What an amazing illustrator Whooli Chen is. Hailing currently from Taiwan, she earned a MA degree at the University of the Arts London. Her delicately sketched elements are always coloured with a subdued and calming palette.

What about her masterful compositions? This is a skill that is essential for all illustrators: from editorial process to concept.

A long time alumni Eskimo Design Studio have retained their original ethos—passionately dedicated to saving the world from the ugly and impractical saboteurs of interior design. Oh gotta love this quote!

They love making heat! A bit obscure? Not at all if you know they are product designers who specialize in heat systems.

International Women’s Day was created by the United Nations. Hugs and high fives mandatory today for all the women in your life.

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Women who are my heroes in the creative industry? View a collection of the ones I have gathered over the years.

Rocking it still today?

Designboom has been around since 1999. Birgit launched it just a year after us. It has been striving and gathering not only quality content but a large readership as well. Its appreciation keeps on growing.

Well deserved too imo.

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The Jealous Creator was launched in 2009 by Danielle Krysa. Her self-depracating jealousy has led her to featuring projects fuelled by her phenomenal curiosity. A published author—her seriously in your face advice and sharp eye are uncommon qualities.

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Swiss Miss is in Tina’s words: a design blog/studio she started in 2005. I actually discovered her portfolio right around then, and was taken by her different approach in presenting her design work. Her tentaculous projects are immensely successful.

One of her well-known project is the Creative Mornings which expanded the world over: not a small feat for a swiss girl in NYC.

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ndlr: Know a powagirrrl? Are one?

Submit your portfolio.

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People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.
—anonymous

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Curation is my passion—after investing 10 years on the now defunct Ello platform—where I curated the Design community..

.. and a personal profile where I featured a mix of design projects and abstract art..

I am coming back to my baby: Netdiver Mag!

See ya soon. xo

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I’m always on the lookout for new projects: submit yours to be featured.

I am currently head over heels in preparing my very first art portfolio and because of iOS way of cataloguing the camera roll – (I work with 3 devices each with its own directory) – I collated new work in individual folders as back up..

Leaving me with a massive task to do: reconciling, sifting and deleting all duplicates.

From 55k down to 10k just for my iPad Pro. Still got 7k+ from iPhone + iPad mini to sort after the 10k are done. View my art feed.

So for now – I am minimizing my editorial activities to a strict minimum.

Netdiver Mag is on hiatus.

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Meanwhile – don’t wait – be inspired via podcasts to kickstart your creative or art projects:

40 best creative podcasts to liven up your commute via Sarah McHugh

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The Best Art Podcasts to Listen to in Your Studio via Stef Thiele

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My Top 5 Favourite Agency Podcasts via Lucy Snell

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Must read – sneak peek via .pdf:

Company of One – Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business) by Paul Jarvis

Helps you determine enough (instead endless chasing more).

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Top illustration: Source unknown

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Margaret Zhang is an Australian-born-Chinese director, photographer, consultant and writer based between New York and Shanghai.

She models, styles, writes, directs in front and back of cameras, made her film debut – There’s no Space in C # Minor – in which she plays the piano brilliantly.

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She also earned double degrees in commerce and law and is widely recognized as one of the most influential millenial – though she is not fond of the naming..

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Her intelligence and depth of thought have comforted me while going through a tough spot in my art career:

“That’s near impossible when you bare your soul, nake and vulnerable in an oversaturated and harsh terrain of judgment.”

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photographed by: Luis Monteiro