There are things one can do a number of times without worrying about becoming boring. For instance, collecting and showcasing excellent blog designs. In this post we do it already the fifth time. Why? Web design lives in blogs; new developments appear there, that’s where the music plays. And that’s where you need to look for in order to keep up with current trends and developments.
In the showcase below we present 50 beautiful blog designs that literally stand out — either through their layout or through their design or through their attention to little details. Below you'll find a variety of designs: clean designs, grunge, retro, graphics-heavy designs etc. Most designs presented below risk unusual approaches in the choice of design and content presentation. That's what makes them different. Hopefully you will find some creative ideas which you can develop further in your further projects.
We strongly encourage designers to break out the common layout conventions, experiment with new approaches and risk crazy ideas. Show what you are capable of!
You may want to take a look at the following related posts:
- Excellent Blog Designs: Part 1
- Excellent Blog Designs: Part 2
- Excellent Blog Designs: Part 3
- Excellent Blog Designs: Part 4
Beautiful Blog Designs
Standards for Life by Natalie Jost
Langgatan 3a
Ali Felski
Neil Gaiman's The Graveyeard Book
Viget.com/Extend
Matthew Buchanan
Clean structure and good use of icons and typography. The icons at the left side of the posts stand for the category the article belongs to.
Macalicious
Clean Designs
LittleEngine
LittleEngine provides an interesting integration of the blog into its overall design. Clean and very elegant solution which employs only few colors, but uses them effectively. The navigation is provided by the calendar in the sidebar.
forgetfoo
Grunge, Handwriting and Collage
AmyMahon.com
tj mapes
That INDIE Dude
Retro, Vintage, Experimental
Korbinian Folk
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