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Ask HN: Sites like HN for designers

7 points by anujkk 16y ago

Like HN is the best community for hackers, which sites are there for designer community, where the designers showcase their work and discuss about design related topics?

brianwillis 16y ago
DesignFloat (http://www.designfloat.com/ http://www.designfloat.com/) is gaining in popularity. Also there's DocType (http://doctype.com/ http://doctype.com/) which is a Stack Exchange style site for designers. The Web Design subreddit gets some activity too (http://www.reddit.com/r/webdesign http://www.reddit.com/r/webdesign).
- anujkk 16y ago
  Thanks for these links. I really liked doctype.com.
- atgm 16y ago
  DocType is the most useful for me; DesignFloat tends to be pretty random/useless sometimes since it's an aggregator and the links it has don't always directly pertain to design.
cleer 16y ago
http://www.drawar.com http://www.drawar.com is pretty nice albeit somewhat inactive. http://forrst.com http://forrst.com is invite-only and caters to both designers and developers, but it fits the bill.
noibl 16y ago
The closest analogue I can think of is Undrln: http://www.undrln.com http://www.undrln.com but it doesn't get anywhere near as much traffic as it did a couple of years ago, unfortunately.
sidmitra 16y ago
http://forlue.com/ http://forlue.com/ - a clone of HN for design speak.
limedaring 16y ago
This doesn't directly answer your question, but I wish more design related topics would show up on Hacker News — benefits hackers who are looking to learn more about design, and it's a really good startup related topic anyways.
iisbum 16y ago
If you're looking for places to share your work and get feedback, then http://dribbble.com http://dribbble.com and http://forrst.com http://forrst.com are your best bet, although both are currently invite only. If you're looking for more of a link dump type thing, then http://www.designfloat.com http://www.designfloat.com and http://www.uberlook.com http://www.uberlook.com (my site) might have what you need.

7 points by anujkk 16y ago

Like HN is the best community for hackers, which sites are there for designer community, where the designers showcase their work and discuss about design related topics?

brianwillis 16y ago

DesignFloat (http://www.designfloat.com/ http://www.designfloat.com/) is gaining in popularity. Also there's DocType (http://doctype.com/ http://doctype.com/) which is a Stack Exchange style site for designers. The Web Design subreddit gets some activity too (http://www.reddit.com/r/webdesign http://www.reddit.com/r/webdesign).

anujkk 16y ago
Thanks for these links. I really liked doctype.com.
atgm 16y ago
DocType is the most useful for me; DesignFloat tends to be pretty random/useless sometimes since it's an aggregator and the links it has don't always directly pertain to design.

cleer 16y ago

http://www.drawar.com http://www.drawar.com is pretty nice albeit somewhat inactive. http://forrst.com http://forrst.com is invite-only and caters to both designers and developers, but it fits the bill.

noibl 16y ago

The closest analogue I can think of is Undrln: http://www.undrln.com http://www.undrln.com but it doesn't get anywhere near as much traffic as it did a couple of years ago, unfortunately.

sidmitra 16y ago

http://forlue.com/ http://forlue.com/ - a clone of HN for design speak.

limedaring 16y ago

This doesn't directly answer your question, but I wish more design related topics would show up on Hacker News — benefits hackers who are looking to learn more about design, and it's a really good startup related topic anyways.

iisbum 16y ago

If you're looking for places to share your work and get feedback, then http://dribbble.com http://dribbble.com and http://forrst.com http://forrst.com are your best bet, although both are currently invite only. If you're looking for more of a link dump type thing, then http://www.designfloat.com http://www.designfloat.com and http://www.uberlook.com http://www.uberlook.com (my site) might have what you need.