Why?

Because your life is affected by design. Everyday. You are a designer. You help create the world in which we live.

Inspiration and wonder

From inspiration, interviews, education and tutorials, Design.org seeks to help designers and those inspired by design to create a better world and promote their efforts on a global stage.  Whether it’s a piece of music or film or architecture or literature or packaging or type that quickens your pulse. Beauty in form and function that sends shivers down your spine. Someone, a person on this planet, created that moment. That moment, where your sense of the world changed, was by design. A designer created the experience you now possess in your heart and mind. We will celebrate those moments and their creators.

A design solution that puts a pit in your stomach. Why hadn’t you thought of that? How simple, yet perfect that concept is. A splash of color on a wall. The right image and the perfect crop. The typeface that says exactly what it should. You feel a sense of humility at a beautiful design solution that at the same time takes your breath away and motivates you to do something even more amazing. We will help you get there.

How do I contribute?

We have hand-picked a small group of talented design curators to contribute to Design.org. We are not a secret club. We don’t have a mysterious handshake. We are just a passionate group of people who enjoy sharing and discussing thoughtful, innovative design. We aren’t pretending to be the best, we know there are many talented designers in the world just like you. We just want to protect the integrity of the content on the site. As time goes on, we may grow our base of contributors, but we will always use a slow, calculated approach to ensure Design.org remains a valuable source of inspiration now and in the future.

Our history

Founded in the summer of 2009 by American designer Ward Andrews, Design.org follows the world of design. We currently have blog contributors from the USA and readers from all over the globe. Design.org is designed and developed by Drawbackwards.

From 1994 to 2009 the design.org domain name was owned by Peter Fraterdeus, serving as a home for Semiotx, Inc and Dezine Café. Peter's early vision for a web-based design community lives on.