Blog design inspiration

Thanks to the ease of starting and running a blog, many people are choosing to install blog software like Wordpress and to maintain their web sites using this rather then plain HTML web pages or a full content management system. Blogs are not only easier to maintain and update but are also a lot more interactive and make it easier to build an online community. Designing a blog can be less time consuming too then traditional web design from scratch, depending on how unique you would like your design to be. A well matched blog and design however creates the best impression, credibility and can take your site places.

While not everyone is of the same opinion obviously, personally I’m a huge fan of unusual, artistic blog designs. Two good examples of such designs that stand out to me are:

Sketchblog, the blog of an illustrator.

screenshot Krolikov.net, an artist and designer.

I love all the effort and attention to details that goes into designs like these. On the down side though designs like that can be a little slow to load and are not really suited to every type of site. For sites which are very content oriented and change all the time such as news sites for example, illustration will be kept to a minimum. This doesn’t mean they have to be boring however.
A good example here is the famous revolution wordpress theme:
revolution wordpress theme
Click here to view more details about the Revolution theme

While sites like the above are inspiring, it is also good to learn from the web design mistakes of others which are showcased at webpagesthatsuck.com . The current contender #2 on their site for the worst design for 2008 is quiet breathtaking (unfortunately not really for the right reasons though) and although is not a blog design as such, it’s certainly worth a visit.
worst design of 2008

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June 11, 2008 Visited 1328 times, 2 so far today | Filed Under Articles 

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2 Responses to “Blog design inspiration”

  1. Rock on on December 5th, 2008

    A good design is one that facilitates the end-user, and makes their experience on the site smooth, simple and enjoyable.
    Good Web design means your site achieves its goals and objectives with minimal obstacles to the user.

  2. Shivani Kapoor on March 7th, 2009

    Thanks for share it dear very nice post

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