Basang Panaginip, the highly controversial blog that brought us The Sexiest Filipino Bloggers, The Sexiest Filipina Bloggers, and The World’s Most Photorealistic Vector Art have come up with a new list: the Best Designed Filipino Blogs for 2006.
I was shocked to find out that Michael dropped by to tell me I was on the list. The awards are no Philippine Webbies*, but my respect (or awe) for that award-giving body has started to erode a long time ago (here’s Mia’s story).
I’ve listed the winners here, but you should visit Basang Panaginip’s entry for visual proof. (Which means you’re under a rock and you haven’t heard of these people, much less visited their kickass sites before.)
- Avalonstar by Bryan Veloso
Best Overall - I’m Bryan Veloso by Bryan Veloso
Best Designed About Page - Caterina Fake for Flickr
Best Filipino CMS Designer - iPap by Markku Seguerra
Best Designed Photoblog - Kutitots by Gail dela Cruz
Best Designed WordPress - How Now Brownpau by Paulo Ordoveza
Best Designed MovableType - Midori-X by Marni
Best Designed Blogger - Sacha Chua by Sandra Jean “Sacha” Chua
Best Designed Wiki Blog - Lukaret by Beng Hafner
Best Visual Aesthetic - Rebelpixel by Markku Seguerra
Best Navigation and Structure - Koray by Derek Punsalan
Best Usability - Avlack by Jolo Santos
Best Minimalist - Foliage Mod by Derek Punsalan
Best Single Column - 5thirtyone October Special by Derek Punsalan
Best Blog Design for SEO - Hinge Inquirer Productions by Gail dela Cruz
Best Designed Commercial Blog - The Last Leaf by Mae Paulino
Best Use of Color - Stellify by Sophie “ia” Lucero
Best Use of Contrast - Avalonstar by Bryan Veloso
Best Logo - Anino by Datu Arellano
Best Header - Ironwulf by Ferdinand Decena
Best Use of Background Graphics - HighFiber by Luis Buenaventura
Best Designed Comment Avatars - HighFiber by Luis Buenaventura
Best Designed Community Blog
Best use of contrast, eh? To me that means they appreciated how I used black. Wai!
But beyond basking in awe (a. that they called me Sophie; b. Caterina Fake! Avalonstar! Rebelpixel! Can you say webstarstruck?) and l33tness, I’m thankful I have a few more Filipino greats to add to my list. Of what? Shhh!
* I know I’ve read sites from around the world that use “webbys”. The proper way to pluralize a word ending in Y preceded by a consonant is to use -ies. Adding an S is used for vowels preceding Y’s. (This grammar lesson is brought to you by The Obsessive-Compulsive Grammar Police, me.)