers would be archived somewhere. Fav fabs.

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Pay attention to the evolution of their logo. Believe it or not – last visual is the cover of the very first issue! Ohlala.

Search for inspiration and/or talent in Netdiver Mag.

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/ Tools we use

 

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.

 

Imaginative {c/y}
Get a healthy diet of edge and new design perspectives.
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Netdiver Mag

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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

Reach my inbox °

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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 Mag is sweet

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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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Netdiver Mag is sweet

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