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Now that’s hot. Viget has come on strong recently. I don’t think their design blog is even the best design, though it does have some really cool details, such as the roman numerals for line numbers when they post code. Their development blog is really cool.

Jacob Gube

@Tuomas Tuomitie: Thanks for the feedback. About popular blogs being mentioned (such as Veerle’s), I chose to include a variety of blogs – new, old, minimalist, ornate, popular, just getting started, etc. That way it’s easy to compare and contrast and find something that you like (and don’t like). Each of us have our own tastes and design direction we want to take for a particular project, and my aim is to have this article as a reference for times you need to jumpstart your creative juices.

@Chris W.: What’s up homie? I definitely agree with your Viget sentiments. Inspire is one of my favorite blogs from Viget – not only for the design, but for the awesome content.

Rishi Luchun

some really nice designs here

masonga95

One blog I really like is the one at the Casual Collective…
http://blog.casualcollective.com/

Simple, but looks nice.

Anna

Wow 100 million blogs, boy I got a competition going on out there. Thanks for the hot stuff, and I love the That Indie Dude, so cool. Wishing happy holidays and happy new year! Anna :)

Nick

Overall, these are amazing designs. My favorite is definitely Viget. A couple of the other ones are a bit busy for me, but still cool.

Nick Hand

I love this list as well, but do wish we could kind of get a list that is ‘everyone knows this blog’ and have them stop being on these ‘top’ lists… Might give some of us other guys more of a chance to make it! Check out JustMyThoughts.com

Dave Stolte

Nice stuff. Some appear overdecorated, but I’ll check them out to see if the content is on par with the design.

Henry

Thanks for including Web Design Ledger. Great company to be in.

Paul G.

As Toumas said many of these have been around a long time and have enjoyed some good exposure but that doesn’t discount the fact that this is a very good list. Nice job Jacob.

jd

OK – with 100 million blogs out there, how did these 40 manage to show up here? What was the selection criteria? I’m not saying that these aren’t very nice – I was just wondering who was making the call.
jb

Adam Sheppard

We’re really happy with our custom wordpress theme from FRESHEST. Check it out at 8ninths.com

Luis Alarcon

Gracias por mencionar mi sitio web en su lista!

Thanks for mentioning my website in your list!

Anish

very good collections !

complexity

Excellent list.

chrisp

I just dont get it. A blog is about the content. While there are a few great content driven sites here most are bloated stylings that look more it graffiti rather than design. Style over content or even style that is more important than content is amateurish in my opinion. Yawn.

smokecrillz

http://www.injoydesign.com/ is one worth checking out, the layout is interesting because of how the posts are presented. You don’t see only latest one, but many smaller versions of posts, and as you click on the smaller versions it takes you to the whole post while keeping you on the same page. Other than that great article with some really great sites!

customare buttonowski

thebuttonpost.com is one of the most unique designs i have seen

James Quinn-Hawtin

Hi Jacob,

Thanks for posting this compilation. I’m an experienced web designer/developer but reasonably new to blog design so I appreciate you including the well-known stuff as well.

Cheers,
James

Maria

Some are nice, some are unique but there are some of them look too plain and simple. Anyway, great post over there.

haraldg

Why care about blog design?
I manage all my 500 blog subscriptions thorough a RSS reader. This strips away all the fancy design and leaves me with what I care about: Text, images, videos and links. Most of the designs use only 15-30% of the page on content, while a RSS-reader increases that figure to 80%

Jacob Gube

@Anna: Happy holidays and a Happy New Year to you as well.

@Nick Hand: If there was a way to find “not-very-popular” sites more easily (that are also well-designed), trust me – I’d love to share them with Six Revisions readers.

@Henry and @Luis Alarcon: Well done on your blog design!

@chrisp and @haraldg: Content is always central to a blog, with it’s user interface and design being second. With that said, this list can work as inspiration not only for a blog design, but for any type of website design. Additionally, a beautiful design can lead to more exposure for your blog.

Jan Seidl

Pretty stuff. Already knew Veerle (ohhh) and DesignDisease (one of my favourites).

As a development freak my world is quite in grayscale since not under syntax highlighting haha!

… think I should look for a designer to enslave …

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p@r@noid

nice collection!!
Great list dude.
Nice work keep it up!

Farid Hadi

Hey Jacob,
This is a nice list with appealing designs in various styles.
Thanks.

Rahul

I like the first two designs. Name viget.com/inspire and web design ledger.

Toby Hamm

Inspirational list! I’ve been designing my own blog inspired by this one http://www.chriskjennings.com – could be a contender for your next post like this

Steaven

Nice stuff. Some appear overdecorated, but I’ll check them out to see if the content is on par with the design..

smkillez

very good collections!!

Design

Lol man,
there are few really very good designs there. I really liked Design Disease. And I am even thinking to post something for it in next few weeks in my site. Nice collection there. Keep the good work going :)

kim

Thank you for listing my illustration blog here. It’s an honor to be listed alongside some of these well-known and upcoming blogs. I’m glad you are including blogs that are dedicated to the arts and promotional portfolios and not just content rish blogs as some comments have suggested here. As a designer and artist, I’m fully aware that I’m not a copywriter and don’t pretend to think that anyone would want to read my ramblings. :)

Timothy

Nice list. Delicioused

Alice

Some are nice, some are unique but there are some of them look too plain and simple. Anyway, great post over there…

Jesse Jarzynka