aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Blog design inspiration

As I contemplate my design tweaks, I’m looking around for inspiration. Here’s some from Smashing Magazine:

It’s not hard to design a weblog, but it’s getting harder when you try to achieve a unique weblog design. It doesn’t matter what weblog-engine you are using — frequently used themes tend to become boring over time, and they also don’t necessarily reflect the unique identity of the blogger.

To create an original design you need fresh ideas and creative design solutions. However, you don’t need to go too far with your design experiments. Basically that’s a close attention to finest details which makes a weblog stand out and gives it a fresh flavour and soft touch visitors can recognize immediately.

We’ve selected some more of them — over 30 excellent weblog designs with unusual design approaches; these blogs don’t only have a unique voice, but they also pay close attention to the finest design details.

• You might find not all of the designs listed below beautiful; but that’s not what it’s about. They are beautiful in their own way as they are both well-structured and originally designed.
• you can find further blog designs in the post 45 Excellent Blog Designs we’ve published before;
• you can find even more designs in our Design Showcase section.