The opposite of cynicism isn’t authenticity. It is sincerity by Frank Chimero
His fascination with the creative process, curiosity, and visual experience informs all of his work in some way. Each piece is the part of an exploration in finding wit, surprise, honesty, and joy in the world around us, then, trying to document those things.
He is a graphic designer, illustrator, teacher, writer, and creative person in Portland, Oregon.
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via: Grain Edit
15 Essential Interviews For The Creative Community
Selection of inspiring interviews with outstanding personalities, must reads for every freelancer, designer, webpreneur, & co.
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via: Inspired Magazine
Designing (for) Women: Bridging the Gap Between Assumptions and Realities by Erica Eden from Smart Design.
Why is gender important? To create products and experiences that women love, designers must better understand their lives, as well as their clients’ objectives and perspectives.
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via: AIGAdesign
iPad Survey Results by Dan Frommer and Leah Goldman
“Everything You Need To Know About How People Use The iPad Read. Business Insider surveyed 500 iPad owners: The Safari-browser is the most important app.”
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via: Wolfgang Blau
NLA Ruling Summary: How PRs Break Copyright Law Online
“The judge argues that in reprinting publications’ headlines or summaries of longer than 256 characters, the service is “stealing” the publishers’ content.”
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via: Jeffrey Zeldman
Oh! This is quite a self-promo stunt the Indigo Kids are pulling as their business proposal to generate projects for their small design studio (very small, tiny, only programmer and designer) from Lithuania.. Watch the movie. Good idea or not?
Let me know what you think.
Tough situation requires a tough approach and this is what the Step Up Speak Out website is about: empowering teens about gender issues such as violence, sexual harassment and more.. Short to the point useful help is provided.
Sexually explicit clips (viewer discretion is advised) are offending and unfortunately, it takes what it takes to jolt out of the massive culture anesthesia related to entertainment and it’s blueprint effect on youth.
On a technical side, the interface is clearly intended to be simple to navigate with edgy popping content boxes that are helping charting the information easily.
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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