Our 50 Favorite Design Blogs
It seems like everyone is looking exercise their creative sides nowadays, but some of us are more serious about our artistry than others. No matter the discipline, people with a need to express their artistic side dedicate themselves to improving their skills. Lately, design has appeared to be the major outlet for self-expression. In light of this increased attention to design, we decided to compose this list of the Internet's best blogs for design. What type, you ask? Nearly every variety -- from hair to architecture -- is featured here, so click around!
The Design Blog
This blog brings visitors the latest news to be found on the product design front.
Style Bubble
Fashion design wannabes -- bookmark this site now. Everything you need to pump up the volume in your quest to design the best clothes.
Design*Sponge
Home product design finds its chicest website right here, run by the gifted Grace Bonney and hailed by Martha Stewart.
Christian Barnard Land Blog
Landscape architecture and design have rarely seemed so sumptuous as it does here.
Core77
From a nifty Job of the Day feature to excellent insight on the best schools, Core77 is great advice overload.
Vandelay Design
If you're looking for a site to help you shore up your savvy in blog design, this site would definitely gratify.
Fresh Design Blog
One of the most charming interior design sites we found features a great selection of links within in blog post about how to save majorly on attractive items.
Costume Design
Let haute couture high-step on the streets; the most intriguing clothing schemes are found on the stage and on celluloid.
NAXMIX
The tenets of innovation and modernity are the primary hallmarks of this up-to-the-minute site.
Graphic Design
As a resource for graphic designers, this info-laden and sophisticated blog does not disappoint.
The Fashion Incubator
Modern designers can get information on environmentally friendly manufacturing techniques to stay hip with the green design revolution.
The Design Girl
The head blogger of this site sets an excellent example for fellow budding designers -- if you really have skills, why not flaunt them on your own site like this?
Pro Blog Design
Instruct yourself on how to craft immaculate and attractively-styled blogs with this site's wisdom.
Colour Lovers
Besides shape, space, and line, what's the other most important factor in design? If you said colour, you answered right -- reward yourself with a click here.
Veerle's Blog
This is one heck of a web design site -- the tutorials are simple-to-grasp and timely, and you walk away a much better designer.
The Moxie Girls
These ladies prove time and time again that expert style and polish is no longer a boys' club.
Mint
This blog, focusing on design, art, fashion, and weddings, will have you ready to ready to start freelancing (or maybe to walk down the isle!) before you know it.
Debra Prinzing
This outdoor living expert based on the West Coast offers garden design tips that will get your rose patch looking hip nationwide.
The Dieline
This fantastic package design resource ensures that people will think twice before throwing away the box that you help build.
Noupe
A belief that newer=better drives this progressive blog, which concentrates on Ajax, CSS, and Photoshop.
Landscape + Urbanism
Build a beautiful outdoor scenario no matter your living situation with the breathtaking photos and smart posts on offer here.
HOW Design
Where there's a will there's a way, and on this site, you don't ask if, what, or where -- all you need to wonder about is how it'll get done.
Poppytalk
"The beautiful, the decayed, and the homemade" mesh and intertwine to glorious affect on this Canadian blog.
Independent Fashion Bloggers
When you're aiming at Versace status but aren't quite there yet, hit up this site and see that you're in overwhelmingly talented company.
Hatch
A top-tier blog on chic and modern fashion, style, and design makes for a dynamic visit.
Garden Shoots
This landscape designer decided to move into new ventures: great photography, and great blogging on garden design.
Dzine
Such article titles as "How to Manage Your Time for Success" ensure that every minute you spend here will benefit your aims.
Design Observer
When you're in the mood to give serious attention to the way design affects our psychology and culture, give a click here.
Designer Daily
Daily shots of inspiration and ideas to jumpstart your next project are found here; check out the tutorials, too.
Graphic Design Blog
This British design blog specializes in illustration, character design, and logo design.
Nordic Design
Get a glance at how the Swedes, Finns, and other Scandinavian folk have interacted with design in the wake of the rising of Ikea.
Design O' Blog
Exceptional designer and illustrator Niki Brown started designing as a kid, and now you can benefit from all those years of experience.
Design Reviver
Earn a few more notches in your web-design-hero belt with this site's Herculean wealth of tips and advice.
Blog What?
This site not only offers design services for bloggers, but they blog about design too.
BLDGBLOG
Beautiful buildings galore make this design blog a treasure trove for budding architects and...well, those who just love to stare at purty buildings.
+mood
An enthusiastic focus on architecure, design, and interiors results in a website that gets you in the mood to create something great.
grain edit
Browse through topics like typography, illustration, '60s design, posters, and more.
N.Design
Nick La, a web designer and illustrator from Toronto, knocked us out immediately with his big, bad, bold, attractive homepage.
Mocoloco
Like many of the sites we love, modern design and architecture are the focus of this blog site.
You the Designer
On this site, it's not about comparing one designer with another, but rather on highlight the greatness of you.
Bicycle Design
Whether you're stickin' with tricycles or want to upgrade to BMX, this site will catch you up to 10-speed on your bike design acumen.
Studio G
This is our favorite gardening design blog, for its comprehensively stocked tabs on Destinations and Inspirations.
Smashing Darling
Anyone who dares to contemplate a career in the fashion design industry must vow to check out this blog at least once daily.
It's Nice That
Looking for the best of the best? Give this site a look-see; the writers take special care to highlight the finest works and artists in the creative industry.
Church Stage Design Ideas
Let's just say that not all the design schemes found here will be meant for praising deities -- some of them seem set to raise a little hell, too.
Modernica
This blog, started by a company building inspired furniture in a small Los Angeles apartment 20 years ago, continues to post excellent insights on current design.
A Daily Dose of Architecture
If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, then a visit here will get you one bit closer to the Pritzker Prize.
CoolBoom
Industry news on architecture and interior design arrives to this blog fresh and ready to read.
The Hairstylist
Hair is art, and art is hair -- we admit that's a lofty claim, but anyone who can understand the loveliness of locks will enjoy this blog.
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A variety of design disciplines and styles seem to congeal and collaborate together in this attractive blog.
