Sometimes it really is as simple as you think. Drawar is a design community run by Paul Scrivens and his pseudo-company Emersian. Enough with the third person. I am Paul Scrivens and I was getting tired of not being able to jump online and dive into a design community to discuss what was on my mind. I was also tired of seeing my RSS reader filled with nothing but lists posts.

Since I started 9rules I knew a thing or two about running a community and writing content that people would enjoy so instead of sitting on my ass hoping for the day to come where one would pop up, I decided to create one myself. What you see in front of you is the ever growing and evolving result of it all.

It isn't easy (or smart) to be everything to everybody, but Drawar does a lot of what designers are looking for. Top notch articles discussing design, links to great resources around the web, community news to keep designers updated on what is happening, a gallery to help maintain inspiration, and forums to bring the discussion to a central location. As time goes on more sections will be added that will aid in the growth of the design community. Drawar is a site for the community and in time run by the community.

Drawar would not exist if it weren't for the great innovators around the web and the many great websites that have provided us with the inspiration to create it. A couple of shoutouts go to k10k, Surfstation, QBN/Newstoday and Netdiver.