Netdiver Mag

/ Surfacing the creative culture
since '98

Visual canvas

A photograher’s ability for composing a visual canvas that overcomes the most dire of situations is quite a gift, one that David Balhuizen has and exploits, in a wide range of topics.

Showing: Hurricane Ivan picture that looks more like an art installation than post-disaster capture.

Amelia Lyon

Obsessed with the story. Amelia Lyon is a wedding, portrait and music duo (Amelia and Justin) that are fun loving and obsessed with finding the story to tell in the images they take. From traditional settings to really out there, from what would be expected to the surprising, they do it all.

Thuss Farrell

Thuss Farrell is a NYC photographer who makes a simple statement on his website: “Photography is fun”.

Dyptics present most of his base work throughout — which already spell out how capable he is to do self-editing and generate story-like visual assortments. Each set giving mutual credit to both selected pictures. When taking so many shots – easy to instantly see the good takes – definitely harder to single out the excellent one. It demands a special ability to really objectivize your work. That’s why photographers do some of their best work under the influence of xtra gifted art directors.

Social conformity?

Interesting find, perhaps an experiment in opposite, this one more like macro photography of people mostly on beaches or around pools by Massimo Vitali. One would think that it’s about capturing leisure moments.. how about a study on social conformity?

Liliput land

Oh my! Just visited the most incredible land of liluput via the work of Thomas Doyle. In his own words: “My work mines the debris of memory through the creation of intricate worlds sculpted in 1:43 scale and smaller.”

If you have no clue what this ratio means, head-on to see for yourself. Not only are all the characters sculpted in that size, they all bear tangible emotions and are staged in mini-parcels of land, houses, furniture.. all breath taking.

A big fan of miniature photography — there is no end to the sense of awe I get from looking at these minuscule self-contained stories.

Cyan and Pink shadows

Overcast by cyan and pink shadows, even out of focus, John Gripenholm explodes the confines of commercial photography and extends the craft towards an unknown territory, with both edgy and poetic staging and compositions.

Liquid journeys

Wanna see what creating for yourself a powerful niche for your skills and services? Peter Schafrick photography is such a paramount example of liquid journeys taken to the hilt.

How does one do that? Any clues?

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Well it seems a “retoucher” is involved. Who gets credit for what? Schafrick or MacLeod? The photographer or the retoucher? What do you make of that? Post it.

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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.

 

Photography {c/y}
Gifted with an eye for capturing or staging life. Some of the sharpest eyes shooting today.
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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 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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