Johny Kelly is London based an illustrator who did some fantastic paper sculptures.
Would you like to spend a full hour one on one with me for free? Would you like to pick my brain and find out what I’ve learned by being editor of ND, judging multiple design award shows and having reviewed over 150k portfolios in the past 15 yrs?
No problem! Let’s do it! Grab a tall fav drink and set some quality time aside to get loads of insights as to why your talent is primordial, how to use, exploit, present it and cash on it. Definitely aiming to empower and inspire rather than show. There are no ‘visual’ examples provided.
Make it an even better experience download and print the .pdf to follow and add your personal notes as we go along. Now, how do we go about doing this?
Head on to and pick the Online the Brand is You video (1 hour) of the session I did at FITC Toronto ’09, and we’re all set. Would luv to hear your comments or questions.
Poster designed by Joshua Davis
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Caught into the moment during my session.
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Photo by Lillian Xia
September 15 (09) 08:53 am
Wanna see more? — #TAG:
branding
Saffron Brand Consulting has done a tour de force in building the Litro brand. The brief: “How can you succeed in the über-competitive European service station market?”
Check the solution! The droplet is a versatile symbol with a modern tech feel to it creating immediate recognition. Wow!
Lela Jacobs small victories (mickey mousie like) ad designed by The International Office.
Does anyone know who did this illustration of communities into characters??
August 25 (09) 10:51 am
Wanna see more? — #TAG:
social media
Must read list of books that are simply impossible to ignore for anyone who wants to build a solid foundation as to the scope of what the Internet prime directive is about, how the network economy is shaping up, who will be the players and to amass a wide scope of insights as to the true role of design in the near future.
These have clarified and confirmed my early thesis about the future web. They continue to shape my original vision as to why Netdiver exists.. and where it’s going.
It’s really about changing the world.
/// Everyone is a Designer: New and Updated Edition: Manifest for the Design Economy (maybe sign-up for the upcoming revised edition) by Miekke Gerritzon
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/// New Rules For the New Economy: 10 Radical Strategies for a Connected World (Kindle Edition) by Kevin Kelly
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/// Net Gain: Expanding Markets Through Virtual Communities by John Hagel III and Arthur G. Armstrong
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/// The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual (10yr anniversary edition) by Christopher Locke, Rick Levine, Doc Searls and David Weinberger (with a new introduction and chapters by the authors, and commentary by Jake McKee, JP Rangaswami, and Dan Gillmor)
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/// No Logo: No Space, No Choice, No Jobs by Naomie Klein
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/// The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power by Joel Bakan (highly suggest you rent the movie first)
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/// Life Inc.: How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take It Back by Douglas Rushkoff
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/// A Whole New Mind Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future (Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age) by Daniel Pink
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/// Worldchanging: A User’s Guide for the 21st Century by Alex Steffen, Al Gore (foreword) and Stefan Sagmeister (design)
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/// The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It’s Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life by Richard Florida
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/// The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcom Gladwell
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/// The Whuffie Factor: Using the Power of Social Networks to Build Your Business by Tara Hunt
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/// 33 Million People in the Room: How to Create, Influence, and Run a Successful Business with Social Networking by Juliette Powell
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/// Lovemarks: The Future Beyond Brands by Kevin Roberts
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/// Beyond Trend: How To Innovate In An Over-Designed World by Matt Mattus
How did they arrive to this? FLUID case study of the Hello Digital branding. It’s nice to see that tinkering with the good and not so good ideas, is part of the process.
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.
Industry news
News from the geek / tech / mobile / design and ethos in the industry
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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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