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55 Web Design
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Posted on January 6, 2019 by B.J. Keeton in Resources | 8
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Inspiration comes in many forms and professional


development never ends. With that in mind, we have put
together a massive list of web design blogs that can keep
your brain fed for the entire year. But don’t worry. You won’t
find any duds on this list. We respect your time and feel like
you deserve only the best of the best. Fire up your Feedly
account and get ready to add more than a few
subscriptions.
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1. Smashing Magazine
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Starting us off, we have Smashing Magazine. It’s not often


that you find a publication that can put out as many high-
quality articles as consistently as Smashing can. Some
places publish lots of articles that have very little
substance, but Smashing Magazine makes sure that pretty
much every word they publish is relevant to you as a
designer and developer. They also do various freebies and
host conferences, as well as put out books on topics across
our field, too.

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2. Awwwards

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Awwwards is about one thing: you. The moment you land


on the homepage, you can click through hundreds of the
top designs on the internet. The curation that goes into
Awwwards is mind-boggling, and you will always find new
inspiration when you visit. Not only that, but they post
interviews and resources that you can use to bolster your
own career. Additionally, their Sites of the Day feature
should keep you coming back day after day just to see the
amazing work other people put out.

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3. Web Designer Depot

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Inspiration, check. Technique, check. Business, check.


Freelancing or agency life? Check. When it comes to web
design, this blog has it covered. If you need to know about it,
there is an absurdly high chance that Web Designer Depot
has an article on the subject. Searching through a blog’s
archives is rarely as fun or fruitful as theirs.

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4. Designrfix

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Whether you’re a professional or a hobbyist or somewhere


in between, Designrfix cares about you. They publish for you.
In fact, the overall community of web designers is their
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highest priority and target audience. Not just a dry
informational blog, Designrfix puts a human touch on topics
and how your designs can do the same thing.

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5. Speckyboy

Simple, clean, and straightforward, Speckyboy fills the gap


in your life where you need mobile design tips, trends,
graphic design, UX studies, and freelancing advice. Not only
that, Speckyboy has been around for over a decade and
still consistently pushes out high-quality, well-edited
content. Plus the name is fun to say, which is definitely a +1.

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6. Creative Bloq
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All design, all the time. All day, every day. You just can’t go
wrong with Creative Bloq. And the best part is, they update
multiple times a day across multiple categories, so you will
always have something new and fantastic to read that will
very likely be the highlight of your day. Design-wise, at least.

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7. Telepathy

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Formerly known as Digital Telepathy, the company just did


a rebrand into simply Telepathy. The company itself is a
design agency that tends to focus more on the user-
experience end of web design. So you will find that same
general focus on their blog content, too. However, that
shouldn’t deter you if you’re a generalist. The content is
some of the best on the net, so you’d be doing yourself a
disservice if you missed this one.

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8. SitePoint

SitePoint isn’t just a web design blog. The site covers HTML
and CSS, JavaScript and PHP, and so much more. Their

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Design/UX blog, though, is really top-notch. With topics


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ranging from Photography and Imagery to Illustration,
Mockups, Sketch, and Logo Design (and a lot more, too),
SitePoint absolutely earns a spot on our list.
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9. Flywheel’s The Layout

Not only does Flywheel put out one of the best local
WordPress development environments with Local, but they
also put out a great web design blog. The Layout is their
entry into the field, and you will find everything from how-
tos for animating SVGs to making sure your WordPress
Gutenberg site looks as great as it can. You will get icon sets
sometimes, and the Layout stays on trend to let you know
what’s hot in case you’ve missed it somehow.

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10. Hongkiat
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Over a decade old, Hongkiat has become one of the most


recognized and respected web design blogs out there. If
you need help with Photoshop, they probably have an
article on the topic. The same for HTML, UX, or even design
philosophy and business. Whatever you need, Hongkiat’s
got you covered.

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11. Creativeoverflow

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Another decade-long web design blog, Creativeoverflow
has made a name for themselves by being as wide-
ranging a resource as possible. From finance to
productivity to design trends to inspiration and tutorials,
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your creativity will definitely overflow after you spend some
time reading here.

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12. Onextrapixel

Targetting web designers and developers both,


Onextrapixel offers analysis of various design trends, case
studies on what works and what doesn’t, as well as tutorials
and reviews for products and services in the field. While
they don’t update as often as some blogs, when a new post
hits your feed, it’s bound to be a good one.

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13. CSS-Tricks
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We use CSS every day. But unlike days past, we don’t


use just CSS to style and design. CSS-Tricks knows that and
has integrated various JavaScript and other libraries to
make your front-end development and design a breeze.
Whether you are a React dev or a Vue designer, mobile app
engineer or QA tester, CSS-Tricks has something up their
sleeves that can make your life just a little easier.

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14. Airbnb.design

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Not only has Airbnb revolutionized the hospitality industry,


but they’re also doing the same thing to web design. Having
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own web design blog at airbnb.design. They might cover
visual guidelines for you to follow, making sure your design
hits the right feel for its audience’s location, or maybe they
are writing about values-driven design. Just like an Airbnb
ain’t your momma’s hotel, airbnb.design ain’t her web
design blog, either.

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15. Designmodo

Designmodo is known for its outstanding freebies and


awesome premium offerings. On top of those, the tutorials
and resources make it a great place to stop if you need a
quick refresher on a particular topic or a reference to show
a client how your idea would work in practice (and the
theory behind it).

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Covering UI and UX design (among tons of others), Line25 is


sleek and elegant. They post regularly, so your feed won’t be
neglected, and with a focus on WordPress, they should fit
right into your daily routine. When a new article pops up,
there’s an even higher chance it will be relevant to you than
non-WP design blogs.

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17. Inspired Magazine

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Inspired Magazine should live up to its name for you. The


content is spot-on, and the best articles come in their
lifestyle and creativity categories. Sure, freelancing and
web design are very technical, but there’s a very human
side to it as well, and Inspired gets that.

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18. UXPin

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On top of being a great software product, UXPin publishes


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an equally great blog. With topics on UX (obviously) and UI
design, adding this to your feed will increase productivity
and maybe introduce you to some ideas you never would
have seen before.
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19. Design Reviver

To be a great designer, you have to be reflective. You need


to be able to look at your work and find the good in it, but
you also need to find the bad. The Design Reviver is a blog
where you can find inspiration not only in the typical
showcase of other people’s ideas but in the meaningful
understanding of how you fit into your career path. They
publish reviews and offer up tools so that you can
approach your work with the respect it deserves.

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20. Codrops
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With a CSS Reference search on their homepage, you know


that Codrops is a website that puts helping you first. Their
information is timely, and their demos have live sites and
code for you to take and use. For a web design blog, that’s
almost like the holy grail.

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21. UX Booth

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When a blog has philosophy directly beside content


strategy on its homepage, you know that some good
professional development can come from its feed.
Covering topics from AI to specialized design and
understanding UX analytics, UX Booth really steps up and
puts out the content we need.

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22. 1st Web Designer

What’s better than a web design blog that collects


resources for you? A web design blog that collects

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23. Design Beep

Freebies are often the web designer’s best friend. With


Design Beep, you get vectors, wallpapers, backgrounds,
textures, patterns, PSDs of everything that you could want.
That’s on top of business-of-design articles, case studies,
and social strategy. Add this one for sure.

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24. Abduzeedo

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Another fun website title to say out loud, Abduzeedo might


be the place to get design inspiration. It’s kind of a tossup
for us between Awwwards and here. They tend to pride
themselves on being able to provide the highest-quality
content out there, and it shows. Their collection is image-
heavy and word-spare. When you find a collection you like,
you might even see the entire process of rendering it,
including software screengrabs. It’s a beautiful place.

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25. Tuts+

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26. Design Shack

You only have to look at their categories to see that Design


Shack deserves its spot in your feed reader. Business, CSS,
Mobile, Navigation, UX, Typography, and so much more are
covered on a regular basis. You really can’t miss this one.
Well, you can. But you shouldn’t.

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27. InstantShift
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One of the best parts of InstantShift is the freebies page. We


have mentioned those a lot from various places, but
InstantShift’s stand out because they’re not all WordPress
templates or samey PSDs. What InstantShift does is provide
practical design freebies, like maybe a CV template or
banners that look just a bit off-kilter that you won’t find
anywhere else.

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28. Vandelay Design

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Seinfeld fans owe it to themselves to check it out an artistic


website named like one of their favorite pop culture
references. Non-Seinfeld fans owe it to themselves to check
out Vandelay Design because their work is amazing, and
the content they put out is head-and-shoulders above
most of the other websites out there.

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29. 24 Ways

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30. MonsterPost

What’s not monstrous at all is how MonsterPost puts


together massive collections to inspire you on the regular.
With lists that consistently reach 50+, adding them to your
feed is a no-brainer. You get social ideas, templates, icons,
fonts, and other resources that you’re going to fill up your
hard drive with. Or maybe your Google Drive these days,
right?

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31. David Airey


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Classy, modern, and insightful, when you visit David Airey’s


blog, you can expect to be wowed. Not written like typical
mass-market content, this blog feels thoughtful in a way
that doesn’t really compare to any other web design blog
out there. You won’t get any 1-minute reads here, but you
will absolutely get something that lasts a lot longer than
that.

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32. Spoon Graphics

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Fonts and freebies abound, Spoon Graphics is a web design


blog that just feels right. Again, instead of providing the
same-old resources that you can find anywhere, you can
get Photoshop brushes, font collections, and things you will
actually use.

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33. Design and UX on


Medium

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Medium has so much great curated content that it’s hard


to find. That’s what we want to point you to the Design-UX
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34. Hacking UI

Everyone wanted to be a hacker at some point. And


Hacking UI takes that and makes it their web design brand.
With cool tips and tricks that let you navigate your field with
ease, you will be clicking and clacking your way to better
design in no time flat. They cover lifestyle and business
topics as well, so even though they are focused on UI, they
put a personal spin on it.

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35. The Next Web


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As a site, The Next Web isn’t all a web design blog. But their
design blog is a great place to start if you’re not familiar
with them (and honestly, even if you are, it’s worth checking
out again). Editorial content is always engaging, and they
stay true to their name in bringing trending topics to
readers in a way that will get us to think instead of just
move on with our days. More places should be putting out
content like this, but since they aren’t, you should be
reading TNW.

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36. Good UI

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It’s what every web designer wants: a good UI. And thanks to
the aptly titled Good UI, you can get a few steps closer to
that. With the tagline designing with data, this blog puts
functionality and UX above bells and whistles. They focus on
A/B testing and analytics. They even offer a BetterUI service
where you can submit your UI to them for a fee and have a
professional review run of it so that you can make informed
choices. This is the web designer and front-end developer’s
paradise.

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37. Tutorialzine

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Tutorialzine is just a good resource for you to check. When


one of their articles hits your feed, we think there’s a pretty
good chance something in it will pertain to you. Whether
you need a rundown of the top JS libraries for front-end dev
and design or some free code for you to use to add some
pizzazz to a client’s header menu. They write clean and
simple posts, and if your subscription list is as full as ours,
you likely appreciate that a lot.

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38. Usability Geek

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These days, user experience (UX) is on everyone’s mind. You


want your UI to be easy and enjoyable for your users, while
still doing a ton of complex tasks. That’s where Usability
Geek comes in.  We aren’t all user experts. We can’t all be at
the forefront of UX research. But someone is. Someone can.
That someone is Usability Geek, and if you want to know
why you want some of your interfaces to be slightly difficult
and full of friction, you should give them a read. Their topics
will make the non-UX experts into…wait for it…UXperts.

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39. A List Apart

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A List Apart absolutely sets itself apart from the crowd. It’s
smart and witty, and the content it provides goes a few
steps beyond the typical freebie and resource roundups
you find at most web design blogs. Even the design of the
blog itself lends to that motif, as the serif fonts and literary
style give the site a very unique look among the hard edges
and flat layouts in this corner of the internet.

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40. Naldz Graphics

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41. UX Magazine

Not only does this blog post thoughtful, engaging content


about the future of our industry and how we can all position
ourselves to succeed in it, UX Magazine hosts job boards,
conferences, meetups, and other community tools so that
web designers don’t feel like they’re lonely islands off to
themselves. They take UX seriously, if the name didn’t make
that apparent, because they don’t simply talk about how to
create the best user experience on a website, but in every
setting where people interact. It’s really fascinating what
they put together.
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42. Boagworld

Design isn’t all about resources and tutorials. A lot of


experience and learning and understanding goes into it,
too. You need to know how to get feedback from your users
and research their habits. Boagworld can help you with
that. They have a podcast, too, and the topics all range
from digital design to marketing to content creation and
your overall digital strategy. It’s thoughtful and well-done,
so throw it in your reader for sure.

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43. Boxes and Arrows

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Talking about design is important. Because there is a lot of


elements that go into it, and there are a lot of facets you
have to consider. Boxes and Arrows works to approach web
design from all angles, including graphic design, business
design, and information architecture. They don’t do a lot of
freebies but instead give you insight into how to manage
stakeholders, for instance, or how to approach your designs
if you want to make an emotional impact. The soft-skills
that come with years of design experience.

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44. Creative Market

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Similar to Envato’s Tuts+, the Creative Market blog is a


resource provided by a marketplace. You will find trend
roundups, free assets like mockups and fonts and
templates, and tutorials about how you can better serve
your clients’ needs while making sure the users get
everything they want out of your work as well. Not every
asset or post will be directly related to the kinds of projects
you work on, but there are enough being published
regularly that you will want to add this one to your reader.

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45. Design Your Way

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Case studies, inspiration, clean design, tight copy, and


useful tools? It seems like Design Your Way has it all going
for it. Their topics run the gamut like many web design
blogs, from UX to UI to straight-up WordPress education, but
their takes on the subjects are what matter. They will tell
you what works well, and then they will provide you with
examples of how it works, why it works, and what you need
to make sure to avoid.

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46. FastCompany Design

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FastCompany tends to be on top of everything that’s going


on in the world, and design is no different. They don’t do so
many tutorials as think-pieces and examples for designers.
You will get lists of resources, yes, but you will also get
articles that show how the composition of your background
can affect photography when it’s pulled into a website.
Their Co.Design blog falls somewhere between something
like A Line Apart and The Next Web.

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47. Design You Trust

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While not fully focused on web design, Design You Trust is


great because of that. You can get inspired by seeing how
designers in your field,  but not your niche, handle their
projects. From architecture to sculpture to artistic flubs that
you can learn from, Design You Can Trust will put something
interesting in your feed every time the site updates.

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48. Webflow

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Webflow really hits on a lot of pain points designers have:


how to ease client worry, why they need X kind of site not Y
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overall function of the internet. They do trend analyses and
roundups that you will legitimately want to read through.
And you know they know what they’re doing because the
web design blog itself is gorgeous. If it weren’t…well, we’d
have some suspicions.

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49. David Walsh Blog

The David Walsh Blog is an interesting thing. It technically is


more of a web development blog than a web design blog,
but you can’t really do one without the other. Not fully. So
the most interesting posts he does are really the demos,
where you get live snippets of code and how to use them in
your designs.

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Again, technically more on the development side than


design, Scotch.io bills itself as a top-shelf site, and it lives up
to it. You want to pour yourself a couple of fingers of their
CSS tutorials, and when you finish that, you’ll want to savor
some of their React roundups on the rocks. Whatever your
flavor of JS, it’s here.

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51. Inside Design

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You’ve probably heard of InVision. It’s a great piece of


software. The company behind it also puts out a
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stupendous blog called Inside Design, too. With everything
from icon packs and iOS UI kits, all the way down to
mockups, tutorial videos, inspiration roundups, and best-
practices showcases, if you are not already subscribed to it,
copy and paste that URL so that you are now.

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52. Design Bombs

No, Design Bombs is not about fails that you can laugh at
(though that’s what we thought it was when we first
discovered it). Design Bombs is about dropping the bomb
on your projects and blowing up your clients’ preconceived
notions about what is possible. You get how-tos, freebies,
and a ton of WordPress-centric content that earns this web
design blog a spot on our list.

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Software reviews, inspiration, roundups, and best-practices


put the Web Design Ledger on the list. They have sections
on typography and iconography, how to work in
development environments, and lists of tools that you want
to make sure you’re familiar with.

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54. r/web_design

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Okay, so Reddit isn’t quite a blog. It’s not quite a forum,


either, though. It’s just…Reddit. Regardless, we thought that it
deserved a spot on this list because you can find tons of
truly insightful posts on there, and the community is rapidly
growing. As of this writing, r/web_design has 350k
subscribers, and when you finish with this post, it’ll hopefully
have one more.

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55. WixBlog on Web Design

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Regardless of how you feel about their software and


service, it’s hard to deny that Wix has a solid web design
blog. They better, at least. You will get trends and tips and
tricks and various freebies, no matter if you’re a Wix user or
not. Their folks have good eyes, so their design blog is worth
looking at.

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Wrapping Up

Despite this being a fairly long list, there are still so many
web design blogs out there that it was hard to narrow down
just to these 55. If we had tried to go to a Top 5 or 10, we
might have gone a little mad. So we’re confident that no
matter what kind of design you do — graphic, digital, UX, UI,
or anything else — your feeds will get a lot more active and
that your work gets even better than it already is.

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By B.J. Keeton
B.J. is a content creator for Elegant Themes from
Florence, AL. He is a runner and fitness junkie, geek
and gamer. He is pretty much always writing
something, whether it’s a weird CSS doohickey, a
blog about running, or a tweet about video games.

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Great compilation of sites there BJ.

Awaaards is one of my favourite just because the level of


impressive
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something I ever found when searching for a solution. Never


realised what an extensive and swanky site they ran. And
AirBnB Design? I though they only did short term lets?

Thing is though getting time to read all the articles out


there. I feel my carbon based HD thrashing at the thought
of it all.

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Muhammad Aamir
January 6, 2019

Very Nice Post, Thank You For Sharing.

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Frank
January 6, 2019

Interesting list…and after being inspired, let’s create nice


looking blog templates, archive pages, headers, navigation

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menus, footers, global style control and a whole lot of other


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things…but wait…just another year longer.

(tongue in cheek ;p )

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Simon
January 6, 2019

I assume the author is a writer not a designer as no-one


running a web business has time to read and follow 55
blogs, or even slog through his list.
I think this blog is getting a bit out of hand. Can the editor
please reduce the quantity and focus more on the quality
of the posts? It seems to be starting a sideline in self-help
rather than design, which to me is out of place here.
Cheers.

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Nathan B. Weller
January 7, 2019

Hi Simon, I’m the editor. You don’t have to follow any


blog you don’t want to, but I think a lot of folks like
having a thorough list. It’s also pretty easy to follow not
just 55 blogs but hundreds via a feed reader like
Feedly. No one is forcing anyone to read every post
each blog publishes every day…

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Franklin
January 6, 2019

Amazing collections! But My website design also not bad:)!


Always love your articles.

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Arnoldholmes
January 7, 2019

Hey keeton …
truely good web designs blogs… keep up your works
It will be helpful

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Pankaj Wagh
January 7, 2019

A list of 95 blogs that’s a huge list and of course, all are


good for the designers with different personalities.

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If I talk about mine; here are my 5 favorite design blogs;


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Hacking UI – special for UI


Creative Market – Get all the new trends in one place

Do I need to refer more blogs to hone my skills and improve


knowledge? Please suggest me.

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