While looking for inspiration for my new blog design, I visited hundreds of sites. I was after minimalism and here is my hand picked selection of best minimalist designs.
- http://madebyon.com/blog/
- http://thomashaemmerli.ch/
- http://kottke.org/
- http://5thirtyone.com
- http://astheria.com/
- http://www.rikcatindustries.com/blog/
- http://curtishenson.com/
- http://davidwalsh.name/
- http://devjargon.com/
- http://www.justmeandmy.com
Not only these design are extraordinary, but often you will find very clever and skillful people writing on these sites.
Please also check out ManageWP, One dashboard to manage all WordPress sites.
Related Articles:
- New Minimalist Blog Design
- Simple but possibly lucrative WordPress related business idea
- ManageWP.com has been Launched!
Posted in: Startups
TAGS:best minimalist designs, blog design, blog designs, blogs minimalist, design minimalist, favourite blog designs, minimalisist web design, minimalism design, minimalist blog, minimalist blog design, minimalist blog designs, minimalist designs, minimalistic blog design, minimalistic blog design wordpress, minimalistic blog designs, minimalistic designs
11 Comments
I have always been told that less is more and when it comes to design this could not be more true, great post and information, really helping me out a lot. Nothing better than new information to keep one up to date.
Try this one http://andrelukmana.web.id. This also a minimalist blog design
Glad to have you here Curtis!
Thanks for including my site, I've actually tweaked it a bit but its pretty much the same layout.
Minimalism is one of those art directions that not everyone is going to like, its all about content. Personally I love it, I don't like fancy graphics distracting me from what I want to read.
Hey Vladimir, Thanks for your comment. I was working on wanderingmist for a long time and struggled with many layouts and options. Never found peace. My husband suggested to cut the fuss out and go in for a easy-to-handle theme, so we ended up choosing Thesis. I played around with 2 photos of B/W leaves for header and footer and... Eureka! This seems to work well for me. I have no intention changing the design for now but will keep tweaking it as and when I get inspired.
Needless to say, minimalistic designs are so goodlooking. I keep recommending your list to my friends - so that they get ideas :) Keep up your good work. Take care!
Wandering mist looks really nice, with good details. Is it original design?
Hey Vladimir... That is a neat collection of minimalistic designs. I have been trying to keep my new blog minimalistic but somehow something creeps in, out of choice. I am a fan of neat blogs with white and gray backgrounds. I like the cleanliness of your blog. Congrats~
Looked at some of the other minimalistic designs - nothing great, but at least they were ok. This one is totally devoid of colors - they were not.
Why were you after minimalism? Whats so great about it?
I prefer the previous look.
Well you obviously don't like minimalism as a concept, and that's fine :)
V,
I'm still not comfortable with your new format.
I don't know if it is because I was use to the old one or what.
but, I don't find the new one appealing.
And, I have to force myself to click thru to the articles.
I looked at some of the ones you listed above.
Nothing excited me to read further.