Netdiver Mag

/ Surfacing the creative culture
since '98

Les Gourmandises de Lolita

Visual delights guaranteed! Use the way back machine to land in a luxurious e-shop filled with romantic characters, sassy animations, handmade vignettes. Welcome to the fairytale world of Les Gourmandises de Lolita Lempicka.

Bignothing experiment

It’s been a while since a flash experimental website surfaced. Have a look at the Bignothing. Send a message, receive one. Watch the wildly colorful animated backgrounds.

Who is Top Dollar?

Top Dollar “builds everything upon a holy trinity founded on continuity, consequence and love.” Although the website does not show yet any work, once you have assembled a clear statement of who you are, only good tidings can be the outcome.

Let’s stay tuned to what this Swedish advertising and marketing agency does next! BTW Luv the Change is Hope, statement.

Donate-A-Meal Today

Ogilvy & Mather Dusseldorf came up with this outstanding concept to support a most urgent cause, feeding kids in their community. We often lend the power of images to ignite an emotional response, but Donate-A-Meal, takes it much further.

Don’t just try the functionalities by which you will experience the website. Show your appreciation and truly give back!

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Recipient of a Cannes Lion d’Or 2009

Bello+Co goes blond

Well, well, well, what do you know? Bello+Co are exploiting a blond retro clad bomshell to drive their brand home. Questions: do blonds sell? Or have more fun? Or are more biz savvy? Or credible?

What do you make of this concept?

Cardboard office

Step into my cardboard office… via CR Blog

Nothing is a new commercial creative agency formed by Michael Jansen and Bas Korsten that just opened its doors in Amsterdam. The office is an unusual construction too, in that it is built almost entirely out of cardboard and is h.q. to building 4 in-house brands to be released in the near future.

If you want to make a splash in the design industry, finding such an original idea will definitely make noise around your brand, and Nothing is one heck of an example.

Illustrations by Fiodor Sumkin and photography by Joachim Baan.

The Mountain

Firstborn developed this microsite for Sport Chalet. The Mountain is chuck-full of cool tricks: papervision API, perfect integration of video data tracking with flash tag element and a really nice 3D look.

Thanks Luis Guajardo for sending in the heads-up.

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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

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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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