25 Hot Female Web Designers Part 2

Last year I published ‘25 hot female web designers‘, showcasing a collection of female designers who are hot at web design and had great websites.

With the recent publication of the A List Apart Survey 2008, I thought it was a good opportunity to follow this up with another 25 great designers.

This year’s survey found that 16.2% of those surveyed (29,567 of A List Apart readers) were female. That’s a rise of 0.1%. So there’s not much improvement in regards to the amount of females in the industry, but I have came across 25 more great designs.

1. Irene Demetri

Irene Demetri

2. Joanna Klima

@thedarlingtree

Joanna Klima

3. Ilona Filipenkova

Ilona Filipenkova

4. Lisa Moseley

@solairis

Lisa Moseley

5. Suzy Johnston

@suzyjohnston

Suzy Johnston

6. Shannon Farrell

@dolceshan

Shannon Farrell

7. Jenna Smith

@JJenZz

Jenna Smith

8. Jina Bolton

@sushimonster

Jina Bolton

9. Selene M. Bowlby

@idesignstudios

Selene M. Bowlby

10. Denise Wilton

Denise Wilton

11. Adelle Charles

@adellecharles

Adelle Charles

12. Kris Colvin

@KrisColvin

Kris Colvin

13. Kimberly Coles

@imwithsully

Kimberly Coles

14. Stephanie Sullivan

@stefsull

Stephanie Sullivan

15. Winnie Lim

Winnie Lim

16. Jen Gordon

Jen Gordon

17. Joanna

Joanna

18. Wiehanne

Wiehanne

19. Madeline D’Amato

Madeline D'Amato

20. Renee Rist

RibbonsofRed

Renee Rist

21. Anna Pawełczyk

Anna Pawełczyk

22. Allison Mills

@allimills

Allison Mills

23. Manuela Hoffman

Manuela Hoffman

24. Mindy Wagner

@graphicsgirl

Mindy Wagner

25. Drew Europeo

Drew Europeo

Further Reading

Who’s your favourite? Who else would you add to the list?

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59 Appreciated Comments

  1. On the , Sean said:

    I really like Anna Pawełczyk’s header. The treea nd the roots looks very nice.

  2. On the , Liam J Moore said:

    Good post Lee!

    Shame to see a 0.1% increase of female designers. Still it’s great to see some great sites/blogs out there.

  3. On the , Winnie Lim said:

    Great list, appreciate the feature. :)

  4. On the , Selene M. Bowlby said:

    Thanks so much for including me on the list, Lee. I am in great company!

    I hope next year’s survey finds a larger increase in female designers – we can certainly do better than 0.1%.

  5. On the , Antonea Nabors said:

    Awesome list Lee! It is always nice to see the ladies doing awesome work. I have compiled a similar list consisting of some of these ladies, as well as other influential female web and graphic designers. http://velvetant.net/blog/influential-female-designers/

  6. On the , Michael Savage said:

    Wow great list! But I can’t believe that Samantha (@samanthatoy) didn’t make it for her site (http://badassideas.com/).

    Oh well maybe next time.

  7. On the , Manuela said:

    Lee, thanks so much for including me on the list!

  8. On the , Chad Engle said:

    Lee, some really nice designs in there. Impressive list.

  9. On the , Sean Baker said:

    Great to see my friend Mindy and Shannon make this bad boy! Good stuff Lee, keep up the good fight!

  10. On the , Edward.H said:

    WOW,good work! your collection inspires me, thanks! I have submitted a link of this article to our website in order to share it with more people,check
    http://www.webmasterclip.com/story/25-hot-female-web-designers-part-2

  11. On the , Shannon Farrell said:

    Thanks so much for including me in this list among some awesome designers! :)

  12. On the , Sarah | @MadysonDesigns said:

    This is a great list. Even if we are only ~~16% of the design population, there’s definitely a much larger chunk of talent here!

  13. On the , CRaig Elimeliah said:

    How could you have missed Rina Miele over at Rokkan http://www.honeydesign.com

  14. On the , Doug said:

    Two lists on female designers and still no Emily Chang?

  15. On the , aravind said:

    Great Roundup Lee.
    I would recommend Simran of http://www.gursimran.com/
    She is another hot female web designer.. ;)

  16. On the , teddY said:

    Thanks for sharing the awesome list of designers! And thank you even more of attaching links to their Twitter accounts when they have one – makes following them a breeze :) now I can’t wait for inspirational tweets from them.

    If you want me to pick a favourite, I guess I’ll settle with Jenna’s growldesign site. I’m a fan of sliders and dark backgrounds, lovely stuff.

    Thanks again for sharing this compilation!

  17. On the , krdr said:

    You missed this one: http://milicasekulic.com

  18. On the , Stephanie Sullivan said:

    Wow Lee, what an awesome list! Thanks for including me, I’m very honored. I’d say since you’ve now compiled 50 hot female designers and the comments mention more, maybe we’re not “missing” as much as we’re “quiet”. ;)

    I’m writing a session to give at several web conferences in the next couple months. Can’t wait to dig through these to find some great examples to use. In fact, maybe my whole session should secretly use all female designers which I then reveal at the end. Bwahaha ;)

    Thanks again, Lee! See you on twitter…

  19. On the , Alison Foxall said:

    I’d add myself. I think I’m pretty hot! [/blonde] Haha

  20. On the , Ricardo said:

    Is Ilona Filipenkova the Photoshop Lady?
    or a copypussy @ http://www.photoshoplady.com/

  21. On the , Sherice said:

    Nice to see some great work from fellow ladies! I’m aiming to be on the next list :)

  22. On the , Shannon Farrell said:

    @Ricardo

    That is an iStock illustration by chihhang – http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=1422459

  23. On the , GinaRae said:

    So wait… these people can’t just be good designers? Who cares if they’re female? their stuff rocks. I’m so sick of having to silo people based on gender and ethnicity. These ladies are great designers and I don’t care if they’re women or purple people eaters.

  24. On the , GinaRae said:

    And to add another point. This article basically says, “Well they’re good designers [for a girl]” Come on!!! just say how great these designs are without telling us the gender of the person behind them.

  25. On the , Niki Brown | The Design O'Blog said:

    You left me off the list :) Although I always get mistaken for a guy. Great list!

  26. On the , Madeline said:

    Thank you for adding me to the list, I’m in fantastic company! Congrats to all the ladies, and I agree with Stephanie I think there are many of us out there we’re just quiet! ;)

    @betterinpink

  27. On the , Wiehanne said:

    It’s an honour to be included in the list. :D

  28. On the , Mike Stempień said:

    Throw in this one: http://www.shellydennison.com – great person to work with.

  29. On the , fire said:

    You forgot Veerle Pieters. Check it out: http://veerle.duoh.com/

  30. On the , Irene Demetri said:

    Wow…thanks for adding me on this cool list!

  31. On the , Kim Coles said:

    I am honored to be included in the list with such talented ladies and flattered that someone across the pond has recognized my work. I’ll be using my new “hot” title as much as I can at work now. :)

  32. On the , Suzy Johnston said:

    Thanks for the mention Lee! Great to be included up there with all these other talented ladies! :D

  33. On the , Ilona Filipenkova said:

    What an honour! Thanks for featuring me, Lee.

    Robert: No, I’m not a photoshop lady, just an iStockPhoto consumer. And using an illustration that someone else also found cute is just one downside of this.

  34. On the , Irene Demetri said:

    Seems like I am missing my twitter name, so here it is @youandigraphics

  35. On the , Design was here said:

    Nice list! They are hot! lol..

    Nice to see Female Web Designers doing great things :)

  36. On the , Lisa Moseley said:

    Thanks for the mention! It’s definitely an honor to be in a list with that amount of talent :)

  37. On the , Denver Web Design said:

    Good to know there are some great female designers out there. It is hard to find them sometimes.

  38. On the , Lee said:

    No problem to all those who I listed.

    Thanks for all the suggestions and sorry to those I missed. I will be taking notes for part 3 of the list ;-)

  39. On the , Janko said:

    Good to see a part 2 of the article. I really liked the first part!

  40. On the , claudia snell said:

    Great group of designers here. Kimberly Coles’ site is beautiful! I also like Kris Colvin’s.

    I hope these examples inspire more women to become part of the industry.

  41. On the , Ben said:

    Err, Im guessing you mean ‘hot’ as in they do nice work?

  42. On the , Marco Sousa said:

    Awesome post, I find it very interesting to check the designs and visions of the girls that are making a pretty clear statement in design nowadays. One of my favourites is ofc sushimonster :) They have a pretty nice team going on at crushlovely right now.

  43. On the , Tyler Krome said:

    I’m surprised to see Claire Baxter left off this list. http://www.vanityclaire.com

  44. On the , Chris said:

    A wonderful female designer i’d recommend to be added to the list…

    http://www.jwdesigncenter.com – Jen Walter

  45. On the , Lee said:

    @Ben: Yes mate, hot as in ‘hot designs’ :-)

    @Tyler: Very nice, I like it

  46. On the , Drew said:

    Don’t know about hot. More like average. #2 is good, though.

  47. On the , Jeffrey said:

    This designs are all magnificent, someone needs to hire a designer for http://www.ratemyfresh.com because the functionality is good but the design needs work

  48. On the , b.brown said:

    Can we see naked pictures?

  49. On the , Paritosh said:

    everybody is really nice. but personally Kimberly Coles and Madeline D’Amato, they are the best.

  50. On the , Camille said:

    Nice list, Lee!! Great work as always. Varied styles & great visual design.

  51. On the , Jenna said:

    Hi Lee

    Would love to be added or considered for your next 25!
    http://www.plexusdesign.co.uk

    Great list by the way!

  52. On the , janice thorp said:

    Hi,

    Thanks for the list…wonder i could be considered for the next batch?
    http://www.9thwavedesign.co.uk

    cheers – janice

  53. On the , Sean Hood said:

    Female web designers are awesome :)

  54. On the , CSS Cutie said:

    Hello,

    Thank you for the great list, Lee!

    We are waiting for the next part:)

  55. On the , Editha Fuentes said:

    Hi there!
    This is a great list Lee. I would love to see my website next time :) http://www.unuidesign.com
    A lot of talent and awesome design!

    Take care,
    Editha.

  56. On the , hari prabhas said:

    Thank you for sharing this great list!

  57. On the , Emanuel said:

    Wow! Female designers can do it like a man :) That’s awesome! I really liked “Kimberly Coles” work. Congrats for all female designers :)

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