Netdiver Mag

/ Surfacing the creative culture
since '98

Twister / R

Fantastic interior design photography of the Twister restaurant by Vasiliy Butenko. The pillars are second-level booths. Wow!

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The bar section walls, ceiling and lamps are made of wood sticks.

Idea haus

Brandhaus is a space that nurtures creativity and encourages thinking rather than just designing. Clients can step outside their corporate safety-nets and be involved in conceptualising new ideas and ways of communicating their message.

Smart agency concept!

Love their new space.

My /space

3 Tips For Designing A Work Space That Embodies Your Brand by John Edson

A workspace is as much an opportunity to express who you are as a company as it is a functional place to get work done.

More precious furniture and fixtures once we have more clarity about our needs and preferences — and even then, we won’t build anything that can’t be upgraded, improved, reconfigured, or summarily ripped out.

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Have you organized your ‘space’ so it is creatively stimulating?

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Past w/e got rid of a huge workstation table that was engulfing not only the physical space – but my ‘creative’ space. Having two separated workstations was not – as I initially envisioned – conducive to my double-tasking either editorial work or pure design.

The ‘nagging’ design workstation became a silent reproach of sort: ‘you’re not working here enough’.

Embarking in new projects – I joined both workstations. I can switch in a snap. A huge empty wall will be posted with in-progress comps. Newly emptied space in book and paper / past work shelving units – offers room to ‘grow’ again.

You can see the way it were here (page 16).

Impact? Never felt so charged.

MrWong’s S’P

Who remembers? ~~MrWong’s Soup’Partments~~ – the world’s tallest virtual building which started in 2002, whereas you got your very own apartment and using a template you would pixel-designed it? In the end there were 406 residents and the building was 2,000 meters high. Now terminated – you can still view it.

Scroll to bottom and work your way up.

Spoofy – funny – nerdy and a lots and lots of pixels.

Domestik

Domestik ran by Stéphane Arriubergé and Massimiliano Iorio, introduces collections of objects designed by designers, graphic artists and artists gathered around innovating and new concepts and themes.

All these objects have the particularity of offering an area where the end user can intervene and be free in the creation process.

Some of my fav.

No space for shelves? Solution? Souvenirs.

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Matali Grasset (one of my fav designer) offers D Fuse landscape one.

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Funky pixelized digital Delaware forest.

Ken Pils

Sweden based photographer Ken Pils – is specialized in interior photography. He was given his first camera on his 10th anniversary and that’s how his journey started. He’s travelled a lot – stayed in Bulgaria 10 years – to polish his style.

Him and I have a lot in common: we love minimalist staging, lots of white, contrasting but not harsh lighting.

154 pairs of?

What is the connection between setting-up a cave-like temp store and using 154 pairs of tights to decorate it with a muted palette? Arnsdorf Temporary Concept Store designed by Edwards Moore.

Ain’t that a genial idea and a cheap (yet strikingly beautiful way) to do so?

Search for inspiration and/or talent in Netdiver Mag.

pinterest / medium / linkedin / X / rss

/ 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 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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