One of the greatest things about the web design profession is that the web is its home. Because of this, you’ll find an endless amount of resources for gathering inspiration and learning the ways of web design. Take a look at our favorite design blogs as well as our personal suggestions for some of our favorite articles from each of them.
1. 24 Ways (http://24ways.org)
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2. 99U Behance (http://99u.com)
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3. Abduzeedo (http://abduzeedo.com)
Posts we love:
- A sample from their weekly “Friday Fresh Free Fonts” series
- A sample from their “Daily Inspiration” series
4. A List Apart (http://www.alistapart.com)
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5. Awwwards Blog (http://awwwards.com/blog)
Posts we love:
- 100 great free fonts for 2012
- Neon/Fluor… the current trend of 2012
- Thousands and thousands of free vector icons!
- A beautiful presentation of colorful websites
6. Bittbox (http://www.bittbox.com)
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7. Blog.SpoonGraphics (http://blog.spoongraphics.co.uk)
Posts we love:
- Ahhh, finally, a great pool of free handwriting fonts
- Photoshop masking techniques everyone should know
- A roundup of great tutorials from 2011
8. But Does it Float (http://butdoesitfloat.com)
Posts we love:
- “I love forms beyond my own, and regret the borders between us”
- “Nature is what we know, yet have no art to say. So impotent our wisdom is to her simplicity”
9. Cats Who Code (http://www.catswhocode.com/blog)
Posts we love:
- Ten typography tips to improve your website readability
- Stunning CSS3 text effects to incorporate into your design
10. Creative Overflow (http://creativeoverflow.net)
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11. David Airey (http://www.davidairey.com)
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12. Design Boom (http://www.designboom.com/eng)
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13. Design Envy (http://designenvy.aiga.org)
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14. Design Instruct (http://designinstruct.com)
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15. Design War (http://designwar.net)
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16. Designmodo (http://designmodo.com)
Posts we love:
- The differences in wireframing, prototyping, and mocking up
- Tips on creating the ultimate user experience
17. Design Shack (http://designshack.net)
Posts we love:
- Too many frameworks and boilerplates to try out? Here are 22 of them explained
- The influence of mobile design on orientation
18. DesignM.ag (http://designm.ag)
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19. Designrfix (http://designrfix.com)
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20. Dribbble Blog (http://blog.dribbble.com)
Posts we love:
- A sample from their “Time Out” series with feature dribbblers
- Spec work and why you shouldn’t like it
21. FastCo Design (http://fastcodesign.com)
Posts we love:
- How to create a culture of innovation
- The new aesthetic and touchscreen/gesture-based logo designs
- How to stick with it when your ideas are ahead of their time (Fast Company)
22. First Web Designer (http://www.1stwebdesigner.com)
Posts we love:
- Using character development for better web design
- 7 habits of highly creative minds
- How colors help make your web designs successful
23. Freelance Switch (http://freelanceswitch.com)
Posts we love:
- Top 25 lessons learned in 25 years of freelancing
- Check out their great resource directory for some of their best resource suggestions
24. From Up North (http://www.fromupnorth.com)
Posts we love:
- A sample from their “Web design inspiration” series
- A sample from their “Graphic design inspiration” series
- A sample from their “UI inspiration” series
25. Fuel (http://www.fuelyourcreativity.com)
Posts we love:
- A showcase of 65 beautifully illustrated logos
- 30 symbolically descriptive logos for your inspiration
26. Graphic Exchange (http://graphic-exchange.com/home.html)
A great personally curated collection of print and graphic design inspiration
27. Happy Cog (http://cognition.happycog.com)
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28. HongKiat (http://www.hongkiat.com/blog)
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29. Instant Shift (http://www.instantshift.com)
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30. Jason Santa Maria (http://jasonsantamaria.com)
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31. Line 25 (http://line25.com)
Posts we love:
- A sample from their “Site of the Week” inspiration picks
- The custom web fonts that top designers are looking
- How do you stay fit and healthy as a designer?
32. Media Queries (http://mediaqueri.es)
This one’s a showcase of great media query centric designs in the wild.
33. Noupe (http://www.noupe.com)
Posts we love:
- Pantone’s design influence in the world: a showcase of Pantone-centric real world sightings
- Adobe Fireworks resource gallore
34. One Extra Pixel (http://www.onextrapixel.com)
Posts we love:
- The unique effect of using illustration in web design
- Extreme advertisements that will challenge your mind
35. Patrick McNeil (http://pmcneil.com)
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36. Pearsonified (http://www.pearsonified.com)
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37. Psdtuts+ (http://psd.tutsplus.com)
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38. Reencoded (http://www.reencoded.com)
Posts we love:
- Web layout PSD templates for your next design
- A great collection of portrait illustration inspiration
39. Site Inspire (http://siteinspire.com/showcase)
This one’s more of a showcase but check out this great visual for sorting through design aesthetics and styles
40. Six Revisions (http://sixrevisions.com)
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41. Smashing Magazine (http://www.smashingmagazine.com)
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42. Speckyboy (http://speckyboy.com)
Posts we love:
- Developing a WordPress theme with a responsive framework: guidelines and things to avoid
- The 10 golden rules of simple and clean design
- Don’t just wireframe – tell the design story
43. Swiss Miss (http://www.swiss-miss.com)
Posts we love:
- Graphic design magic
- A sample from quotes frequently commented on related to design
44. Vandelay Design Blog (http://vandelaydesign.com/blog)
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45. Vectips (http://vectips.com)
Posts we love:
- A sample from their huge amount of vector inspiration series
- A case study on how Man-Tsun created “District with You & Me”
46. Web Design Ledger (http://www.webdesignledger.com)
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47. Web Designer Depot (http://www.webdesignerdepot.com)
Posts we love:
- Linear presentations and how they help the user experience
- A sample from their awesome weekly collection of favorite tweets
48. Webdesigntuts+ (http://webdesign.tutsplus.com)
Posts we love:
- Web font services: the good, the bad, and the ugly
- Life beyond 960px: Designing for Large Screens
- A sample from their monthly “Best of Tuts+” series
49. Web Designer Wall (http://webdesignerwall.com)
Posts we love:
- Responsive design in 3 steps
- The CSS3 @font-face design guide
- Make your HTML email 5.5 times more mobile friendly
50. Yanko Design (http://www.yankodesign.com)
Posts we love:
Damien
Great collection, Jessica. I recently stumbled on Pearsonified myself. Working through some of your other suggestions now. I love how the sites themselves are such works of art – seems pretty fitting for design blogs!
Jessica Moon
Yup! When we sat down to come up with a feature image for this post, we realized that the blog designs themselves would be perfect for displaying how great theylook!
Earthcare Technologies
Great post! We’ll definitely be following some of these blogs into 2013. Thanks for sharing!
Jessica Moon
No problem! Glad they’ll be of use to you!
Sasha-Shae
Awesome listing, lots of my faves listed!
Jessica Moon
Glad you liked them!
Linda Clark
You have given an awesome list of design blogs. Although all are great in its content and popularity but I personally love Sixrevisions, Designrfix and Abduzeedo. These are great in providing images for designing from scratch also.
Jessica Moon
Good to hear Linda! We really love those specifically too
Pete
I’m too lazy to click and bookmark 50 times so I just bookmarked this post.
Jessica Moon
Perfect strat
Lily
Too bad Vector Tips is on a hiatus
Jessica Moon
Agreed! I’m sad it’s on hiatus but it’s still one of the best sources on the web for vector-centric design
Ryan McGovern
I’d like to add http://designchat.info to that list. I do live chat shows with an audience and record them. It’s called DesignChat and its a lot of fun. Some previous guests include Milton Glaser, Debbie Millman, Jason Fried, Jessica Hische, Carlos Segura, Steven Heller, and the list goes on. 108 episodes as of tonight. Please check it out and say hi to us on Twitter @designchat.
Thanks again for making this awesome list.
Jessica Moon
Thanks for that recommendation Ryan! We’ll check it out and definitely update our list
Syed Noman Ali
I think Cnet News blog should be in this list rest of the list is good too…
Jessica Moon
Yeah, CNN’s blog has some great fresh news on the latest in our industry!
Rowland John
Great Posting!
Jessica Moon
Thanks!
Rob
Lovely collection of beautiful sites posted on a really cool site that I’m gonna book mark. really inspirational!
Jessica Moon
Great to hear!
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Steve Browm
Excellent Collection Jessica!!!. Its simply Great!!!!!!!!!
Jessica Moon
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
Daily Latest Updates
very very nice and the amazing collection man i like these all keep this work thanks for the sharing.
Stacy Summers
Awesome Blog designs! Your post is full of design inspiration! Thanks a lot for sharing
Jessica Moon
Glad you liked it!
Oliver Nielsen
Comprehensive list. But I would have appreciated a shorter, well groomed list of only the best of the best. Maybe 10.
Jessica Moon
Good to know; we’ll keep that in mind next time!
Mike
Thanks for sharing, this is perfect for me because I am trying to find more sources to get inspired. I appreciate you taking the time to make this for me
Jessica Moon
You can never find too much inspiration
Tom
Great selection of blogs! I will defiantly RSS them all. Thanks for the share!
Jessica Moon
Glad you liked them
cartridge ink
Wow, I love your blog, keep up the awesome work….
Zsmicrotech
Thank you, All blog post is very nice
It’s verry nice!
Good for inspiration, really!
Cindy
I wonder how she finds the time to read them all?
Jason Amunwa
Jessica is a design cyborg. Fact.
Jessica Moon
Beep… zuuuurr…. beep beep.
Not to mention I give my chrome browser a heart attack every morning from tab overload
kuhandoss
Nice Sharing and Worth post…
Thank You @Jessica Moon…
sid
wow great post and great websites, thanks for sharing
Web Design Springfield MO
I know it’s kinda crazy, but I visited all these 50 design blogs you shared.:) Yeah, indeed. They’re all very informative and helpful. Thank you for sharing them, Jessica. You’re really great. Because of you, I’ll start following this blog.. especially your posts.