Aug 5, 2008114

14 of the Most Useful Web Design Blogs

There is definitely not a shortage of web design blogs floating around the web, and it’s easy to understand why. Web designers can utilize skills that they already have to get a good looking blog up and running with relative ease. Out of these blogs there are a handful that really stand out in terms of useful content.

Here are some of the most useful web design blogs out there. I’ve excluded big blogs like Smashing Magazine and A List Apart, since most web designers, more than likely, already follow them.

Noupe

Six Revisions

Vandelay Design Blog

We Function

Just Creative Design

Fuel Your Creativity

Dev Lounge

Outlaw Design Blog

CSS Tricks

Blog.SpoonGraphics

DesignM.ag

Woork

Web Resources Depot

Web Designer Wall

114 Comments

  • Roscoe
    Aug 5, 2008

    Cheers for the heads up! Also worth checking is http://www.nettuts.com/ for sure…

  • Daniel
    Aug 5, 2008

    Mine may not be one of the top 14, but it is still pretty useful dtsn.

    Great Article, I always need more feeds to add to me OPML file.

  • neil
    Aug 6, 2008

    some great web resources thanks!

  • Jacob Cass
    Aug 6, 2008

    Thank you for the listing of Just Creative Design! Amongst great company!

  • Lennart
    Aug 6, 2008

    Nice list but what’s about smashingmagazine?

  • Ronald
    Aug 6, 2008

    nice compilation Henry!!!.you can also check http://naldzgraphics.com for some interesting things.

  • Dave Child
    Aug 6, 2008

    Great resource list – I’d not seen WebDesignWall before and that looks brilliant, as does Devlounge and Vandelay.

  • Steven Snell
    Aug 6, 2008

    Thanks for the mention Henry. I would second the recommendation for NETTUTS, but I agree with all of your selections.

  • Frederik
    Aug 6, 2008

    Thanks, I only knew one of them. Very useful!

  • Henry
    Aug 6, 2008

    @Lennart – I mentioned in the second paragraph that I intentionally left out Smashing Magazine. I think it is an amazing site, but feel that most people already know about it.

  • Thomas
    Aug 6, 2008

    Great Selection Thanks, DevLounge is the only one that I din’t read :)

  • liam
    Aug 6, 2008

    Thanks for the support and the mention, means a lot.

  • Henry
    Aug 6, 2008

    @liam – You’re quite welcome. Your blog is not only beautiful, but there is already lots of awesome content. Keep up the great work.

  • adelle
    Aug 6, 2008

    Wow great list – and I really appreciate the mention! I’m with Liam on this one, it really does mean a lot and I think the design community really truly supports each other which is a great feeling.

  • Jacob Gube
    Aug 6, 2008

    Henry – Thanks for including Six Revisions! If I were to make a list, yours would be included up there.

    I really love liam’s design, I’ve been bugging him on Twitter about it: http://twitter.com/jggube/statuses/877697765

  • Chris Coyier
    Aug 6, 2008

    Thanks for the shout-out =)

    I love the consistently useful stuff around here as well.

  • Sean
    Aug 6, 2008

    Some awesome sites listed here – love sixrevisions… Suprised to see smashingmagazine not making the list as they always bring the thunder!

  • liam
    Aug 6, 2008

    @Jacob Gube – I don’t think it really counts as bugging someone when they Smile each time they are “bugged” Thanks for the love spreading!

  • jriddick
    Aug 6, 2008

    Always the same sites…

  • An Jay
    Aug 7, 2008

    Another web design and development related blog is http://www.smashingapps.com

    Anyway, the list is good.

  • aaron
    Aug 7, 2008

    Question: When someone puts up a list like this, why don’t they put up a XML file that I can import to my reader to subscribe to all of them?

  • Miraclemart
    Aug 7, 2008

    Hey cool list!!

    Can’t believe http://www.SmashingMagazine.com is not listed! it’s at least top 5!

    ;-)

  • Miraclemart
    Aug 7, 2008

    Sorry.. Just saw your 2nd paragraph

  • Umut
    Aug 7, 2008

    Thanks for including WebResourcesDepot.

    I follow & find the content in Design Reviver very nice too.

  • stelt
    Aug 7, 2008

    Does any of those have SVG?

  • erichansa
    Aug 7, 2008

    I don’t understand.

  • Andy
    Aug 7, 2008

    I do *NOT* second the nettuts recommendation.
    IMO, it’s a tutorial site written by noobs for noobs. I’m yet to encounter an article on nettuts that’s actually written by people that know what they’re talking about.

    As for the Woork site, I agree it’s a fun and interesting read. Although, I have a problem with that site too, namely that Antonio go about his code examples in the wrong way by not paying any attention to semantics and graceful degradation.
    I’ve tried contacting Antionio about it through the comments section but apparently he’s not too keen on constructive critisism as he’s yet to accept any of the comments.

  • obagi
    Aug 7, 2008

    I’d vote for smashingmagazine.com also. One of te best out there !

  • james
    Aug 7, 2008

    YWDA.org is a site for young web developers although i think they have just openend so not alot there yet

  • United Voices
    Aug 7, 2008

    You forgotten two websites:

    namely smashingmagazine.com and designreviver.com

    cheers

  • Andy
    Aug 7, 2008

    Guys, stop requesting Smashing Magazine already. Yes, it’s more than great but if you bother to RTFA, you’ll see that it says:

    “I’ve excluded big blogs like Smashing Magazine and A List Apart, since most web designers, more than likely, already follow them.”

  • Tobbi
    Aug 7, 2008

    The Footer of css-tricks.com is very nice.

    Great collection

  • CSS Master
    Aug 7, 2008

    It would help if you’d include a few sentences on just why you think each of these is useful.

  • Miguel
    Aug 7, 2008

    I’ve shared a Netvibes Universe where you can find many of the most useful sites and blogs for web designers.

    http://www.netvibes.com/formacionWeb

    Thanks.

  • Brad
    Aug 7, 2008

    I’m so sick of seeing YOU DESIGN, WE XHTML IN 8 HOURS on every single “everythingyouwantedtoknoworevercouldaboutcss” ‘beautiful’ blogs.

  • Fubiz
    Aug 7, 2008

    Excellent selection. You could include :

    http://en.fubiz.net

  • kirk
    Aug 7, 2008

    these are perfect web design blogs..cool!

  • sagarr
    Aug 7, 2008

    goo css tips and i liked the bottom part of your site ie. POPULAR POST, TAGS, and About.. pLS can u tell me how to add the TAGS n POPULAR part in ma blog too [ http://orkut-free-themes.blogspot.com ]… pls hlp me out..

    thank u
    sagar

    http://orkut-free-themes.blogspot.com

  • Ray
    Aug 7, 2008

    Can’t believe you have listed Web Resources Depot instead of http://www.webappers.com

  • Edo Z.
    Aug 7, 2008

    Boring list of boring blogs without a clue about web design who blog boring lists.

  • adelaide web design
    Aug 7, 2008

    great post ;)

  • Noura Yehia
    Aug 8, 2008

    Thanks for including Noupe in such a great list :)

  • TheVariant
    Aug 8, 2008

    cool, thanks heaps for posting this info, here’s another site to look at for resources

    http://thevariant.com

  • Jan
    Aug 8, 2008

    great list :)

  • Lucas Perez
    Aug 8, 2008

    I’m reading Webresourcesdepot very often, always find new stuff there and woork when there is an article but woork does not write so often – but writes great. I had been to many articles of Vandelay and noupe but others are kind of new to me.

    Added the missing ones to my RSS, thanks for this nice blogs.

  • Vhic Hufana
    Aug 8, 2008

    Very nice collections of beautiful blogs.I myself has been a fan of vandelay designs.Cheers..

  • Mustafa Tanr?verdi
    Aug 9, 2008

    Thank you. list very good

  • firman
    Aug 9, 2008

    psdtuts has amazing content too

  • workout vids
    Aug 9, 2008

    Nice collection! Actually the best flash websites blog is pretty good too

    http://bestflashwebsites.blogspot.com

  • Ricardo
    Aug 9, 2008

    Nice list.. Here another nice site that I vist regularly: http://www.freedesignmagazine.com

  • Arul
    Aug 11, 2008

    Thank you, Sharing knowledge that you are doing, is the beautiful service. Tis kind of activity doesn’t comes to every one. Keep doing it..
    Here is the site I ever loved, log into http://hscripts.com

  • David Leggett
    Aug 12, 2008

    Fuel Your Creativity and Function are two of my personal favorites :) Thanks for the list — going to need to check out some of these!

  • Michelle Carter
    Aug 12, 2008

    another great one – Homegrown.org

  • Sketchee
    Aug 15, 2008

    I agree with most all of these and read them all. There are also other great ones out there, so make sure to use Google Blog Search to look up whatever you’re looking for. I’ve found some great but little known sites that way

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    Aug 15, 2008

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  • Rachel
    Aug 26, 2008

    How about – http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/graphicsblog/
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    http://www.allwebdesignresources.com/webdesignblogs/

  • Laurens
    Aug 27, 2008

    Great collection, thanks!

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    Aug 28, 2008

    thanks for share, i renew my bookmarks

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  • sheena
    Aug 29, 2008

    No doubt an excellent list…but I find its always a good idea to keep looking for new blogs popping up. Its nice to get a fresh take on topics (or even stumble across new ones) every once in a while.
    Even though you may have to wade through some inferior blogs before you come across one that appeals to you.

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  • ergin
    Sep 15, 2008

    hi good tutorials

    thanks…

  • selma
    Sep 16, 2008

    thank you…

  • Pedja
    Sep 17, 2008

    Thanks,
    Very comprehensive list!

  • michaelaustinproductions.com
    Sep 17, 2008

    Some Of my Favs. Thanks for the ones I haven’t seen :)

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    Sep 18, 2008

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    Sep 21, 2008

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    Sep 22, 2008

    Great Collections. Thanks

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    Oct 15, 2008

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  • Andres
    Nov 6, 2008

    Thanxs for the inspiration!

  • Web Design Manchester
    Nov 10, 2008

    Great list you’ve put together here. I know about a couple of them but some are pretty new to me, so thanks :)

  • Amy
    Nov 12, 2008

    Great list a great resource!

    Amy

    http://www.wan2design.co.uk

  • Giles
    Nov 13, 2008

    praise the lord :D

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    These are perfect and excellent design blog..

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  • Renzo
    Nov 29, 2008

    Inspiring!

  • web designer
    Dec 1, 2008

    Thanks for the information, some of these are really great

  • website design delhi
    Dec 25, 2008

    Hi!….
    I was searching on internet and I found your web design blog…..it is really interesting…keep it up….look forward to read more from you

  • Ravi
    Dec 28, 2008

    Hi Everyone…
    Cool Web site. I like it.I love the consistently useful stuff around here as well.excellent design blog..

  • website design Roy
    Jan 21, 2009

    Very nice list. Gives inspiration when needed…

  • website design
    Feb 24, 2009

    Great list. I frequent most of these blogs regularly. Most of the authors of these blogs are the authority on the subjects they touch on. To all thanks for sharing!

  • 0uno
    Feb 24, 2009

    tks 4 your list of helpful blogs ;)

  • Allen - Montreal Web Design
    Mar 1, 2009

    Being a Montreal web design company, sometime we look for inspiration. We use template, but most of the time our designers come up with there own concepts.

    Allen

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    Mar 5, 2009

    Excellent!.. A great collection of resources..

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    Mar 6, 2009

    This is a cool list. I like how you outlined the different sites. Good research there.

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    Mar 7, 2009

    What a great set of resources thanks for sharing.

  • Basisrente
    Mar 24, 2009

    Find some nice stuff. Thx.

  • web design chennai
    Mar 24, 2009

    Great informative list for web designers

  • web design clarkston
    Apr 7, 2009

    Thanks for the list.

  • Dux Marketing
    Apr 13, 2009

    Hi,

    I’ll come across your website and found it more interesting in Web Design. I learn more, thanks for the information you share, i’ll come back often.

    Regards,

    Dux Marketing

  • mike
    Apr 14, 2009

    Great list I can’t believe Outlaw wiped their slate clean and got rid of all of their awesome blog posts. Thanks for sharing.

    -chicago web design

  • Memphis Web Design
    Apr 15, 2009

    Ha … this is perfect!!!

    I was just Googling for some new web design blogs to follow, when I found your site! The fact that you pointed me to several others that I have never seen is icing on the cake!

  • Dravid
    Apr 16, 2009

    Great Post. Excellent collection

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    Very nice list. Good information for web designers

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    Apr 18, 2009

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  • web design studio
    Apr 19, 2009

    I was on google as well looking for other web design blogs to follow. Saw this post thanks.

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    Thanks for sharing. ;)

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  • Katie S
    Apr 28, 2009

    I love this post. because there’s so many postings with in it too learn from. thank you so much for this. Im trying to learn as much as a possibly can so this web design studio will bring me on full time.

  • Charlotte Web Design
    Apr 29, 2009

    Great job. I think you’ve done good with this.

    Go ahead and put it on your portfolio, sure client will find it all creative indeed.

    Congrats ;)

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    May 3, 2009

    First of all, nice research conducted by the author, there are some really nice websites in the above collection. I personally liked Outlaw Design Blog, its quiet different and attractive from the rest.

    Keep posting good stuff. :)

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    May 15, 2009

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    May 21, 2009

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    May 21, 2009

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    some fantastic resources!.. thanks for these.

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    May 28, 2009

    Could we image this all 15 years ago?

  • Wayne
    Jun 2, 2009

    Thanks guys for a great selection of articles. The CSS tricks were espcially useful helping me when i was stuck. Just a couple of minor issues to sort and i should be up and running http://www.uberwebsolutions.co.um/ Cheers.

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    Excellent resource you’ve got here. Very useful and very much appreciated..

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