30 Top Web Design Blogs To Read Daily
Posted on 27. Apr, 2009 by Web Design in Roundups
The web is full of web design blogs, many of which are very similar, and many have their differences. But a handful of them only post a few times a month, maybe because of their occupation or they just don’t have enough time to update their blog. I have compiled a list of the top 30 web design blogs, that have a continuous stream of content. P.s – (They are in no particular order).
Smashing Magazine
Smashing Magazine is an extremely popular web design and inspiration blog. They have a nice selection of categories, and their posts are very in depth, and provide web designers with knowledge and much inspiration.
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Fuel Your Creativity
Although Fuel Your Creativity don’t update their blog on a daily basis, they have an awesome array of posts that are very inspirational to web designers.
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Garcya Web Design Blog
Garcya is full the the brim of icon packs and goodies for web designers. They update their blog more than frequently and have masses of free downloads. Its like a huge web design goody bag.
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Just Creative Design
This is the online presence of Jacob Cass. Its a portfolio and also a design blog. On the blog there is many useful articles they web designers could benefit from.
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Noupe
It has an odd name, but is a brilliant blog for designers. You could spend hours on this site! They have a nice design and the colour work very well with each other, oh and their posts are incredible.
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We Function
Function is not just a design blog, its a portfolio of the freelance design firm called Function. They just publish a very popular web design blog. Their posts are very nice to read, and they feature alot of design reviews.
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Six Revisions
This web design and development journal is sweet. They use a nice simple design, and feature some hot posts. The images they use in their posts aswell are beautiful. This blog is worth checking out!
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456 Berea Street
A nice blog that has strong content and a simple design. They have lots of useful tips and tricks for web design and developers.
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Outlaw Design Blog
Outlaw has recently had a design overhaul, so the site has a brand spanking new design. Their blog posts are divided up into nice understandable categories, and the website overall has some brilliant content.
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Snook
Snook post about tips, tricks and bookmarks on web development. They have some useful posts on their site, and also post about useful information in the web development community.
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BittBox
I absolutely love this site. They have a brilliant selection of content. This includes freebies, industry news, themes and brilliant web finds.
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UX Booth
The UX Booth is a nicely designed blog that writes about user experience. People can submit their site to be reviewed on a quarterly basis. They provide some neat posts that are not only inspirational to web designers, but extremely interesting to read.
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David Airey
David Airey is a freelance web designer who lives in Northern Ireland. David has a really swish looking blog, and provides content on a personal level, meaning freelancers who are reading his blog know that the content is written by him (another freelance designer), so this makes it original.
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Colour Lovers
This is always a great site to go to if you are stuck with what colours match well together, but believe it or not, colour lovers also have a design blog, in which they blog about news, trends and interviews.
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Dev Lounge
Dev Lounge has a very simple yet safisticated design. They post new content on a regular basis, and its very original.
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SimpleBits
Aswell as being a small web design firm, simplebits had a notebook / blog which is their personal web design journal.
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TutorialBlog
This awesome blog helps web designers and developers learn. On their blog they post tutorials / tips and tricks to do with business, design, development, social media, and many other areas.
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CSS Beauty
Although this is more of a web design gallery, they still provide much inspiration for web designers. They have built up a nice collection of beautiful websites from round the internet.
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Web Designer Wall
This website owned by Nick La is beauty within itself. All of nick la’s websites are inspirational, and web designer wall is no different. It features design trends, ideas and tutorials.
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Think Vitamin
This is a blog from the Carsonified Group. It has a nice rich design, and blogs about everything web design / development. Its a must see!
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Sitepoint Design Blog
The sitepoint design blog features many inspirational posts, despite its plain user interface. It is written by many contributors, so have a cheeky look.
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Design Meltdown
Design Meltdown is a web design journal that blogs about design elements, trends and problems within web design.
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Smileycat
Smileycat is a web design blog that has rich content, and is updated frequently. It features a simple design, but has some very powerful content.
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Bartel Me Design
Bartel Me Design is a small design agency based in Graz, Austria. The blog has a very clean and sleek design to it and some intresting content.
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Wakeup Later
This is a nicly designed web design blog that features most of its posts around website building, freelancing and online income.
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StyleGrind
This very popular blog has an awesome design. StyleGrind blog about web tachnology and design news.
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WebMonkey
WebMonkey is part of the wired network of sites. It is an online resource for web developers. Their daily blog provides news for web developers.
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Spoon Graphics
The Spoon Graphics blog provides tutorials, atricles / news and downloads for web designers and developers. It has a nice collection of resources.
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ShareBrain
ShareBrain is an online magazine for web designers knowledge, resources and inspiration. They have a quality each to use design.
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Adaptive Path
The Adaptive Path blog is a personal blog, written by the Adaptive Path Team. They blog about design and development.
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Matt
27. Apr, 2009
A great range of web design blogs.
Bookmarked for future reference
Cheers!
Michael
27. Apr, 2009
Great post Andy, definitly a great bunch of blogs to check out. I love how user friendly Uxbooth.com is.
Michael
Andy
27. Apr, 2009
Thanks guys, and you love uxbooth mike.
vanrick
27. Apr, 2009
Nice
Abdel
28. Apr, 2009
nice collection. thanks.
Abdel’s last blog post..HTML Tables
Mike
28. Apr, 2009
Nice one Andy. Must’ve taken ages to put this together. Good luck with the blogging and Sash
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Andy
28. Apr, 2009
Yeh man, stay tuned for more posts.
teshome F.
28. Apr, 2009
I love your site ranking thank you very much. Keep in touch
Musab
28. Apr, 2009
Nice Post. Although I do visit some of these sites, but most of them are new to me. I will definitely check them out. Bookmarked!
Musab’s last blog post..Partition USB Flash Drive with Lexar USB Format
izzat aziz
28. Apr, 2009
most all them already on my “read everyday list”..
and maybe added few of them..
mine check mine..
izzat aziz’s last blog post..20 Comment Design For Inspiration
Andy
28. Apr, 2009
Ooh, maybe we could add http://izzataziz.com to the nest list, looks like a nice blog.
David Airey
28. Apr, 2009
Thanks for bringing a smile to my face, Andy!
David Airey’s last blog post..The Chip Shop Awards 2009
Andy
28. Apr, 2009
Cheers man, we will feature your simply awesome blog alot! Ive been a reader of your back from when you had 400 rss readers.
David Airey
29. Apr, 2009
400 readers? Ah the good old days.
Great of you to stick around this long.
Josh Hough
28. Apr, 2009
I think http://www.webdesign.org – useful as its updated daily with stuff.
Mat Greenfield
28. Apr, 2009
Nice
Adam
28. Apr, 2009
Nice list andy, Verry usefull
~ Adam
Jim
28. Apr, 2009
Mmm, some very tasteful design blogs compiled in the list.
Will bookmark this page.
A gammy high five for you!!!
VitaminCM
28. Apr, 2009
Great collection of resources. I read almost all of these sites regularly. Nice work.
Janine
29. Apr, 2009
Thanks Andy, I love your site. Check out digitalldesigns on twitter – great site too
Andy
29. Apr, 2009
Wow, nice designs
Paula LeBlanc
29. Apr, 2009
Thank you sooooo much! This is go great. Love it! Thank you again!
thomas
01. May, 2009
thx a lot for mentioning http://sharebrain.info.
thomas’s last blog post..Create Round Corner Tabs Graphic with TabsGenerator.com
tripwiremag
01. May, 2009
Good list! But you missed tripwrire magazine…
tripwiremag’s last blog post..[User Link:31 Cool "404 Error Page" Designs]
Carl - Web Site Design Instructor
03. May, 2009
Great collection thanks!
Monday Links | Venture Chronicles
04. May, 2009
[...] 30 top web design blogs to read, apparently I have not been reading any of these fine resources [...]
Joseph Smith
10. May, 2009
Are you serious about reading 30 web design blogs daily??? What else is there time for?
Andy
10. May, 2009
Of course this is just a post titled the top 30 ones to read daily, so you can pick what ones you like best.
Up to you.
james
22. May, 2009
Thanks for the information but its difficult to read the 30 blogs daily.. But of course i had a brief overview of the blogs all are great!! IF one has a time go through them
Brian Cray
28. May, 2009
GREAT list!
Aaron Irizarry
28. May, 2009
Nice Round-Up!
Aaron Irizarry’s last blog post..5 Disciplines of Successful Design
Web Design And Development
29. May, 2009
Excellent…..thanks for sharing your nice work.
Web designer
09. Jun, 2009
I’m pretty impressed with Smashing Manazine. This blog is always interesting to me and it is upadated on regular basis.
Garcya
15. Jun, 2009
Thanks for counting me in!
Cheers!
Ovi Dogar
22. Jun, 2009
Nice post!… Great collection!
Keep up the great work!
Ovi Dogar
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James Ballard
06. Jul, 2009
Found half of them from my twitter account. Now I need to frre up some time to read the other half from here. Jeez!
Nice post.
rafi
14. Jul, 2009
great collection i was thinking of such wonderful blogs at one place and this is the place to check for. thanks keep up the good work.
Web Design New York
14. Jul, 2009
Nice Collection…..thanks for sharing this post
Nahid
14. Aug, 2009
Hey Antsmagazine.com is also the best
web design stoke
23. Sep, 2009
Excellent list of blogs. A daily intake of brilliant tips, tricks and information. Brilliant!
Jared
30. Oct, 2009
That’s definitely a great list, and all of those sites are essential to web designers, and graphic designers too even.
*bookmarks*
Web Design Chicago
07. Jan, 2010
Great collection! im amaze with the design.