January 2 (11) 11:00 am
It’s the New Year, a new dawn and I’m feeling good. 2011 will rock! Wishing you all the same. xoxo
Digging this quote:
“I always make two new year resolutions. A high-res and a lo-res.”
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via: Mark Howe
December 24 (10) 10:07 am
CHRISTMAS VACATION
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PEACE AND LOVE
When LOVE reigns there are no limits.
When you choose to LOVE nothing is insurmountable.
You can expect the unexpected.
No dreams are impossible.
October 31 (10) 06:38 am
How do you deal w/ deadline stress? by Carole Guevin
I do pretty colors. One common mistake is to just keep working till the deadline not taking into account the creative overload of both your brain and emotions. To design is a somewhat linear process where information (brief – direction – objective) lead our actions.
Through the years, I kind of always go into the same cycle and I’d like to share how I manage and snap out of it.
I always start with a great appetite and enthusiasm for the approved or nailed concept. For days I will work feverishly, seemingly without never ending energy. Just seeing the blocks falling into place is very exciting (and exhausting).
Next thing I know, the deadline is looming and I stumble into a state of creative paralysis. I’m filled with doubts about the direction. Tempted to can the whole dang thing. Last but not least, fear altogether not getting there..
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Why is it so?
1) I’m tired out of my wit because of the hyper focus given to project.
2) I’m stucked in micro-vision instead of macro. Lost the big picture.
3) I’m placated by it won’t work, worst – that I’m not good enough.
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Of course the whole thing could go south anytime now. Years of experiencing lead to find and apply an (almost) fool-proof solution.
5 Steps for keeping your sanity and getting back your mojo
1) Stop working on the project immediately – you’re useless anyway
2) Leave your desk / office. Go do something else. Totally unrelated
3) Keep away from project till you no longer fear the deadline
4) Don’t think about the ‘deadline’ as your personal ‘execution’ but as what it is: delivery date.
5) When you feel rebooted, go for the finish line, run / rush with all your renewed might and deliver.
October 30 (10) 06:30 am
Born in Sweden and currently based in Hong Kong, Daniele Manoli created during his spare time, this self-initiated non-commercial project titled Animated A-Z consisting of totally weird, out-there explorations of the alphabet.
We all need to stretch our creative muscle one way or another.
September 26 (10) 13:48 pm
Anna Williams does refined and outstanding food photography. The composition are simply scrumpideliciously perfect. Shown excerpt of the white on white series. What talent she has.
Truly beautiful eye candy!
August 25 (10) 05:54 am
The Anti-Design Festival
As a response to 25 years of cultural deep freeze, the Anti Design Festival will attempt to unlock creative fires and ideas, exploring spaces hitherto deemed out-of-bounds by a purely commercial criteria.
Read the Manifesto:
We are living in an age where millions of colours became 256. Difference is the enemy.
Read the It’s Nice That interview with Neville Brody.
Upcoming: September 18-26
August 18 (10) 06:16 am
Of Ecuadorian and Chinese descent, Marisa Jahn is an artist whose work explores, constructs, and intervenes natural and social systems and, a MIT graduate in Visual studies.
Ranging in practice from deeply personal to highly participatory, her work often relies on the collaborative authorship and distributive intelligence of surrounding people and situations.
Discover her latest endeavor: Bibliobandido – a public art and literacy project. Simply awesome!
Search for inspiration and/or talent in Netdiver Mag.
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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!
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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.
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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
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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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 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 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 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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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. Design topics or issues that have impacted me and/or our creative industry. .
Over 50 articles.
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Kuvva interview
A short interview on how to build a strong portfolio + self-promotion.
Netdiver Mag
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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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/ Illustration
Vast array of drawing styles
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Products / packaging design / spaces +
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/ Photography
Some of the sharpest eyes shooting today
210 reviews
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/ Portfolios
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Women who rock the design scene with _more_ than pink design
391 reviews
/ Insider info
Visual Brain Gravity is a producer and developer of concepts, products and brand experiences.
Driven by vision.
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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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Coming soon
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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 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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