Netdiver Mag

/ Surfacing the creative culture
since '98

Dxmiq worlds

Maxim Meshkov aka Dxmiq creates 3d animations and cgi graphics with a sci-fi futuristic flare. An imaginative world where ‘white’ and ‘gray’ are the primal colors until unexpected explosion of neon + pastel palette appears.

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Perfected renderings are sometimes vertiginous moving in one plane to another as if viewer tumbles in an endless playful plastic-like surface world.

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Featured: SLICED

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Featured: EF-6: LHC / Energy Flow

Frame TV3

Frame’s take is a much slicker approach due context controlled environments and evolution of software.

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Reminds of the some of the very first Sony Bravia ad (circa 2005) of 250,000 balls released down a street in San Francisco. Nope no CGI. Real balls.

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Frame was approached by ManvsMachine (behind the SyFy idents) – who were working on the rebrand for TV3 Denmark – to collaborate in the creation of six idents for the huge relaunch.

They wanted to have a magazine-like quality to the pictures of beautiful Danish homes getting flooded by TV3 logo balls.

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Served! TV3 Idents – Montage

CGI supremacy

Dvein is a collaborative collective from Barcelona – that pushes the limits of live action and CGI storytelling.

Obviously obsessed with morphing ‘gooey’ elements and some really hair-rising monsters – sometimes toying with textures and liquids – their skills are unmatched.

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A selection of my favs.

Featured: ‘Symbiosis‘ for Rdio

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Featured: ‘The Vein‘ video for Magma

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Featured: ‘Hecho‘ en Syfy

Moving marvels

Justin Mezzell is a super talented illustrator and graphic designer who make things (for a stellar brochette of clients). Some of them move. Some not.

His style is very simple yet in the simplicity there are a lot perceivable details. Much akin to ‘icon’ design in trending ‘flat’ design.

I really enjoy his little moving marvels.

BUNGALOW = FDA

BUNGALOW develops and produces ideas from Barcelona, ES. Using a number of disciplines.

Disciplines? Motion graphics, live action, illustration, photography, interactive, music and ‘other’.

Any good in all? Oh yes!

Why?

‘We are flexible, dynamic and agile.

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Suggested projects:

Neinver / stop-motion

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OFFF 2011 bumpers / motion graphics

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Johnny Express

Extraordinary storyboard + animation by a pioneer of visual media through motion graphics: Alfred Imageworks is a CG animation and motion graphics company built on original concept planning as opposed to adaptation to preexisting trends.

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There are all sorts of Aliens living throughout space. Johnny Express is a space delivery man who travels to different planets to deliver packages.

Don’t want to spoil it. Watch it.

Brian Rea

Brian Rea is the former art director for the Op-Ed page of the New York Times. He has produced drawings and designs for books, murals, fashion, posters, music videos, and magazines around the world.

His illustrations are naive in style – as if a gifted kid was at work. But there is most def a deliberate conceptual mind behind.

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He illustrated this animated call to action film for Building Tomorrow, an organization dedicated to building schools in East Africa.

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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.

 

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 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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Dates soon.

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