“Designers Who Blog” Leaves A Trail Of [Sparkling] Blog Dust

SE Asia: When Catherine (Cat) Wentworth launched Designers Who Blog (DWB), in September, 2005, her goal was to create the most comprehensive listing of design-oriented blogs available on the Internet. She reached that goal is record time and was awarded several accolades including a listing as a “Top 10 Site,” by leading industry publication, HOW Magazine and selected as one of the Top 10 blogs of 2005 by Industrial Brand Creative.

By January, 2006, DWB has featured over 100 blogs and carried more than 400 links to others. The rules of inclusion became clear over the months – DWB would feature only those blogs that carried relevant content, side stepping those that were of a more personal nature. The formula works and DWB has become the pinnacle of blogs featuring those involved in communication design and associated practices.

Designers Who Blog’s featured blog roster includes illustrious industry icons such as Jack Yan’s “Persuader” blog, Roger Johansson’s 456 Berea Street, Greg Storey’s Airbag Industries, Cameron Moll’s Authentic Boredom, Jason Santa Maria’s Jason Santa Maria, as well as noteworthy, upcoming bloggers such as Marc E. Babe’s Being Reasonable, and The Prepared Mind by Chris Gee. For a detail of the ever growing list, visit DWB's blogroll.

With each entry, Catherine posts a background about the featured blog, along with comments its author. DWB’s “cream of the crop” are also featured on Creative Latitude’s Cat’s Fancy. Each month Cat picks selected blogs from DWB’s offerings. After a brief introduction by Catherine, she steps back and lets the featured Bloggers share their insights.

Cat is a cofounder of Creative Latitude, a popular site for creatives and the clients they serve. She also steers the helm of Fast Coconut, a partnership of several groups with various skill sets who team up for the development of large scale web-based projects.

Based in SE Asia and the UK, Katz-i Design International Web & Graphic Design specialises in aiding the expatriate community by unifying creativity with culture, for a blend of print and web-based communication.  The Katz-i team of designers, writers, photographers and programmers focuses on the subtlety required when communicating between Eastern and Western cultures.