Designer catalogue abridged (8)
I believe the answer is:
inventor
'designer' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'catalogue abridged' is the wordplay.
'catalogue' becomes 'inventory'.
'abridged' means to remove the last letter.
'inventory' with its final letter removed is 'INVENTOR'.
(Other definitions for inventor that I've seen before include "Architect" , "Creator of new devices" , "Creator, first to make something" , "eg Rubik" , "One who creates or designs" .)