March 10 (16) 11:29 am
From Manchester (UK) to SF (USA) – Luke Finch aka Welovenoise has been steadily building a strong skillset, portfolio and career (now working at Method).
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His opening black & white website is as eclectic as his experience. Having followed his evolution for a while now – most def en route to become a brilliant art director, designer and image maker.
February 4 (16) 13:57 pm
LOG Creative Bureau is a multidisciplinary, Ottawa-based studio, rooted in the continual collaboration of Pascal Huot and Isaac Vallentin since 2012.
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Projects span print, video, and digital projects with independent artists, cultural institutions, and small businesses.
November 2 (15) 11:23 am
Using design to effect positive change by Liz Cohen
It’s easy to get so caught up in designing that you forget about the humans on the other end who will be engaging with what you create.
August 5 (15) 15:45 pm
Whitestone is the first platform for interactive music experiences. A place to create, collect, and truly experience music online. This is what what music will look like in the future!
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We are a group of artists, designers and programmers with a vision to bring album art to the internet, using the medium to create special interactive editions of albums and videos.
Streaming is just the beginning, we want to take it a step further.
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ndlr: New logo exploration
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Goodbye BKSGE, welcome Whitestone. Or why the change of name took place – so late in the game.
The platform concept, business model and interactive functionalities as well as ui/ux design, all remain the same.
July 23 (15) 08:36 am
Studio Band sports an almost exclusively image based home page – which affords viewers to assess in a quick scroll the projects in their portfolio.
And they are good!
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Second levels expand each project with even more visual goodness.
July 14 (15) 10:39 am
Read The NSA Of Fonts Censors You In Real-Time by John Brownlee
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Project Seen is a new typeface that automatically crosses out words on the NSA’s watch list, it’s spooky. The point of the Seen font is to get people thinking about the privacy implications of what they are writing, as they are writing.
You can try it online and download the font here.
Check my sentence tryout!
July 7 (15) 13:41 pm
Lessons learned in four years of blogging.
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How we implemented four years of experience in the newest version of Defringe.com – an online gallery.
You into interactive/web design?
Must read.
Search for inspiration and/or talent in Netdiver Mag.
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/ Tools we use
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
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?
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
#ISSN 1911-866X
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 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 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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Terrific product or service or event and wanna reach a fabulous international audience?
Advertise with us
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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Terrific product or service or event and wanna reach a fabulous international audience?
Advertise with us
Dates soon.
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