30 Most Influential People In Web Design

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   Henry (3 years ago)

   Wow! This was very interesting hope to see my name included within a couple of years!

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   spinermobile (3 years ago)

   Everyone in this list is awesome and an inspiration to all designers of every possible flavor….except for David Leggett. And certainly not in the 5th position. That guy is like the Paris Hilton of designers. No one knows WHY he’s famous, it’s not like he’s an uber-talent like Nick La for example, which, by the way deserved a good first place, nor did he ever reach such useful heights as the likes of Fabio Sasso, which I believe deserved second place.
   I’m disappointed not to see the likes of Elliot Jay Stocks or Eric Meyer or Chris Coyier making the list.

   Waiting for all the tutorial9 lovers to start bashing…

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   PelFusion (3 years ago)

   i think you missed noupe.com and mine pelfusion.com

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   Daniel St. Jules (3 years ago)

   OMGNOOBUSUCK!1!1!

   Although you’re entitled to your own opinion, it’s quite arrogant of yourself to think that you speak on behalf of all designers when claiming that Leggett is merely a fluke. Perhaps it’s simply that you can’t comprehend the reason for his own success, or you’d rather deny it for whatever reason. Either way, no one elected you as spokesman, and I certainly disagree with your opinion. (and I’m not even a tutorial9 lover)

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   Michael C (3 years ago)

   I am in love with David Leggett. Much like Governor Mark Sanford claims that Argentinean woman is his “soul mate”, David Leggett is mine. I am head over heels for him. My days will always be brightened by his beautiful face and I look very forward coming to know him better as I wake up near him each day.

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   Mahallo Media (3 years ago)

   Great post man, thanks for this designers list!

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   kalyan (3 years ago)

   
   I’m already following most of these influential people
   also, what abt hongikat?

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   Alexis (3 years ago)

   Danny Outlaw should’ve been on this list.

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   Danny Outlaw (3 years ago)

   I agree, this list seems more like the writers personal favorites, than actual influential people in the industry.

   Im not saying these people aren’t talented or influential, but I think there are plenty of others who have done more for the community and industry than some of the people listed here.

   That said, props to the writer for taking the time to create such a list of TALANTED web designers.

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    Adelle Charles (3 years ago)

    Wow appreciate the inclusion on this influential list! I’m quite humbled to be surrounded by all these great people!

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    stk (3 years ago)

    Hard to come up with a list. No doubt there should be more included and/or replaced.

    I’d vote for Stu Nichols.

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    Andy (3 years ago)

    Thanks everyone for all your comments!

    This did take hours to research and write, and of course we couldn’t include everyone. Sorry if we missed out people, but the internet is soo big!

    My favorites are Dan Cederholm and Adii Rockstar. Could spend hours on their websites!

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    Derek Herman (3 years ago)

    Thank you for including me in your list. Not sure I should be on it, but definitely appreciate the nod regardless. I guess years of not sleeping landed me on a list with some true heavy weights.

    Congrats to all those who got a little more recognition for all their hard work. Maybe next time we could do this as a poll to see who everyone else thinks deserves the credit.

    Cheers!

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    kidino (3 years ago)

    Great list. But wondering who are the guys behind deviantart and alistapart.

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    Cheryl Gledhill (3 years ago)

    Great list but really – 2 women out of 30 people?

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    Andy (3 years ago)

    This list is somewhat absurd when your rank them 01 to 30. Why not make it in an alphabetical order?

    Your #1 and #2 are absolute heavyweights, but they surely aren’t as influential as Zeldman or Nielsen.
    Zeldman’s “Designing with Web standards” came out in 2001. By that time, 99% of us were still doing sites in tables and the Flash overkill was yet to come.

    Also criminally overlooked to me: 456bereastreet.com (the lab and blog archive is a must read!), Eric Meyer (!!!), John Gallant / Position is Everything, D. Bowman / Stopdesign, Shaun Inman / Mint / sIFR, Andy Budd, Jonathan Hicks, Stu Nicholls (CSS Play is an incredible resource) …

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    George Esses (3 years ago)

    Congrads NICK and JEFFREY !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Alex Rogahn (3 years ago)

    I think there are a few other people that deserved a mention, like, as said before: Chris Coyier and Elliot Jay Stocks as well as Chris Spooner. As for all this “Why is David Leggett on here?” malarky, because people look up to him and he is a good designer. Tbh you can’t really put designers in places I think, can;t give a valid reason just my opinion

    Now where is my name? Perhaps there’s been some misunderstanding as I cannot see it anywhere… xD

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    Zach Dunn (3 years ago)

    There were two fascinating people on here that I hadn’t heard of before — Dennis Hwang and Derek Herman.

    I didn’t realize that one man was responsible for all the Google banners. Also, after looking at Derek’s site, it makes sense that he designs for Envato. Thanks!

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    chazzuka (3 years ago)

    agree with @Alex Rogahn Eliott & Chris Spooner should be in the list, and yes the list is based on writer personal opinion, i think it will be better to create a polling and list based on the result

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      Andy (3 years ago)

      I agree, a poll would be nice. Maybe next weeks poll?

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    Gringo (3 years ago)

    Why stop at insinuating gender bias? Let’s throw the race card in there too, make things really interesting.

    Or maybe it’s just a list of talented *people*.

    Just sayin’.

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    mojaam (3 years ago)

    Don’t want the world of webdesigners to become limited to a select few people but this is kind of cool.

    Missing ex-Google employee Douglas Bowman (now Creative Director at Twitter) and I’m sure a bunch of others to but it’s a start.

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    Paulo Pereira (3 years ago)

    Great list?! LOL
    I can’t understand why people like Shaun Inman, Tim van Damme or Elliot Jay Stocks aren’t in this list.

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    rob torres (3 years ago)

    This list is deep with talent, but I need to throw another hat in the ring…

    digital reaction | newburyport, ma

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    Ashley (3 years ago)

    @kidino: Jeffrey Zeldman, Jason Santa Maria, all Daniel Mall on this list, are part of the group behind A List Apart. Amongst many other talents: http://www.alistapart.com/about/

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    Andrew (3 years ago)

    Lots of great talent on this list. Some names more familiar than others, maybe not as much for their talents in design as their talents in being remarkable. nice post.

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    Nokadota (3 years ago)

    Oh this writeup is just fantastic! I already look at a couple of these designers for inspiration and such and now I have more.

    Thanks for this great article.

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    Nate Abele (3 years ago)

    Given that I haven’t heard of most of the people on this list, I’d say you’re on the wrong track.

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    Nicole (3 years ago)

    First, I think an honorable mention should go out to Lynda Weinman of Lynda.com. I know I wasn’t the only one back in ’95-’96 reading her “Designing Web Graphics” book, figuring out what the difference between a JPG and a GIF was, and using the hex color chart as a reference.

    Even though times have changed and she’s moved on to tutorials/events, she was still one of the early “big” names in the industry.

    Second, several of the early big names in Web Design & Dev are missing from this list. Heck, you mention Dave Shea but not Molly Holzschlag? She co-authored Zen of CSS Design with Dave Shea! (I agree with Cheryl Gledhill – only 2 women on the list?)

    And, what about Jared Spool? (Hello! uie.com!) Also, no Apple/OSX designers? Once OSX hit, every site had the jelly buttons/icons & gradients on their site – the look of Web 2.0.

    Third, what was the criteria for creating this list?

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    Dan (3 years ago)

    Great article!

    @ Cheryl Gledhill: There are obviously loads of extremely talented and influential women in the design world. Why leave a blatantly sexist comment?

    Sorry but these kinds of derailing comments kind of rub me wrong.

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      Dan (3 years ago)

      Oh yeah, forgot to mention Chris Coyier should make your next list!

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    Onur Oztaskiran (3 years ago)

    I believe the title for the post is a little irrelevant. (web design?O_o)

    Despite everyone listed in here are extremely respected people, not all of them are really related with web design.

    But yes, great list for keeping an eye on the entrepreneurs.

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    John Allsopp (3 years ago)

    Dan,

    care to reread your comment?

    Pointing out that women are massively under represented in this list is sexist? Perhaps you should ponder that a little.

    +1 for Cheryl’s comment (disclosure, she’s a friend, but I spotted this comment quite by chance).

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    Aaron (3 years ago)

    For the CSS reset alone, Eric Meyer should be somewhere on this list.

    I guess that’s the problem with blogging top lists, one person tries to justify his/her viewpoint regardless of self imposed bias … and that viewpoint somehow becomes “credible” to hundreds of site visitors just because of the wording in the post tile.

    There is no win or lose here, only food for thought.

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      Aaron (3 years ago)

      But I strongly agree with the author on Collis as the number 1. Envato will have a web design monopoly if they keep growing at their current pace.

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    Sumeet Chawla (3 years ago)

    Great list but i think Chris Coyier should have been there too I literally learned everything from his site!

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    praveen (3 years ago)

    This list is ridiculous!
    How could you ever forget Eric Meyer, Mark Boultan and Douglas Bowman? Moreover, Andy Clarke, Dave Shea, Cameron Moll, Dan Cederholm and Jeff Croft deserve top ten.

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    Michael Kozakewich (3 years ago)

    Okay, I’m wondering where Bowman is. #0? So amazing, and so far up the list, that he fell off?

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    Dainis Graveris (3 years ago)

    that’s one impressive list, but yeah, I would order this list a much more different and also people, who comment got the point.. Eric Meyer is really one of the celebrities in web design, such person and several others, cannot be excluded from list, if you want to be it complete..:)

    I enjoy it anyway, unique approach to article

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    Css Websites (3 years ago)

    Great list, hopefully someday my name will be that on list. Do you have a list of daydreamers or frustrated web designer. Thanks for the list

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    JohnONolan (3 years ago)

    “I think there are a few other people that deserved a mention, like, as said before: Chris Coyier and Elliot Jay Stocks as well as Chris Spooner.”

    Agreed.

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    spinermobile (3 years ago)

    Ok, Leggett: you’re an idiot. First you go ahead and agree with me and say that yes, you have nothing to do on this list, which you don’t, and then your comment is deleted.
    This guy hasn’t written a tutorial since January! It’s one thing to be like Sean Hodge or Fabio, people that don’t have time to write tutorials every week (although Fabio has been writing a lot more than he used to, lately) because you have 12 websites to run or because your website requires your full attention.

    Tim Smith: you’re an even bigger idiot. Leggett didn’t take the bashing well. He bent on his knees and said “yes, I do suck” with the stupid smile I always imagined him to have whenever he doesn’t like something but he knows it’s true.

    Daniel St. Jules: I’m not speaking on behalf of every designer out there. It was merely my personal opinion and I never claimed to be a spokesman for anyone but myself. Are you that offended by my comment that you feel the need to invent a scenario where I do take it upon myself to speak for an entire community?

    I’m sick and tired of posts like this: 4500 Best Stuff Ever or whatnot and when you read it you find it’s only a disappointment. What are we, Google? Have humans started to think like web spiders and robots? Give me a good How to do this in this software tutorial any day of the week. Twice on Sunday, please.

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    Heider Torres (3 years ago)

    Great list man! Thanx!

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    nomad-one (3 years ago)

    Nice list of popular faces, some really influentials and a few who have managed to get loads of traffic. I’d say this is not the most calculated of lists though, nor have the people really been assessed very well in terms of their “Web Design” influence.

    Example, how can Zeldman possibly be so far down this list? You obviously haven’t assessed relative influence properly. Unless the list is not in order which you said it is.

    Of course yes, you are entitled to your opinion, but it seems to not be the most informed opinion. Eg,David Airey though I respect his contribution to the Logo Design blogging world is not particularly a huge web design influence at all.

    I suspect this list was created to mean the most influential to newbie web designers? The list contains many who are relatively new to the web design scene and are probably more influential as bloggers. Maybe the most influential web design bloggers of 2008?

    Having said all of that, the list is a good one, influential these people definitely are in some way or another, but maybe not so apt for the intended purpose.

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    emma (3 years ago)

    I have seen the work of ‘Vitaly Friedman’ and ‘Jakob Nielsen’. They are real gems.

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    Matches (3 years ago)

    YEAH. Sasso Abduzeedo.
    For me he’s the number #1.

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    spinermobile (3 years ago)

    Chris: good point. I agree with you. I guess I got dragged into a rather violent state of mind because of the, as you say, <>.
    It shouldn’t be taken so serious. Thanks for pointing that out.

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    Scott (3 years ago)

    I must admit there are only a few names on this list that I know, and not many others that I believe should be on this list; but your opinions (the commenter’s that is) is entirely yours and I can’t (and won’t) flame you for it.

    I do however have the issue of modifying and deleting comments, I accept innapropriate comments needing to be removed but to modify and the REMOVE David’s comment(s) was, in my opinion, a bad move.

    Actions like this are making it a fast-track to loosing a regular reader, and by extension a regular visitor and forum participant.

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    MicheBel (3 years ago)

    Really? Only a couple women? And the first one is past the top ten? Really now.

    So, did dudes compile this list?

    Curious.

    –M

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      Kay (3 years ago)

      Lou Rosenfeld not here?

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      brian (3 years ago)

      Take the feminist BS somewhere else… Seriously. If they were amazing, they’d be on the list. Wahhhh

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        Andy (3 years ago)

        ^ Brilliant!

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      Shane Rounce (3 years ago)

      Maybe “dudes” are simply leading the way in this industry?

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      C Donnatucci (3 years ago)

      Angry Much?…..Nice list, I’m sure more to come.

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    Chris (3 years ago)

    Lists like this are simply conversation fodder and aren’t meant to be taken seriously, right?

    For those people who think there’s been some slight to the same names that have appeared on every single other list ever crafted since 2001, let’s at least appreciate maybe there is some new blood to at least consider. Maybe New Girl X isn’t as “reputable” as SuperStarHouseholdName Y, but hell, don’t we already all know what book SuperStarHouseholdName already published and already visit that blog?

    Look at this way, for any baseball-following Americans: if every year ESPN came out with the ten best baseball players, you’d always, always have Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron Mickey Mantle, Cy Young, Willie Mays, leaving you maybe a player who suited up since 1970. That list would get pretty old and tired after a few reads, right? Frankly I already know what most of these guys have done, and I’m at least more curious to see names I didn’t recognize to see if they’re up to snuff.

    I guess the problem is the rather pretentious “Most Influential” title in the post, since that’s a pretty tall order to measure.

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    Tanya (3 years ago)

    @Dan, how is Cheryl Gledhil’s comment sexist? I’m sure you meant the list, not her comment since you agree there are, “loads of extremely talented and influential women in the design world.”

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    Jason Beaird (3 years ago)

    I’m going to sidestep the flame war going on up there and just say thanks for putting this list together, Andy. I have my own list of inspirational web designers as well (a few of whom are on this list), but getting to see your list has a lot of value of it’s own. I think a lot of commenter are missing the point that this is a blog article, not a be-all and end-all list of who’s who.

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    A u d e e (3 years ago)

    Veerle Pieters has been inspriring me all the way ~ she is a genius and I’ve read her blog post updates for years!

    Lots of influental talented designers on internet to mention as 30 is just short list. But I shall put really positive value for these inspirational people.

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    Jason (3 years ago)

    Thanks for your list of inspiration. I appreciate the time you put into this list.

    I have not heard of a few of them, but I’ll be sure to look into their stuff.

    Myself, I have different inspirations, as do probably everyone in web design, and in life. There is no need for the abrasive discussion going on above.

    My thanks again to the author and every named person on this list and every unnamed person that should have been (if I were to write my own version of this article).

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    Chris Wallace (3 years ago)

    ZOMG David Leggett for the win. His place above Zeldman on this list is right on. In fact, he should get two spots at least.

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    paul (3 years ago)

    what about eric meyer?
    and city names take capital letters

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    hvdesigns (3 years ago)

    nice lists, its nice to put names to faces. Hopefully il be in the next list.

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    MicheBel (3 years ago)

    MicheBel, are you going to complain that there are no blacks either?

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    Web Designer (3 years ago)

    Jeffrey Zeldman is the only person i recognize here. will check the rest.

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    Web design tutorials (3 years ago)

    Nice wall of fame – thanks for sharing.

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    Ben Matewe (3 years ago)

    Most Influential? Names like Eric Meyer, Andy Budd are missing!

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    kuan (3 years ago)

    I’m surprised, nay, disdained, at the lack of women on your list.

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    Brook (3 years ago)

    It’s unfortunate that only two women made the list. I’m sure it wasn’t intentional, but it is disheartening.

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    Rob (3 years ago)

    Wow, thanks for the recognition and placement in this list. I know this is only an opinion based thing, but it is great to be featured here among so many talented chaps/chapettes. So big thanks for that, made my day.

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    Jamie Perkins (3 years ago)

    Looks like you are big-upping your friends. This list is missing a lot of important people, and overplaying the importance of web entrepreneurs- are they really influential, or just successful?

    How about Rob Ford of the FWA, or the guys at 2Advanced Studios? WordPress even? The Designers Republic? FL2?

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      Noel (3 years ago)

      I agree. A few more influential designers would be good too (as opposed to people influencing design by other means). How about these:
      Poke (www.pokelondon.com)
      We Fail (http://www.wefail.com/)
      De-Construct (http://www.de-construct.com/)
      Hi-Res (http://hi-res.net/)
      Yugo Nakamura (http://yugop.com/)
      Maeda (http://www.maedastudio.com/)

      There are also a bunch of tech people who have influenced web design a lot:
      John Resig, J-Query
      Shaun Inmann / Mike Davidson – Sifr
      Thomas Fuchs – Scriptaculous
      Maria Lubenova and Rostislav Hristov – SwfAddress

      They all influence me.

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    Jan Srutek (3 years ago)

    One name is missing for sure – Andy Budd (Director at Clearleft, founder of UX London, founder of dConstruct, founder of SkillSwap, author of CSS Mastery book)

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    Dan (3 years ago)

    I find this list extremely disappointing, and a little terrifying if this is a valid insight into the state of the industry.

    If these are the most influential people in web design I think our industry will have a very short future.

    I only recognise Zeldman and Cederholm as genuinely talented here.

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      Andy (3 years ago)

      As I said, its the staff at WebDesignDev’s opinion.

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        Scott (3 years ago)

        Just you? Or Michael as well?

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    jan (3 years ago)

    Great list, but i do miss people like Rob Ford (FWA) and Carole Guevin (netdiver). And Lee Brimelow, too.

    Oh dear, this list could go on and on. So i won’t complain. Good job!

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    Aaron Irizarry (3 years ago)

    30 designers… really… there should only stand one… and one alone THE LEGGET…

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    Luis Marquez (3 years ago)

    I THINK YOU MISSING THE MOST IMPORTANT DESIGNER: WORLDWIDE RENOWNED

    ERIC JORDAN. http://WWW.2ADVANCED.COM

    JUST SEARCH HIM IN GOOGLE….

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    Web designers UK (3 years ago)

    I liked ! thanks for the recognition and placement in this list. I impress.

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    TND webdesign (3 years ago)

    I understand that it’s the WebDesignDev’s opinion..well I quite like it. A lot of familiar people and just a great list with webdesign people!

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    Web Design Singapore (3 years ago)

    Cool Andy! You manage to compile this list with some detail info, thanks for the effort.

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    kre8iveminds (3 years ago)

    WOW, nice people.

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    Keith (3 years ago)

    Doug Bowman and Eric Meyer should really be on any list of influential people in web design.

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    Jason (3 years ago)

    Wow, that’s a ballsy list you guys have compiled there. Some are waaay more influential than others, but they still fall to the bottom of the list. Good job though!

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    Manu Sathyan (3 years ago)

    This is a great question..

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    Jeff Finley (3 years ago)

    Honored to have my business partner Bill Beachy included in this list. Although, the list definitely leaves out who some of us find much more influential I think it mostly focuses on people who run a successful design blog. Most of these people are all within the same “niche” so to speak, that’s probably why you’re not seeing John Resign, the creator Jquery, or the people behind wordpress, Firefox, Google, yada yada. Just take the list for what it’s worth and be encouraged to write YOUR top 30 on your blog and include those left out.

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    Ronald | Naldz Graphics (3 years ago)

    i smell part 2 of this list is coming . great compilation btw Andy

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    William Beachy (3 years ago)

    I must give ALL (literally) of the credit to my staff. I merely facilitate the opportunity for great things to happen – they do all the work. It should just say: “Go Media” up there.

    I am humbled and honored!

    Mad Props to the Go Media Staff!

    Wilson, Adam, Kim, Jeff, Heather, Thomas, Oliver, Comella, Law, Romsey, Liz, Tim and Katy!

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      Justin (jnashdesign) Nash (3 years ago)

      That’s major man. Congratulations!

      Very nice gesture shouting out your staff. Classy man.
      I’m sure they appreciate it.

      You get major respect from me.

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    George Egonut (3 years ago)

    Nice list. I do agree that Eric Meyer really has a place on this list, and I’d like to add that I’m surprised to not see Chris Spooner here. But, as pointed out several times, it’s all just opinion.

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    Justin (jnashdesign) Nash (3 years ago)

    I don’t know what everyone is talking about. I recognize all these names. I’m a designer by trade so maybe that’s why…

    As far as diversity goes (women, ethnic groups), it seems that the objective of the list was to display influential people, not be politically correct…

    I think it’s a great list! Nicely done.

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    pravash chamling rai (3 years ago)

    cool peoples !!!

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    Robert (3 years ago)

    Hi. Where is Tobi from http://www.tjdesign.pl ?
    He belongs to the top 20 for sure…

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    Santhos Webdesign (3 years ago)

    Great list! Already knew a lot of them, but also some interesting new webdesigners!

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    Design (3 years ago)

    Lebedev?

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    Kent Brewster (3 years ago)

    Eric Meyer? Molly Holschlag? Nate Koechley? Jeremy Keith?

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    Jon (3 years ago)

    How did you come up with this list?

    An Epic Fail!

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    Andrew L (3 years ago)

    Sorry but this is a terrible list. Are we going by how many hits their blog gets or by the quality of the design? Anyone who owns a keyword rich URL can get hits to their site, but that doesn’t make them a good designer, and posting a bunch of tutorials on your site doesn’t make you all that influential either.

    Sure, there’s a degree of subjectivity that goes into this, but the quality of some of the sites on this list are truly horrible in terms of design and typography. I’m not claiming to be the best, but it makes me a little sad that people can’t tell good from bad anymore.

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    Ceiling Cat (3 years ago)

    What’s the point of making a list when they’re a bunch of unknown sub par web designers that are your friends?
    Seriously, I don’t recognize most of the people on there? The guy on top of the list is some bald mofo who does photoshop tutorials??

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    johnr (3 years ago)

    Would you think about including more people from Asia and Africa, please?

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    Urvi (3 years ago)

    I m surprised not to find Chris Coyer!

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    jo (3 years ago)

    I think some of the comments on this list are totally absurd.

    This is the designers opinion as they stated at the top of the list. If you think they are wrong, make your own damne list! But don’t insult the people on the list. It is not called for. – @Jon @Andrew L – @Ceiling Cat

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    Robert (3 years ago)

    Hope to make the list next year.
    Number 31 is not a bad spot for now.

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    Jasmin Halki? (3 years ago)

    Nice list.

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    saeed (3 years ago)

    wow!
    its my dream to add my name under these names.

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    Freelance Graphic Design | Tony (3 years ago)

    Amazing list. It’s everyone’s dream to be among that company of people who have influenced web and graphic designing and made it what it is today.

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    drew (3 years ago)

    more women please, this sucks…

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      Mork (2 years ago)

      Seriously. Look beyond the club and you might find tons of talented women.

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    William Imhoff (3 years ago)

    One day maybe I’ll be up here. Good information and lots of great website. Thanks for the post!

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     Roger (3 years ago)

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     Check out his last work – the best web 2.0 site ever made in http://www.acquadream.com.br

     It is W3C standard, WEB 2.0, SEO ready, ultra dinamic, code 90% by the developer.

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     Richie (3 years ago)

     Awesome collection….. great work…

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     Chefpiper (3 years ago)

     Nice work and great collection, I really like this post too much.

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     Lauren (3 years ago)

     Great post. I am familiar with the majority of these designers and a big fan of them as well. Jeffrey Zeldman, Veerle Pieters, and Adelle Charles are some of my favorites to name a few.

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     Ryan (3 years ago)

     Uh…. where’s CSS-Tricks.com??

     I know it’s lame to post a “you missed one” comment on a blog, but Chris Coyier’s website is clearly a HUGE juggernaut in the online web design community and I think it should be noted along with all these cool people too.

     Just sayin..

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       Chase Adams (2 years ago)

       Agreed Ryan. I know it’s a little belated, and I only just saw this list for the first time, but Chris Coyier has definitely helped push things forward.

       Most Influential posts are really myopic. Everyone thinks someone else is more influential, the key is to broaden the scope of influential.

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     Best Web Designing Contest (3 years ago)

     Vitaly Friedman is my role model and I like all his designs and with his inspiration I has created a site where in I am going to post it in a contest running by grafikguru.com

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     Rafael (3 years ago)

     interesting… a lot of these guys are very young

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     Flash CMS Website (3 years ago)

     These guys are doing great job! And all of them are very talented.
     Thanks for the roundup.

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     Roan Martin (3 years ago)

     I’m really fan of collis

     want to be like them someday…

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     San Jose web design (3 years ago)

     wow! all in one place… salute to all my seniors… thanks for the useful post

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     Photoshop-Weblog | 100+ Photoshop Tweets in my first Week (3 years ago)

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     Nadeem (3 years ago)

     i think its those peoples .who spend whole life into that field.

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     sam (3 years ago)

     nice compilation, i think chris of css-tricks.com should also make the list.

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     Johnny (2 years ago)

     Where is Eric Meyer??? Clearly the one who made this list doesn’t have any experience in web design. This list is BULL

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     Rolando Peralta (2 years ago)

     fantastic list! thanks a lot for the level of detail. I’m already start to follow them!
     cheers,
     @RolandoPeralta

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     ????????????? (2 years ago)

     Amazing list man. And Jacob Gube is in there. That’s just great

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     adrian (2 years ago)

     Fabio Sasso isnt a designer. He sucks at it.

     look at his entry at the Smashing Magazine CSS3 Design Competition http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/uploader/images/css3-designs/css3-90s/index.html

     thats ridiculous

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       Edgar Leijs (2 years ago)

       You don’t have to be an AAAwsome Web Designer to be influential in the Web Design World, don’t you think?

       For me personal, Fabio gives me tons of Inspiration with his Abduzeedoo. Cheers for that!

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       Mork (2 years ago)

       Dude that’s not very nice – Someone has to take the time to write the tutorials and collate the inspirations to get all you AAAwesome designers to design exactly alike…

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       wendelle (2 years ago)

       Men, you can view it on webkit browsers like google chrome and safari, He uses pure css for his animation and since mozilla hasn’t supported it yet, of course it will be mess if you view it in mozilla firefox and IE, hehe cheers men!

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     Pritam Pebam (2 years ago)

     Interesting… and just realized that I’m not the only one who dreams to be on this list!!

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     engle (2 years ago)

     wooow… my dream to be the “31″ …

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     Brad (2 years ago)

     Great list. Some of their sites have some awesome information and inspiration.

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     chetan (2 years ago)

     its my dream …after 3 year..i will be there..don’t worry..write down my name..no one in this list from India..i am the first designer coming soon…wait……………..

     Thanks
     chetan thakur

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     Chameleon Dsgn (2 years ago)

     Very nice… great job congrats to them.

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     Beatrice (2 years ago)

     Thank you so much for this great list. I am so inspired by many of these creative individuals. What about the founders of Lynda.com? That is an amazing web site that is quite successful on so many levels.

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     eshanne (2 years ago)

     ~ If this is the great move, then the great move ahead will come to me.. ~

     I wish someday i can be like them.. Damn!! They’re so good..

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     Premium Wordpress (2 years ago)

     Thanks your great list

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     Josh Johnson (2 years ago)

     Good stuff, Paul Irish and Eric Meyer are notable exclusions.

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     Cheap Brochure Dude (2 years ago)

     Good list. Too bad you didn’t list the 31 most influential people in web design. I’m sure I would have been #31 Maybe next year…

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     Renee (2 years ago)

     looks like the “old boys network” is alive and well.
     Ladies, we have some glass ceilings to break:)

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     Ash (2 years ago)

     Wow that is a great list ! They are the web dev dream team !!

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     Brad Maver (2 years ago)

     I have had the privilege of watching some of these guys develop over the years. They are very influential and proactive thinkers. Thanks for sharing!

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     hotcomb (2 years ago)

     Yes, more woman please. We do exist. Other than that, some great sites, very cool.

     hotcomb

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     Web Design Agency India (2 years ago)

     this Good stuff, Paul Irish and Eric Meyer are notable exclusions.

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     Sumeet Chawla (2 years ago)

     awww.. you should have mentioned Chris Coyier from http://css-tricks.com/ too.. But nevertheless, nice list.

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     Horse Meds (1 year ago)

     I agree that Mr. Collis Ta’eed is the top of the most influence people in Web Design. In fact, Collis undoubtedly has the keen eye for style and has extremely paved the means for a few of the most effective style on the online.

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     wdalhaj (1 year ago)

     no Chris Coyier !!!!!???

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     Molly Holzschlag (1 year ago)

     Apparently, I’m no longer influential. I wonder if that’s good or bad! This list is very mixed, but with the exception of Zeldman, you’ve left out some of old skoolers who are still kicking it – Eric Meyer being the most obvious example.

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     kreas (1 year ago)

     Paul Irish should be number 1 on this list. Great article otherwise.

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     Phoenix Alexander-Craine (1 year ago)

     I guess this whole list of ‘Most Influential’ is subjective. I can think of several people who have had a far greater impact on web design than any of these people. Nick Di Silva, Lincoln Johnson, Bradley Grosh, Eric Jordan, Josh Davis and on and on. Nick created Flash TV which allows budding animators, directors, musicians to showcase work .

     Lincoln helped pioneer streaming media and created the most award winning website on the internet (Vodafone Journey) v1, and although creating film trailers for some of Hollywood’s biggest films (most recently Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol) he still puts together amazing sites and teaches others.

     Bradley innovated video and video edited sites using a variety of vid/ed software and Flash. Josh used Chaos Theory mathematics in several Flash based campaigns for micro sites created for Motorola and BMW and has gone on to become a professor in NY and finally Eric Jordan pioneered Flash and was featured in Masters of Flash…Not to mention Yumi Sakaki from London and a host of other women who impress the industry every day.

     Come on…open your windows a bit. There are quite a few who for what I imagine are purely personal reasons who have been omitted from your list.

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     Bradley (1 year ago)

     Wow this is some fantastic stuff hopefully one day my site will be amongst these.

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     Tony (1 year ago)

     So many amazing peeps in this industry.
     As a knowledge hungry designer it’s nice to see other peoples lists like this.

     Cheers, for the post.