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Posted by ryan | Posted on 17:34

Posted: 13 May 2011 03:00 AM PDT

The web design industry is continuously changing and there are many people who are setting the bar higher every day with their incredible work and contribution to the web design community. Here is a list of just a few of the people who are responsible for changing the meaning of web design with their awesome work and concepts. All designers listed here are equally amazing, this isn’t mean to be a ‘Top Ten’ type list, we’re not ranking them, just listing innovators in web design.

Also, with this list I have shared their Facebook, Twitter, Dribble & LinkedIn information so you can always stay connected and get inspired by their work.

1. Jeffery Zeldman

Jeffery Zeldman is the King of Web Standards & co-founded The Web Standards Project. Zeldman was one of the first bloggers and independent publishers. He has written design books like "Designing With Web Standards"& "Taking Your Talent to the Web".

Website: http://www.zeldman.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/zeldman
Facebook: http://facebook.com/JeffreyZeldman
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/zeldman
Dribble: N/A

2. Jason Santa Maria

Jason is a creative director for Typekit & founder of Typedia. Inspired by traditional print design and typography, he has worked with WordPress, Miramax Films, The New York Stock Exchange, PBS and many others.

Website: http://jasonsantamaria.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/jasonsantamaria
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jasonsantamaria
LinkedIn: N/A
Dribble: http://dribbble.com/jsm

3. Dan Cederholm

Dan is a designer, author, and speaker and a co-founder of Dribble. He is know as a CSS guy. He’s worked with some of the heaviest hitters in the web industry including: Google, YouTube, Blogger and many more.

Website: http://simplebits.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/simplebits
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/simplebits
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/simplebits
Dribble: http://dribbble.com/simplebits

4. Vitaly Friedman

Vitaly is a founder of Smashing Magazine which is one the largest online design magazines on the web. They regularly publish really high quality articles that help designers and developers across the world.

Website: http://www.smashingmagazine.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/smashingmag
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/vitaly.friedman
LinkedIn: http://de.linkedin.com/pub/vitaly-friedman/4/126/40
Dribble: N/A

5. John O Nolan

John is a talented designer from the UK and is working as a member of the WordPress UI Team, he is also developing user interface for Virgin Atlantic Airways. Besides his personal blog, he also contributes to Smashing Magazine, Web Designer Depot and Envato Network.
Website: http://john.onolan.org/

Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/johnonolan
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/johnonolan
LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/johnonolan
Dribble: http://dribbble.com/JohnONolan

6. Brian Hoff

Brian is a graphic designer who focuses on corporate identity & branding. His recent project includes redesigning Mojo Themes. Inspired by typography and layout, Brian focuses on usability & design.

Website: http://www.thedesigncubicle.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/behoff
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TDCBehoff
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianwhoff
Dribble: http://dribbble.com/behoff

7. Douglas Bowman

Douglas founded Stopdesign under which he worked with Google, Capegemini, Blogger & other big clients. Later, he worked at Google as a Visual Design Lead and after that he moved on to work with Twitter as its creative director.

Website: http://stopdesign.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/stop
Facebook: N/A
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/stopd
Dribble: http://dribbble.com/stop

8. Aarron Walter

Aarron is a designer, author, professor and speaker. He is the lead user experience designer for MailChimp. He also leads the development of the InterACT curriculum project that helps connect the design industry & education.

Website: http://aarronwalter.com/
Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/aarron
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/aarronwalter
LinkedIn: N/A
Dribble: N/A

9. Ethan Marcotte

Ethan is a passionate designer, speaker and wrote ‘Handcrafted CSS’. New York Magazine, Stanford University, and the World Wide Web Consortium are some of the clients he has worked with. Ethan can be found blogging about design-related articles on his blog.

Website: http://ethanmarcotte.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/BEEP
Facebook: N/A
LinkedIn: N/A
Dribble: N/A

10. David Airey

David works from a Northern Ireland-based home studio, he is a brand identity designer who has worked with clients of all sizes. His client list include Giacom and Yellow Pages. He writes on design at Logo Design Love and davidairey.com. He also authored the book ‘Logo Design Love’.

Website: http://www.davidairey.com/
Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/DavidAirey
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidaireydesign
LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/davidairey
Dribble: N/A

11. Patrick McNeil

Patrick is more of a developer than a designer but he has contributed equally to the design community. He has been featured in .NET Magazine and authored the book series "The Web Designer’s Idea Book".

Website: http://pmcneil.com/
Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/DesignMeltdown
Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/people/Patrick-McNeil/764310713
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmcneilstl
Dribble: N/A

12. Jason Beaird

Jason is a user experience designer and front-end developer with a degree in Graphic Design. He is currently working as a user experience designer at MailChimp and also authored the book ‘The Principles of Beautiful Web Design’. He has also spoken at many SXSW events.

Website: http://jasongraphix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/jasongraphix
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jbeaird
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jasongraphix
Dribble: N/A

13. Chris Coyier

Chris is currently working at Wufoo, he is the founder of CSS-Tricks which shares tons of useful tutorials and tips. He has also co-authored the famous book Digging into WordPress.

Website: http://chriscoyier.net/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/chriscoyier
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chriscoyier
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/chriscoyier
Dribble: N/A

14. Eric A. Meyer

Eric is the author of ‘CSS: The Definitive Guide’. He has been working with the web since 1993 and is an expert of HTML & CSS. He is also a co-founder of An Event Apart & GMPG.

Website: http://meyerweb.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/meyerweb/
Facebook: N/A
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/meyerweb
Dribble: N/A

15. Luke Wroblewski

Luke worked as the Chief Design Architect at Yahoo and was the Lead User Interface Designer of eBay. He has authored two design books and is currently the Chief Product Officer and co-founder of Bagcheck Inc.