The Pictoplasma Berlin Festival brings together an international scene of artists, directors, designers and agencies, offering a unique forum for all those working with – or simply loving – the visualisation and application of contemporary character design.
The lively exchange between the various disciplines highlights the importance of characters in contemporary visual culture.
Upcoming: April 9 – 10
Want a sweet deal? Early bird pricing to FITC Toronto. Use code:netdiver for extra 10% off!
OFFF is a cutting-edge festival exploring the latest in digital aesthetics and software language. OFFF festival brings together the artists that are breaking ground and shaping new standards in media and design, becoming the essential meeting point for the international scene of digital creation.
OFFF 2010 will take place in Paris, France. It is an exciting challenge and a very special way to celebrate a decade of post-digital creation.
Super early tickets available till January 31.
Upcoming: June 24-26
Icograda Design Week will take place in Vancouver under the theme: Design Currency: defining the value of design.
“Design has the power to influence our core values, our identity, our expectations and our worldview. The conference offers designers, business leaders and government the opportunity to experience current design thinking.
Reshape your understanding of the value of design.”
Upcoming: April 26-30
To enter to win free Inspiration Passes to the Motion Graphics Festival, send a quick message to MGFest via this contact form and type “Netdiver LUV” in the message. The first 10 people to send a request will get access to all MGFest Art & Entertainment events. All others will receive 15% off admission to workshops as long as seats are available.
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All free passes have been given away!
Upcoming: November 18-22 in Washington DC
Would you like to spend a full hour one on one with me for free? Would you like to pick my brain and find out what I’ve learned by being editor of ND, judging multiple design award shows and having reviewed over 150k portfolios in the past 15 yrs?
No problem! Let’s do it! Grab a tall fav drink and set some quality time aside to get loads of insights as to why your talent is primordial, how to use, exploit, present it and cash on it. Definitely aiming to empower and inspire rather than show. There are no ‘visual’ examples provided.
Make it an even better experience download and print the .pdf to follow and add your personal notes as we go along. Now, how do we go about doing this?
Head on to and pick the Online the Brand is You video (1 hour) of the session I did at FITC Toronto ’09, and we’re all set. Would luv to hear your comments or questions.
Poster designed by Joshua Davis
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Caught into the moment during my session.
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Photo by Lillian Xia
Motion Graphics Festival 2009 (New Motion + New Sound + New Code) showcases explosive artists and motion picture creators including: Shepard Fairey, Nine Inch Nails, David Byrne, Chuck D of Public Enemy, KRS-One, Addictive TV, Digital Kitchen, The Mill, Passion Pictures, Animal Logic, Post Panic, Dvein, David Lobser and more.
Upcoming: November 18-22 in Washington DC
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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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