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
2. Joanna Klima
3. Ilona Filipenkova
4. Lisa Moseley
5. Suzy Johnston
6. Shannon Farrell
7. Jenna Smith
8. Jina Bolton
9. Selene M. Bowlby
10. Denise Wilton
11. Adelle Charles
12. Kris Colvin
13. Kimberly Coles
14. Stephanie Sullivan
15. Winnie Lim
16. Jen Gordon
17. Joanna
18. Wiehanne
19. Madeline D’Amato
20. Renee Rist
21. Anna Pawełczyk
22. Allison Mills
23. Manuela Hoffman
24. Mindy Wagner
25. Drew Europeo
Further Reading
Who’s your favourite? Who else would you add to the list?
Written with love from Lee Munroe.
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April 20th 2009
Sean says:
I really like Anna Pawełczyk’s header. The treea nd the roots looks very nice.
April 20th 2009
Liam J Moore says:
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.
April 20th 2009
Winnie Lim says:
Great list, appreciate the feature.
April 20th 2009
Selene M. Bowlby says:
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%.
April 20th 2009
Antonea Nabors says:
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/
April 20th 2009
Michael Savage says:
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.
April 20th 2009
Manuela says:
Lee, thanks so much for including me on the list!
April 20th 2009
Chad Engle says:
Lee, some really nice designs in there. Impressive list.
April 20th 2009
Sean Baker says:
Great to see my friend Mindy and Shannon make this bad boy! Good stuff Lee, keep up the good fight!
April 20th 2009
Edward.H says:
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
April 20th 2009
Shannon Farrell says:
Thanks so much for including me in this list among some awesome designers!
April 20th 2009
Sarah | @MadysonDesigns says:
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!
April 20th 2009
CRaig Elimeliah says:
How could you have missed Rina Miele over at Rokkan http://www.honeydesign.com
April 20th 2009
Doug says:
Two lists on female designers and still no Emily Chang?
April 20th 2009
aravind says:
Great Roundup Lee.
I would recommend Simran of http://www.gursimran.com/
She is another hot female web designer..
April 20th 2009
teddY says:
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!
April 20th 2009
krdr says:
You missed this one: http://milicasekulic.com
April 20th 2009
Stephanie Sullivan says:
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…
April 20th 2009
Alison Foxall says:
I’d add myself. I think I’m pretty hot! [/blonde] Haha
April 20th 2009
Ricardo says:
Is Ilona Filipenkova the Photoshop Lady?
or a copypussy @ http://www.photoshoplady.com/
April 20th 2009
Sherice says:
Nice to see some great work from fellow ladies! I’m aiming to be on the next list
April 20th 2009
Shannon Farrell says:
@Ricardo
That is an iStock illustration by chihhang – http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=1422459
April 20th 2009
GinaRae says:
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.
April 20th 2009
GinaRae says:
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.
April 20th 2009
Niki Brown | The Design O'Blog says:
You left me off the list
Although I always get mistaken for a guy. Great list!
April 20th 2009
Madeline says:
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
April 21st 2009
Wiehanne says:
It’s an honour to be included in the list.
April 21st 2009
Mike Stempień says:
Throw in this one: http://www.shellydennison.com – great person to work with.
April 21st 2009
fire says:
You forgot Veerle Pieters. Check it out: http://veerle.duoh.com/
April 21st 2009
Irene Demetri says:
Wow…thanks for adding me on this cool list!
April 21st 2009
Kim Coles says:
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.
April 21st 2009
Suzy Johnston says:
Thanks for the mention Lee! Great to be included up there with all these other talented ladies!
April 22nd 2009
Ilona Filipenkova says:
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.
April 22nd 2009
Irene Demetri says:
Seems like I am missing my twitter name, so here it is @youandigraphics
April 22nd 2009
Design was here says:
Nice list! They are hot! lol..
Nice to see Female Web Designers doing great things
April 22nd 2009
Lisa Moseley says:
Thanks for the mention! It’s definitely an honor to be in a list with that amount of talent
April 22nd 2009
Denver Web Design says:
Good to know there are some great female designers out there. It is hard to find them sometimes.
April 23rd 2009
Lee says:
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
April 27th 2009
Janko says:
Good to see a part 2 of the article. I really liked the first part!
April 27th 2009
claudia snell says:
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.
April 27th 2009
Ben says:
Err, Im guessing you mean ‘hot’ as in they do nice work?
April 27th 2009
Marco Sousa says:
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.
April 28th 2009
Tyler Krome says:
I’m surprised to see Claire Baxter left off this list. http://www.vanityclaire.com
April 29th 2009
Chris says:
A wonderful female designer i’d recommend to be added to the list…
http://www.jwdesigncenter.com – Jen Walter
May 5th 2009
Lee says:
@Ben: Yes mate, hot as in ‘hot designs’
@Tyler: Very nice, I like it
May 10th 2009
Drew says:
Don’t know about hot. More like average. #2 is good, though.
May 16th 2009
crowen says:
and what about http://www.catalinabianchi.com/portfolio/webdesign.php
June 3rd 2009
Jeffrey says:
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
June 3rd 2009
b.brown says:
Can we see naked pictures?
June 11th 2009
Paritosh says:
everybody is really nice. but personally Kimberly Coles and Madeline D’Amato, they are the best.
July 8th 2009
Camille says:
Nice list, Lee!! Great work as always. Varied styles & great visual design.
July 24th 2009
Jenna says:
Hi Lee
Would love to be added or considered for your next 25!
http://www.plexusdesign.co.uk
Great list by the way!
September 7th 2009
janice thorp says:
Hi,
Thanks for the list…wonder i could be considered for the next batch?
http://www.9thwavedesign.co.uk
cheers – janice
September 20th 2009
Sean Hood says:
Female web designers are awesome
December 20th 2009
CSS Cutie says:
Hello,
Thank you for the great list, Lee!
We are waiting for the next part:)
January 13th 2010
Editha Fuentes says:
Hi there!
http://www.unuidesign.com
This is a great list Lee. I would love to see my website next time
A lot of talent and awesome design!
Take care,
Editha.