Plaey is a design workshop focused on simple, playful, modular furniture. Their website is inviting and colorful. Success – I wanted to see everything!
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Brainchild of Matt Kelly. One of the many rising young creators of the environmentally conscious pack. Nothing plain or boring to be found.
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Don’t miss the archive (of projects). Just love his work and collaborations.
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via: Interview with Michael C. Place (hi!) of Studio.Build.
What the heck is Sugru? The world’s first mouldable glue that sets strong, by turning into a durable, flexible silicone rubber.
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In a saturated market how do you convey that a product is an innovative – a simply out of this world smart solution (we all need!)??
Animade designed + animated The Fixer’s Manifesto – with funny captions to show what the product is about and drive its uniqueness to consumers.
If it’s broken, fix it!
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Give your stuff a longer life
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Embrace the stuff we already have.
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The Fixer’s Manifesto is free and available for download.
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ndlr: Wow oh wow oh wow – I need some creative solutions to hang / fix stuff around the studios – ah! and the Rebel Tech Kit comes with a booklet + a remover tool.
And on sale now!
Carry-all aka ‘fourre-tout’ in French are the environtally safe alternatives to catch all your daily errands or lunch or extra gear. Some of my favs:
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via: Artofwhere is one of a kind, drop shipping, wholesale + hand-made Montreal based with locally sourced fabrics company.
Love love love the design concept behind the products developed by Studio Corelam. Read this interview. Support their campaign on Kickstarter.
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Humble corrugated plywood beomes beautiful – desirable (and sustainable too). Round a bout 2.0 is my fav!
Following a discussion around this news and appalling infographic: Here’s where Apple really makes money by Jay Yarow and Skye Gould and related manufacturing scandals..
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I was pointed to – and am blown away – by not a small measure: Phonebloks <- please watch the video -> whereas Dave Hakkens built a ‘prototype’ of a modular mobile phone – aiming to prevent part waste.
An eco-friendly device.
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His idea was not to start a new phone company – but to inspire existing ones to consider this innovative route.
A large group of supporters the world around – are vested in making it happen. So if you’re a developer – a hacker – a mover – and want to shake the mobile scene – perhaps a project to consider supporting – collaborating with.
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Lapka x Project Ara – now being developed by Google – who are always ready to invest in ‘good’ ideas – exemplifies via photography and words – step by step of each components. Amazing.
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via: Kilian Sala + Tadeusz Szewczyk
Cast Iron Design manifesto? Design for Good not Evil. Sounds good right?
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Absolutely the dual heads pair good design with positive impact, environmentally responsible practices, and helping the design community do the same.
Sans Form is an independent label established in 2013. Delivering clean and thoughtful design on environmentally friendly wearable and printed goods.
It acts as an international collective hub of creative designers sharing the same idea that simpler design is better. Studios like Sawdust, Hey, Anonymous, Berger & Fohr, 1910, and Anonymous, as well as young and talented designers from all around the world, are showcased weekly.
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Superb that Sphere of No Form print!
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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