Karim Rashid is an industrial design master. Prolific and eccentric he has his hands in many many pies. Hotel and interior design. Furniture design. Home / work accessories. Music. Books. Illustration. Name it. The list is long – and not about to get any shorter.
Get something to drink. Lots to see in his portfolio.
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Love this quote:
“I don’t believe in r+r. I believe in using the mind always, exercising it. I exercise the body six days a week, and the soul. With perfect balance and harmony you automatically have r+r always and a stress-free existence.”
NOWAY. There’s nothing more to say. They are young creatives, looking at the world with a caleidoscope, pointing it at their passions and constantly renewing their path.
Hand printed t-shirts, meticulously detailed, in limited edition, for those who really dig this way of seeing things.
Superb packaging – exactly the kind I love – minimalist w/ a twist. The Design Trilogy Box Set housing the Helvetica, Objectified, and Urbanized films by Gary Hustwit (on DVD or Blu-ray disc) in a specially designed slipcover.
250 copies left.
Olly is a web connected robot that converts notifications into smells. Created by the research team Foundry.
She is a module that turns your tweets into sweets by counting how many times you get retweeted, then releasing a tasty candy when a number you’ve set is reached.
Fund it on Kickstarter.
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Stack them up! Awesomeness.
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via: Genis Carreras
Love the One-Shelves concept by Studio Juju.
A set of small boxes that can be nested together to take up the least amount of space and expanded without tools to form a big shelf. Stack and arrange to fit different spaces.
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Along the same cluster approach, check the Rabbit tables.
The Ampersand Collection is a curated package of 10 Original 9×9 prints from 10 designers around the interwebs. Each ampersand is hand printed on a cover weight stock of Mr. French paper. The package of prints are held inside a celophane wrapping in a custom folder in a limited-edition of 200.
Print-Process was founded by Blam aka Mark Blamire in November 2010. It is the new sister company to the online print shop Blanka and was born out of the concept of creating print in a more democratic and liberating way for our customers.
Need to fill some walls w/ cool posters? The typographic serie is pretty awesome.
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.
Industrial {c/y}
Trend setters active in the realm of products / packaging design / spaces +
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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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