Women Web Designers

By Jennifer Farley | Apr 17 2008

Tara over at the Graphic Design blog has an interesting post questioning why there are so few women web designers about. I’m wondering if there are loads of us out there but maybe women might be quieter on the promotion front?

Are there any women web designers reading today? Say hello in the comments and get some link love!

Posted by Jennifer Farley | Filed Under Design Stuff! 

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12 Responses to “Women Web Designers”

  1. Ha-Hoa on April 18th, 2008 2:46 pm

    We’re here! but yes, especially in the political space, it seems like it’s a male dominated field.

    Women who Tech is doing great work to dispel that! http://www.womenwhotech.com/

    btw, love the blog. It’s really helpful.

  2. Amanda Martin on April 18th, 2008 3:52 pm

    I’m a “web designer” I guess you could say, maybe more of an aspiring one :) I’vye always been into web design but never really learned a lot, I’m working with my fiance now with his freelance company. Doing easy template work for now hoping to move on to the more difficult stuff in the future! :)

    HELLO! :)

  3. Jennifer on April 18th, 2008 8:24 pm

    Hi Ha-hoa, thanks for your kind words and also for the link. I hadn’t seen that before and it looks like a great resource.

    Hi Amanda, you sound like you’re getting good experience with your fiance’s company. Thanks for visiting and saying hello!

  4. Char on April 19th, 2008 12:21 am

    I had never really given this much thought, but I do know as many women web designers as I do men. Some of my best friends are women designers like RandaClay.com, Lisa from eWebscapes.com, Charity from DesignAdaptations.com, Katy of Imbloggingthat.com and of course Tara and Lauren-Marie.

    Have a great weekend!

  5. Teddi on April 19th, 2008 5:25 pm

    *raises hand* I’m here!

    I’ve known more male than female web designers, but there’s a good number of us out here.

    I wonder what the numbers are like in graphic design (print-side)? I know more female graphic designers than web designers. Perhaps web design has a “math and programming” air about it that scares off girls that don’t think they’re good at those things?

    Maybe all the women who *know* they’re good at math are becoming CPAs and think that they’re not artistic enough to do web design.

    *grin* Just speculation.

  6. Jennifer on April 19th, 2008 10:27 pm

    Hi Char, yep, I hadn’t really considered it too much either till I saw it on Tara’s blog. Thanks for mentioning some great designers there. I know Randa and Lauren Marie’s blogs so it was nice to see some of the other gals you listed above.

    Hi Teddi
    I think that’s an interesting perspective on the idea of maths and programming being a turn off. There’s is certainly a technical side to web design for sure and it probably is a major block for people starting out. You nearly forget that after a while when you get into the swing of things and suddenly your designs match up with the “computer” stuff, don’t you?

  7. rachel on April 20th, 2008 5:05 am

    i’m here! i’m mainly a graphic designer, but also a web designer. i know about 4 others in my circle as well!

  8. Tara on April 20th, 2008 4:04 pm

    HI Jennifer, thanks for the mention. Its good to see there are quite a few women web designers out there.

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  10. Jennifer on April 22nd, 2008 11:18 am

    Hi Rachel, thanks for visiting and saying hello!

    Hi Tara, you’re very welcome - it was an interesting topic you brought up.

  11. Shelley on May 6th, 2008 10:07 am

    Yes, there do seem to be a shortage of us women out there doing web design. I design and teacher web - again very few women seem to enrole….I’m trying to make it my mission to bring more girls onto the scene.

  12. Marlyse Comte on May 18th, 2008 6:38 pm

    Reading the same article I was quite astonished to find truth in the fact that it seems to have less of “us” in this (web designer) world. For some reason I have a hard time believing it - isn’t design still the main issue here and the coding secondary to some extent? - what I could see is that the “other” side might be more vocal about it and thus to appear more dominant?

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