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30 Highly Creative Blog Design Layouts

November 30, 2009 by Mike Smith 76 Comments

These days blogs come a dime a dozen, so making a highly creative design that captivates the viewer and gets their attention is a key component in having a successful blog. Your content might be killer, and your personality might click well with millions of people, but without holding the attention of an audience who gets bored after 2-3 seconds, your blog just won’t have the same instant impact you deserve. These thirty blogs get it – and they did their job well.

Below you will see thirty blog designs with creative designs that help them stand out from the crowd. From simple grunge and worn looks to the illustrative works, there are many levels of creative here that I tried to cover. I hope you enjoy the post and you get inspired to make something beautiful afterwards.

Ashley Tisdale ↓

Ashley Tisdale

Design Spartan ↓

Design Spartan

mashKULTURE ↓

mashKULTURE

Fran Fernández ↓

Fran Fernández

Get Back To Work ↓

Get Back To Work

Squarespace Blog ↓

Squarespace Blog

Design Critique ↓

Design Critique

From Me To You ↓

From Me To You

Hyper Island ↓

Hyper Island

Hey Indy ↓

Hey Indy

Gary’s Real Life ↓

Gary's Real Life

Jason Bradbury ↓

Jason Bradbury

Mark Forrester ↓

Mark Forrester

The Pixel ↓

The Pixel

Tripping Words ↓

Tripping Words

Koodoz Blog ↓

Koodoz Blog

Cog’nition ↓

Cog'nition

Work Awesome ↓

Work Awesome

Manuel Romero ↓

Manuel Romero

All For Design ↓

All For Design

justBcoz ↓

justBcoz

Belzebu de Saia ↓

Belzebu de Saia

Duirwaigh ↓

Duirwaigh

The Reinhardt Blog ↓

The Reinhardt Blog

Best Blog Box ↓

Best Blog Box

Hatch ↓

Hatch

Undead Labs ↓

Undead Labs

Sean Johnson ↓

Sean Johnson

Ezobase ↓

Ezobase

Tru Speaks ↓

Tru Speaks

And now we give you the floor

Have a blog with a killer design? What about a link to one that we may have missed? Drop a comment below and let us know.

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Author: Mike Smith

Mike Smith writes a freelance blog on a regular basis and is also a blog designer at Guerrilla.

Filed Under: Design, Inspirational, Showcase

Comments

  1. Preston says

    November 30, 2009 at 11:34 am

    I think these are all fantastic designs. My question would be why we tend to consider designs that are grungy, more cluttered, a little more loosely designed, etc as “creative”.

    While I love the designs in this post, I think you can have an extremely creative minimalistic blog design and still come off as very creative. In fact, I would argue that sometimes it is even harder to be creative when you are forced to be minimalistic. Maybe that’s why only the best of the best can pull off a “creative” minimalistic designs.

    Just something the think about. Loved the featured sites and the post in general. Thanks for sharing!

  2. CCY says

    November 30, 2009 at 12:53 pm

    Fantastic!

    Here’s one by someone I know, what do you think of it? http://c-chingz.blogspot.com/

  3. Web Design Maidstone says

    November 30, 2009 at 1:32 pm

    some good examples and some a bit over used (desktop backgrounds infuriate me now!)

  4. Josh says

    November 30, 2009 at 1:35 pm

    Hey great list! Thanks. :0)

  5. texturezine says

    November 30, 2009 at 2:19 pm

    Great collections. Beautiful examples. Thanks!

  6. Bronson says

    November 30, 2009 at 2:31 pm

    Grat collection of really kick-butt design. I see Mark Forrester’s site in a lot of galleries. That header image is pretty cool though.

  7. Klodian says

    November 30, 2009 at 2:58 pm

    yep, cool list, good to inspire. thx

  8. Destiny Islands says

    November 30, 2009 at 3:02 pm

    Neat designs, really inspiring thanks for sharing! And nice blog design btw, really like it here

  9. designfollow says

    November 30, 2009 at 3:02 pm

    great list

    thank you.

  10. Design Spartan says

    November 30, 2009 at 3:29 pm

    Great collection.
    Thanks.

  11. All for Design says

    November 30, 2009 at 3:32 pm

    Hi man,
    Thank you for the feature.
    I still wanted to change the design of my blog design because I think it has some big mistakes: not enough balanced, lack of contrast, etc. … But I am glad to see it is still recognized … It is perhaps not as bad as I think.

    It’s always a pleasure to read your blog, congrats for your work here.

    Regards

  12. rickyH says

    November 30, 2009 at 3:40 pm

    I truly feel like an amateur at this moment in time. Great works from all of the above “The Pixel” blows my mind.

  13. Mindezigns says

    November 30, 2009 at 4:53 pm

    Very inspiring. Thank you for the post

  14. From Me To You says

    November 30, 2009 at 5:18 pm

    Thank you for highlighting the great design of my blog by NYC web designer Kevin Burg! It makes me really proud to be apart of this community of talented artists and bloggers so my sincerest thanks!

    From Me To You,
    Jamie

  15. BBBOX says

    November 30, 2009 at 5:25 pm

    Thanks for mentioning BestBlogBox, much appreciated. I also like some of the other fetured sites, some very inspiring and innovative…great list thought.

  16. Liz says

    November 30, 2009 at 7:22 pm

    Thanks for including some of my work here! There are some sites here I hadnt seen before that are really gorgeous! :)

  17. Mike Smith says

    November 30, 2009 at 7:23 pm

    Thanks for the replies everyone. Glad to see everyone finding some inspiration in the post.

    @Preston – I think all designs are creative, including the minimalist style – I believe though that more people resonate the “creative” word with “out of the ordinary” which is why I titled the post as so.

  18. Design Informer says

    November 30, 2009 at 7:36 pm

    I do agree with @Preston, but I would have titled it the same as you did Mike. That’s just a common misconception that a lot of people have.

    Anyways, great round-up and there are a few sites that I haven’t seen before.

  19. Grey says

    November 30, 2009 at 8:20 pm

    wow, these blogs area really creative! I think I really should learn from them on my blog :D thanks for sharing these!!

  20. bono says

    December 1, 2009 at 1:22 am

    Very inspiring collction. The Pixel blog looks really really cool. Thanks for posting this.

    Cheers!

  21. Brandon S. Adkins says

    December 1, 2009 at 3:22 am

    Sorry, but the “get back to work” blog has one of the worst designs I’ve ever seen. It’s using that really crappy free font (with the stupid looking ‘e’) that a lot of people are using and its main element is made with very cliche grunge brushes from photoshop. It’s like myspace barfed up on a white piece of paper.

    Not sure why it was included.

  22. Dzinepress says

    December 1, 2009 at 4:46 am

    excellent designs.

  23. Jillian de Beer says

    December 1, 2009 at 4:57 am

    really cool designs. I’m inspired!

  24. Flameboy says

    December 1, 2009 at 5:16 am

    Nice selection ! :)

  25. ghabuntu says

    December 1, 2009 at 7:15 am

    Wow. Thanks for the post. I think I need a redesign of my blog in the light of these stunning ones.

  26. Luke Sheppard says

    December 1, 2009 at 1:28 pm

    Couldn’t agree more with Preston (first post). I think that, while some of these “creative” blog designs look great, a really high proportion of them are practically unuseable in terms of navigation. The user is so blinded by the “wow” factor that they don’t notice the fact that the accessibility is shocking. You get presented with such a massive amount of information and links, it’s difficult to work out where you’re going and how to get there.

    I realise that this is probably a more general problem and one that the popularity of blogs has probably made worse but, in terms of blog design, I honestly think that some of the most creative ones are the ones where the designer has clearly used their imagination and problem-solving to create simple, clean sites that are easy to navigate.

    My definition of a well-designed blog may be different from others’ but I think a good indicator is asking yourself “Can I find exactly what I’m looking for quickly, WITHOUT using the search field?”. Now, I realise that many people visit blogs not knowing what they are looking for (a lot of the time, this seems to be the whole point) but I still like using that as a tell-tale of effective design.

    Rant over, the designs you have chosen in this post are actually a LOT better than many I have seen listed in “Most Creative Blog Designs” posts. I would like to see some super-clean designs listed by someone out there though…

    Thanks for posting!

  27. Brandi says

    December 1, 2009 at 6:26 pm

    This is a greatly compiled list. I love every single one! I wish I had the capabilities to design like that…

  28. Oxzen says

    December 1, 2009 at 7:49 pm

    Nice collection…great inspiration for design themes and blog layouts.

  29. julio says

    December 1, 2009 at 11:29 pm

    awesome colors being used on some of the website displayed and really a post to get cool ideas for the next project.

    the best one to me will have to be The Pixel

  30. Manuel Romero says

    December 2, 2009 at 1:10 pm

    Thanks for including my work here. I follow some of these blogs simply because of the design. Good job!

  31. Jason says

    December 2, 2009 at 5:14 pm

    Usually not a big fan of the roundup list, but there are some good designs here.

  32. James says

    December 4, 2009 at 12:19 pm

    As mentioned, some of these are indeed great designs, but there is more to be creative than just graphics and images.

    A lot of these, however, do employ some good practises in usability and accessibility; I believe that is very important in design these days, and can also be implemented creatively.

    Some great inspiration here though!

  33. Lauren says

    December 7, 2009 at 5:21 am

    Wonderful roundup! Thanks for sharing these. Love this blog. Have a super day.

  34. Waasys says

    December 8, 2009 at 4:07 pm

    Nice!

  35. Mabuc says

    December 10, 2009 at 10:10 pm

    Nice collection all designs are very impressive, I’m really glad you have collected this gorgeous website design…

  36. Dave Ellis says

    December 14, 2009 at 6:12 am

    Thanks for including Tru Speaks, I had a lot of fun on that project!

  37. 8207h32 says

    December 16, 2009 at 4:45 am

    I love your list.. great inspiring design layout..

  38. Pusparaj says

    December 24, 2009 at 2:05 pm

    WOW!!!

  39. Pusparaj says

    December 24, 2009 at 2:06 pm

    Nice collection. Inspirational.

  40. Lea says

    February 10, 2010 at 9:40 pm

    They are very creative designs but sometimes my eyes doesn’t like it. They are overly decorated.

  41. John Foy says

    February 22, 2010 at 8:41 pm

    Great collection but I think some of them (not all) are just tweaks of existing themes.

  42. Omer Greenwald says

    February 26, 2010 at 5:17 am

    “From me to you” and “Hypher Island” are 2 of the best because they provide personal feel and they are clean, and have a very good color combination. Thanks for sharing!

  43. dotndot says

    February 27, 2010 at 9:25 am

    Awesome collection…Great one.

  44. Carly says

    March 2, 2010 at 9:40 am

    Wow! Fantastic and inspiring design work there, lots to think about :)

  45. feliciadee says

    April 1, 2010 at 10:53 am

    I love the designs. They are creative and professional. This is truly inspirational.

  46. Anders Rosenberg says

    April 7, 2010 at 6:14 am

    WOW! :D Really nice collection!

  47. Chris Beaman says

    April 7, 2010 at 11:28 am

    These are really cool how can I make my site look like this I have WordPress.

  48. lirik says

    April 7, 2010 at 12:28 pm

    great collection.. thanks for sharing

  49. ChrisDigital says

    April 14, 2010 at 3:52 pm

    Nice list, this great for an afternoon inspiration break. Bookmarked.

  50. Derrick Workman says

    April 23, 2010 at 2:27 pm

    Great designs! I wish i had this inspiration a few weeks ago when I redesigned my blog. My favorite has got to be the justbcuz blog!

  51. Cheryl from thatgirlisfunny says

    May 3, 2010 at 10:42 pm

    Oh no, blog envy…your choices are full of pizazz. Hmm…need to take a look at spicing up my blog.

  52. Tom Heggie says

    May 5, 2010 at 11:26 am

    Great selection of beautiful designs, its an ambition of mine to get a mention in one of these features :^)

    Looking forward to the next show case!

  53. DC-CIK says

    June 22, 2010 at 11:06 pm

    Very nice! I Iike “Best Blog Box”.

  54. Chris says

    June 24, 2010 at 9:06 am

    Great list! Many inspirations for my own site ;)

  55. Michael says

    July 7, 2010 at 9:19 am

    Brilliant selection, thanks for the inspiration for future web designs

  56. Bogdan says

    July 8, 2010 at 7:43 am

    Awesome roundup, thanks for sharing mate!

  57. sath says

    July 13, 2010 at 3:13 am

    Very nice collection and very creative blogdesign layouts are !!!!!!!!fine thanku for sharing

  58. oliver says

    July 13, 2010 at 8:29 am

    Thanks for this post. Some great blog design here for inspiration.

  59. Tessie says

    July 19, 2010 at 9:02 am

    Really nice roundup :) I liked these ones: Duirwaigh (a little Alice in Wonderland or The Imaginarium of the Dr. Parnassus) and Best Blog Box (kinda nice and girly, but in a great way though). But there are several others who are really creative and well though. I love a blog that has a nice and creatively designed header. Thanks for sharing these.

  60. Husera says

    September 27, 2010 at 10:26 am

    wow what a beautiful designs! I really like “the pixle” one. it looks amazing!

  61. kevin says

    October 4, 2010 at 7:17 pm

    Great collection of templates, they look amazing.

  62. hjemmeside says

    October 11, 2010 at 12:33 pm

    Great design you have collected.
    Really good inspiration. :-)

  63. Dave says

    October 19, 2010 at 11:07 am

    Pretty sick designs. Mine feels so vanilla now, heh….

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  65. CCNA CHENNAI says

    May 5, 2011 at 2:10 am

    Wow! Fantastic and inspiring design work.

  66. Baskaran says

    May 5, 2011 at 3:57 am

    very creativity work. Beautiful collections

  67. balaji says

    May 5, 2011 at 3:59 am

    very creativity work. Beautiful collections.

  68. bala says

    May 5, 2011 at 4:02 am

    Very Beautiful collection. thank you

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  72. Website Designers Chesterfield says

    June 15, 2011 at 1:22 pm

    Hello,
    Absolutely brilliant work and thanks for these stunning examples. I’m definitely inspired. Cheers.

  73. CCNA CHENNAI says

    June 24, 2011 at 7:29 am

    Really Appreciate your Article, Thanks a lot…

  74. Lirik Lagu says

    July 12, 2011 at 8:03 am

    great collection.. thanks for sharing

  75. Design Blog says

    July 31, 2011 at 5:31 pm

    Really very creative blog designs, but I wonder why many of these blog do not rank well on search engines when you search for ‘design blogs”?

    Great inspirational designs for new bloggers :)

  76. Tom says

    June 11, 2016 at 4:43 am

    Great collection, thank you.

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