Netdiver Mag

Noon (-5GMT). Netdiver Mag has resurfaced. After 2 yrs hiatus from publishing – honey I’m back!

47 new posts + 2,236 posts in all + 50 thumbnails / page in the galleries.

Enough to feed your eyes??

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The decision to do so followed a discussion with a friend back in November 13 – who hoped that after my sabbatical – I would relaunch it. His desire concurred with mine and since, much time was spent to ‘revised’ the original interface – whilest thinking – that a few updates would be.. ok.

On June 14, we were almost ready.

As for any good stories – and the usual last minute fudge-up that can arise – it wasn’t for any of these that we decided to extend ‘baking time’ to relaunch.

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June 13, I quested Matt Woolhouse – a Creative Director at Super Mega Awesome located in Boston who lives and loves the world of design and finds inspiration within the walls of this site – to give me his take of then navigation – that I was not happy about at all.

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He returned a few comps – and tada – navigation direction was finally settled.

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Gregor Zakelj – whose firm VBG designed our ‘new’ identity – saw the navigation on our beta site – and came up with this comp for the index – throwing us a ‘huge’ unexpected curve – on June 16!

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I was so exhausted and at first it was oh no – then JF – Netdiver Mag co-founder and my all time code hero – had a look and really liked it and – right then – we decided to ‘run with it’.

To say intense don’t even come close to describing the frenzy mode we were in – I sleeping 4-5 hours – pulling-in 22 hours non-stop yesterday.

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Lastly thanks to Chris Mish – owner of Balboatech – who stayed-up to tweak and spruce-up our server till the wee hours this morning.

He is my long-time resident back-end geek – go to for anything LAMP – and now – our hosting provider for the past couple of years.

Our dedicated server runs at top shape based on his decade plus experience. He has worked for (Media Temple) + 2Advanced.

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I’m so ready! Let’s do this. To infinity and beyond!

MADE Publishers, is a boutique periodical and book publisher of design and culture, including periodicals Process Journal & Made Quarterly — with offices in Melbourne (Australia) and New York (United States).

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If you wish to submit work.

If you wish to buy.

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ndlr: Sister company of Hunt&Co.

This is it! After 2 years on hiatus from publishing – I’m back in the fold. So much has changed in such short time – an yet – one thing has remained unchanged: my passion for finding – discovering – featuring awesome talents and inspiring projects. Hello to my family – fellows – colleagues and friends in the industry and culture of design – I’m ready to change the world.

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via: Illustration by Keenan Cummings

Probably one of the craziest – time consuming – through the roof $$$ budget consumption.. yet what a result. See the making of the Novum 11/11 cover by Paperlux.

In 48,000 passes and with 140 extremely detailed die cuts per magazine, we created six differently coloured versions of the cover, without exposing the plates again each time.

The result is a metamorphosis of paper, inspired by the one and only Richard Buckminster Fuller.

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Must see!

Sport Review logo and covers by Astronaut design. One of the best logo I’ve seen this year. Smart the superimposed S / R whereas the R becomes a decorative element, grounds the upper fold and pushes the eye to read below.

Must say that is the first time I fall on something like this concept: Bruce Lee Magazine is a quarterly publication for the music channel MK. The magazine comes in two flavours – Bruce for guys and Lee for girls. Ah! Who would have thought of that?

De Zines tries to reflect what is happening in the contemporary editorial creation on the level of independent publications, how this area relates to the artistic production and social, cultural and current political environment. Around 400 international publications have been gathered from most established magazines in the market until handmade zines and a selection of experimental magazines.

What a great initiative! If that’s not loving design, don’t know what would be.