Netdiver Mag

/ Surfacing the creative culture
since '98

Happy F5

Happy F5. F5 is a cutting-edge creativity festival exploring the intersection of art, design and entertainment. The fest brings together the thinkers and doers that are breaking ground and shaping new standards in media and design, becoming the essential meeting point for future-minded individuals with the power to create lasting change.

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View the video about F5 Ethos! Must see!

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Upcoming: April 15-16

AP-M-T 6

AP-M-T 6. Confrerence & night. Back to the Basics, and Beyond. Iniative of Grandbase, a multidisciplinary design studio in Tokyo, Japan.

Upcoming: April 30

SVA Ideopolis

School of Visual Arts Presents ‘Ideopolis’ – MFA Design Thesis Exhibition and Forum.

The MFA Design Thesis Forum is a showcase for the 2011 Masters students to present their entrepreneurial products to peers and public. RSVP

SVA Theatre 333 West 23rd Street
Upcoming: April 20 from 12 – 8pm

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Thesis Exhibition. Visual Arts Gallery
601 West 26th Street, 15th floor

Reception: Thursday, May 5, 6 – 8pm
Upcoming: April 29 – May 14

Pictoplasma 11

The Pictoplasma Festival brings together an international scene of artists, directors, designers and agencies and promotes a lively exchange between the various disciplines and highlights the importance of characters in contemporary visual culture.

Exhibitions, screening, (parties) and performance.

Upcoming: April 6 – 10

Alt recaps

I have been reading the recaps about Alt (design summit) wish you had been there! Consider this your personal invitation to join them next year! If nothing else, you have got to see the Alt bathrooms for yourself!

How about that?

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Picture courtesy: Blue Lilly

Seeya Monday

Rooting for my hometown boy and ADC Young Gun class of 2009 hero, Sylvay Dumais will be speaking Apple Store, 1321 rue Ste-Catherine Ouest in Montréal.

Upcoming: February 28 – 18h30

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Of course if your in NYC don’t miss Jessica Walsh powagirrrl per excellence now (ooops wrong – interning) the designer / art director at Sagmeister (yes-yes – him!) or in Tokyo, Genki Ito who has e(motions) at heart.

YG8 Cubed

ADC Young Guns Cubed: Choice Cuts

Three (Jessica Hische – Julia Hoffmann – Matt Owens) YG8 judges talk about the judging process and review their favorite work from this year’s competition.

Where: ADC Gallery – 106 West 29th, NYC at 6h30

Upcoming: October 14

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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 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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