50 Influential Designers & Developers to Follow on Twitter

Posted by dlstl on Apr 29, 2009 | 29 comments

Here are 50 designers and developers to follow on twitter, in no particular order. These people are influential bloggers and social media users who provide great resources and a lot of times, free tutorials, graphics, tips, widgets and more.

@designerdepot – runs one of my favorite blogs with extremely useful and applicable tutorials, articles, graphics, tips and advice.
@smashingmag – hugely popular design blog with tutorials and resources on CSS, design and all things web.
@iblend – part of interactive blend, a design/development firm in NY/NJ that “blends” the traditional agency with new media.
@gayadesign – runs a great simple blog with design and development resources
@1stwebdesigner – runs a blog with a lot of photoshop/design tutorials
@leemunroe – is a great 2.0+ design freelancer for hire with an awesome portfolio and website.
@ronicadesign – freelance web designer.
@mayhemstudios – designer and media expert that runs a blog with interviews, design tips and media resources.
@colorburned – runs a blog with free and paid vector/raster graphics, tutorials and interviews. check out the last interview with @buysellads!
@thecolorfreak – designer with a new blog aimed to help you make money with your design!
@woork – web developer from Rome, Italy who loves the web, macs and social media.
@joshhelfferich – photographer, designer and video producer who makes cool digital media stuff with people from hollywood!
@collis – CEO and founder/designer behind the @envato sites. great thinker and business person!
@abduzeedo – influential blogger with great tutorials and graphics resources
@ilovetypography – lover of fonts and typography. runs a great blog about everything fonts + other design matters.
@gracesmith – freelance web designer from Ireland. Runs cssloaf.com
@justcreative – influential blogger and freelance web designer currently getting his graphic design degree in Australia.
@mike9r – one of the original founders of 9rules.
@tweetie – author of the new tweetie application for mac! great mac developer.
@youthedesigner – runs a design blog with tips, freebies, resources and more.
@danrubin – designer and developer. check out his last post on why IE6 is dead.
@problogger – very influential professional blogger who blogs for a living and shows you how to do the same.
@elliotjaystocks – influential designer and author who runs a popular blog. also speaks at design conferences!
@snookca – influential programmer who’s authored books and written some great applications including snitter.
@chrisspooner – runs the spoongraphics design blog and spoon feeds you design tutorials.
@bittbox – runs a blog with a lot of free resources and designer showcases
@chriscoyier – great 2.0+ designer with tutorials and interviews with influential designers like @collis on his blog.
@cssglobe – runs a blog about css resources, tips and tutorials
@designyoutrust – runs a blog that showcases great photography, design and resources
@flytweets – future designer of flytweets.net, custom twitter backgrounds
@psdfan – runs a popular blog for photoshop tutorials
@fuelcreativity – runs a great design blog made to inspire your design
@smashingapps – runs a blog with resources (and apps) for designers and developers.
@dlstl – runs a design, development and strategy group from St. Louis. Also runs graphicleftovers.
@dannyoutlaw – designer who runs an influential design blog with tutorials, tips and resources about freelancing and design. also video blogs. check out his new blog layout!
@buysellads – Todd Garland, the founder of buysellads, the advertising marketplace that simplifies your life and saves you time.
@envato – company with a great portfolio of sites below:
- @flashdennet – original envato marketplace that spawned the rest
- @aetuts – adobe after effects tutorial blog
- @graphicriver – the newest addition to the envato sites that sells raster and vector graphics
- @themeforest – the marketplace for buying and selling wordpress themes, web templates and more
- @audiojungle – marketplace for audio files and sound effects
- @videohive – marketplace for videos and movies
- @psdtuts – the very popular psd tutorials blog with easy to follow instructional posts on using photoshop
- @vectortuts – the tutorial blog about creating vector images
- @audiotuts – the tutorial blog about making audio files
- @nettuts – the tutorial blog about creating websites (css, javascript, general web development)
- @flashtuts – the tutorial blog about adobe flash
- @freelancesw – blog about making the switch from being an employee with a boss to owning your own life and being your own boss as a [web] freelancer.
- @creattica – great site that showcases awesome design work

If I missed any good ones (and I’m sure I did), post them below!

29 Comments

4-29-2009

admin says:

Graphic River also posted 51 freelance creatives to follow on twitter today! Here is that list: http://bit.ly/3RMOu
4-29-2009

admin says:

Enrique Flouret also posted another 10 designers to follow: http://ff.im/2rF4p

Another 20 Cool Photoshop and Design Twitter Accounts You Should Follow: http://bit.ly/RcaKe
4-29-2009

Louis Gubitosi says:

Hey, thanks for the include! Glad I can help with spreading design news and trends. visit me @iBlend
4-29-2009

Gaya says:

Thanks for the mention Hope you like the follow! @gayadesign
4-29-2009

Veronica Domeier says:

Great list! Thanks so much for the mention
4-29-2009

Marco says:

Great list – Good to see @gayadesign here (his blog is absolutely worth visiting). Sad to see that I’m missing from the list (@marcofolio) . Ah, guess I still need to grow .

Keep up the good work!
4-29-2009

Timothy says:

Nice list. I’ll check out the ones I don’t already know.
4-30-2009

Jordan says:

here’s other person who post very very useful link http://twitter.com/nishanjoomun
5-1-2009

evan says:

yano that @esamek is pretty good too….haha.
5-1-2009

Pariah Burke says:

I’ve added your list to the CreativesAre.com Community and Toolbar “Creatives on Twitter – The Uber Lists” http://tr.im/kdx7

@iamPariah
5-6-2009

Angie Bowen says:

Great list, I follow most of these people and they are very friendly and helpful. Sad to see that @Arbenting didn’t make the list though
5-9-2009

Graham Smith says:

*raises hand in air* ME ME ME! :0)

http://twitter.com/imjustcreative

Bio : Logo, Identity and Brand Design Served up by ImJustCreative. 22+ years experience. LoveHelvetica. LoveTypography. LoveDogs. Freelance designer for Hire
5-10-2009

iCreator says:

Great list I love to follow other designers on twitter. Im following most of these already and their great guys.
5-16-2009

Brian Cray says:

Great list, I like how you categorized the Envato team. The Envato team is a great change agent in modern web design/development.
5-19-2009

Andy Sowards says:

Nice list! Great people on here, missing a few good ones tho! like @chadengle and me! @andysowards
5-23-2009

Stratigo says:

Very inspiring list.
@iBlend is cool and features great links and stuff.
5-26-2009

Styletime says:

Finally someone realized I’m not a designer lol
6-1-2009

FreelanceFolder says:

Great list. We already follow/connect with many of these people on Twitter. Will tweet this list out to our followers as well.

I agree with Graham Smith AKA @imjustcreative, definitely should have been on the list:

“*raises hand in air* ME ME ME! :0) http://twitter.com/imjustcreative – Bio : Logo, Identity and Brand Design Served up by ImJustCreative. 22+ years experience. LoveHelvetica. LoveTypography. LoveDogs. Freelance designer for Hire”
6-2-2009

Kimberly Beaven says:

Wonderful list – I do follow most of these and they provide great community and information. Of course, you know, I could be added to the list as a designer and developer

@bluewavemedia
6-5-2009

admin says:

Another great list (300 designers to follow on twitter): http://bit.ly/19smOS
6-6-2009

9swords says:

These are great people to follow on twitter!
6-7-2009

Jane Harrell says:

Great person to follow is @blellow http://www.twitter.com/blellow – She is a UX Designer and CEO of Blellow, social network for entrepreneurs, freelancers, creatives & tech pros. She provides great info on Twitter and is very helpful to boot.
6-9-2009

Trevor says:

Great original list and great addition of the 300, I need to follow some new people!

Someone I just came across is http://twitter.com/srdgroupinc The seem pretty new to Twitter with only a few followers but they are posting some great industry news and advice. Yesterday they tweeted Apple’s WWDC conference in real time. Us Apple fan boys love that stuff. Worth checking them out!
7-21-2009

Nick - Freelance Designer says:

There is a few there that I hadn’t found for myself, thanks for that! Mine is http://www.twitter.com/bittenbydesign
8-18-2009

James says:

Nice! saw some new ones I could follow:
Good list.
Thanks,

http://twitter.com/j_donato
1-19-2010

Robby says:

Hey, you missed me – Freelance Web Designer / Free Templates Creator:

http://twitter.com/robbydesigns
1-26-2010

Sandy says:

Thanks for sharing this compiled list of designers with us. It will be a great help.
2-17-2010

Holly says:

Great List! Thanks! You can follow me @HollyLamarche
4-1-2010

Cathy Mason says:

Love this list! Always looking for new designers and innovative creative professionals!
Thank you!