Books can take you places by Max Reyes
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Illustration narrating how books can trigger one’s imagination and take him/her to places. Personal work.
What a beautifully illustrated concept. I love books and indeed – one can visit unknown places and spaces.
Excellent work.
>Dieter Rams interviewed by Gary Hustwit, an excerpt (worth reading) from Helvetica/Objectified/Urbanized: The Complete Interviews as published by Fast Company.
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Dieter Ram design philosophy in 10 points:
Good design is innovative.
Good design must be useful.
Good design is aesthetic design.
Good design makes a product understandable.
Good design is honest.
Good design is unobtrusive.
Good design is long-lasting.
Good design is consistent in every detail.
Good design is environmentally friendly.
And last but not least, good design is as little design as possible.
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This reference book – is a must in your library: Less and More. The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams. A new re-edition can be pre-ordered.
Hence, where the Less is more quote and design principle comes from. Never forget how much we owe this creative giant.
The 172 page book “Sean Wolcott: Graphic Design 2008–2014” chronicles the ongoing design work of the Rationale founder.
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Includes projects ranging from identity, promotion, publication, user interface, packaging design, previously unpublished works, and more.
This book is available as a free PDF here or as a high-quality digitally printed book here.
Superb idea to build a portfolio book.
Pete Gamlen uses well referenced comic-strip like retro style illustrations to convey punchy concepts. He works with a variety of high-end magazines. Love the series for Oyster Books.
Tatsuro Kiuchi was born in Tokyo, switch to an art career and began illustrating children’s books, eventually branching out into editorial work for magazines, book jacket illustrations and advertising commissions.
Emotionally charged. Superlative execution.
Essential.
100 Ideas that Changed the Web by Jim Boulton
It was a rich period of creative expression dominated by nonconformists. Hackers, artists, and other misfits dived into the unknown and changed the world.
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Currently reading. For geeks and early www adopters – this is a must.
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The second print issue revolves around the theme of hustle and implores us to reconsider the idea of making it — both how we do it and how we define it.
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Everywhere is Anywhere is Anything is Everything exhibit by Douglas Coupland
++ Monograph
A visually rich retrospective. An intoxicating mix of high and low culture, the book details his exploration of cultural identity, the lasting endurance of Pop art, and his continuing fascination with military iconography.
A coffee table + reference book.
viction:ary books specialise in visual arts and design, and connect visions and inspirations from the West and the East.
Comics Feeeever!! Uncover the power of comics in art and design.
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Graphic Digits. New typographic approach to numerals.
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Making a Splash: Graphics that Flow
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PALETTE 05. New Light-toned Graphics
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Search for inspiration and/or talent in Netdiver Mag.
pinterest / medium / linkedin / X / rss
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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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.
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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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This private (free) app I use daily for taking notes or writing. Back up to the cloud for multi-devices access. Runs locally.
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I paint abstract with pretty colours ~ I play with mobile apps to create unique generative art.
Look 'Ma no AI.
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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’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
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.
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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Illustration is probably the largest creative area to express (mostly without words) a message.
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A type of Show #5 – I love typography - these projects caught my eye.
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Moodboards #1 – Branding collaterals staged and served with conceptual brilliance.
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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A short interview on how to build a strong portfolio + self-promotion.
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 long-standing mini visuals (200 x 115 px) galleries. Each lead to its review. Happy talent discovery!
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Vast array of drawing styles
404 reviews
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Conceptual designs standing out
358 reviews
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Products / packaging design / spaces +
333 reviews
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Brilliant storyboards / motion / vfx
286 reviews
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Some of the sharpest eyes shooting today
210 reviews
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New wave of design / interactive / mobile stars
552 reviews
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Women who rock the design scene with _more_ than pink design
391 reviews
Visual Brain Gravity is a producer and developer of concepts, products and brand experiences.
Driven by vision.
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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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Netdiver Best of the Year is a yearly compilation of projects / talents who made a lasting impression the previous year.
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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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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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