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A day in the life of Lord Vader

Pawel Kadysz created a project to post 365 photos of Lord Vader’s real day to day life. And they are hilarious.

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If remember that iconic character turned out to be the father (shocking!) of Luke Skywalker.

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In his day-to-day life – he is a UI / web designer from Poland.

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via: Fubiz

Silence/Shapes

Filippo Minelli is a photographer whose work I have just discovered. Love love love the Silence/Shapes series on-going project, which explores the balance between transparency and opacity.

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Using smoke bomb devices – as in protests – exemplifies his soci0-political investigations and social comment.

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Excerpts from a recent solo exhibition at the 886 Geary Gallery in San Francisco.

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Limited edition prints available.

Lucid yet dreamy

Selina Alko is a terrific illustrator! Her work is lucid yet dreamy, one can sense the social commentary passed – especially evident in her book covers.

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Her optimism permeates her work. She believes that change is always possible.

Netiquette?!

Netiquette ain’t dead!

Wow you just found something interesting here or on your fav blog, online mag or twitter and decided to (re)post on your blog, or other social media websites? Then don’t forget to cite your sources. State via: (name source) plus link it.

Do unto others as you would others do you.

It is proper netiquette.

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Photography via: Social Media DDS

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Netiquette definition:

Etiquette practiced or advocated in electronic communication over a computer network.

Good-bye /2015

Good-bye /2015! Hello /2016!

What a year it has been and it’s time to reflect some.. then move on. Celebrate the victories – ditch the old. Forgive (and forget).

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Wishing us all loads of creative new challenges! See ya’ on the other side!

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Super .gif + poster by: Noviki Studio / Warsaw, PL

LUV drawing / #1

Illustration is probably the largest creative area to express (mostly without words) a message. Application media are endless.

Recent finds:

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The New York Times Sunday Styles by Paul Windle

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Polygonal Poster by JR Schmidt

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Poster for La Guarimba International Film Festival 2015 by Aditya Pratama.

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(3rd) City LIFE Challenge / Grand Prize by Jean-Marc Emy

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3D illustration and character designs created with The Foundry, Modo by Teodoru Badiu.

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Untitled by Naftali Beder

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Modern Manners book cover by Julia Rothman

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Personal illustration by Florent Hauchard.

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EDEN Festival de folk psicodélico by Micaela Podržaj

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Editorial design for the Deloitte University Press by Jack Daly

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Robot Taekwon V by Ameba Fish

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Adobe Photoshop 25 Under 25 by Teddy Kang

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Upper-Crust Moms / New York Times by Ping Zhu

Robu B / ligatures

Robu Bold is a display typeface inspired by vintage shop signs, perfect for logos and titles and includes an expansive set of alternates and special ligatures.

Designed by Andrei Robu.

Search for inspiration and/or talent in Netdiver Mag.

pinterest / medium / linkedin / X / rss

/ 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.

 

Netdiver Mag

#ISSN 1911-866X

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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Dates soon.

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