11 Feb 04

Well-Designed Weblogs Volume 2

For details, please see Well-Designed Weblogs: An Introduction.

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Legend:
(d) = designer's site,
(redesigned) = redesigned (title links to larger view of screenshot),
(t) = tables used for layout.

Note: Screenshots were taken between Januari 22 and February 10, 2004. All sites were rendered using Mozilla Firebird 0.7 on a 12.1″ 1,024 by 768 pixel screen. The operating system was Windows 2000 Professional. Images have been cropped, scaled down and saved with lower resolutions and color depths than those of the original screenshots.

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  1. Sharif

    Comment on February 12, 2004 at 12:11 am

    lars… thanks for including me with such an amazing group of sites. I'm still not completely satisfied with my layout, but it's great to see that someone likes it!

  2. Lars Holst

    Comment on February 12, 2004 at 1:03 am

    Yes Sharif, I'm your biggest fan ;)

  3. Lars Holst

    Comment on February 12, 2004 at 1:09 am

    Ooops…

    My sincere apologies to those who have been trying to trackback this post and/or subscribe to the posts/comments feeds. I know you couldn't.

    I had forgotten to change the .htaccess file when I upgraded WordPress to 1.1 beta a couple of days ago.

    The links should work now (or else).

    Superthanks to Carina for the heads up.

  4. Rodent Regatta

    Trackback on February 12, 2004 at 2:58 am

    Great-Looking Weblog Designs

    If you have any interest at all in the things that underpin weblog designs, you've got to visit this link…

  5. greffier.net

    Trackback on February 12, 2004 at 10:44 am

    Incroyable !

    J'ai atterri dans la liste des Well-Designed Weblogs.

    Même que j'y suis le seul français.

    Je suis enfin reconnu. …

  6. Erste Hilfe Für Datenreisende

    Trackback on February 12, 2004 at 11:14 am

    Well Designed Weblogs Part 2

    Lars Holst eine zweite Liste schicker Weblogdesigns zusammengestellt….

  7. blair

    Comment on February 12, 2004 at 11:24 am

    Hi Lars,

    And thanks for including my effort in your well-read list, much appreciated.

    Cheers!

  8. zap.hausundhof.com

    Trackback on February 12, 2004 at 11:31 am

    Schöne Weblogs

    Wer noch auf der Suche nach einem schönen Design für sein Blog ist, kann sich ja einfach mal das Blog von Lars Holst ansehen. Dort gibt es eine recht umfangreiche Zusammenstellung von wirklich sehenswerten Blogs….

  9. Buenos Aires de Diseño

    Trackback on February 12, 2004 at 1:03 pm

    Sorpresa

    Hoy me encuentro una linda sorpresa en mi casilla de mail: el sitio Mono me incluyó en su lista de weblogs bien diseñados. En el anterior post expone el criterio utilizado para tal selección. Por suerte veo que los demás seleccionados son también diseños…

  10. Greet Machine

    Trackback on February 12, 2004 at 1:26 pm

    Links of the day

    Bush AWOL? Not according to someone who flew with him in Texas. Well designed weblogs. I should probably take some notes. Although these quotes may have been taken out of context, Mel Gibson needs to learn when to remain…

  11. Sugarfused

    Trackback on February 12, 2004 at 1:43 pm

    Well-designed Weblogs

    These well-designed weblogs are inspiring! I love the diversity in the layouts and designs. The list is also an excellent way to find some great new reads :) …

  12. Blue Plaid Shirt

    Trackback on February 12, 2004 at 2:09 pm

    Well-Designed Weblogs, V. 2…

    Lars Holst posted Volume 2 of his Well-Designed Weblogs series yesterday, and I was thrilled to find that blueplaidshirt had been included in the group!

    The other sites on the list are really outstanding, in terms of design and content, so I'm still…

  13. Icebeat

    Trackback on February 12, 2004 at 2:16 pm

    Well designed weblogs

    Hoy al abrir los emilios me he encontrado con uno muy interesante ,al parecer he sido seleccionado en una serie de weblogs bien diseñados y creados a partir de hojas de estilo CSS.

    Es en el weblog Mono de Lars Holst ,y si quieres saber mas sobre el tema puedes ver el post de introducción ….

  14. Undisclosed Location

    Trackback on February 12, 2004 at 2:47 pm

    School of weblog design: a crash course

    I've been off the shelf for the last couple days, working at the hospital and studying for my shelf copy tomorrow. Since I haven't been around I thought I'd link all of you to some great eye candy from around

  15. Kitta.net

    Trackback on February 12, 2004 at 3:39 pm

    Design and such

    What a nice surprise. Kitta.net was mentioned in Lars Holet's entry on 'Well-Designed Weblogs' yesterday. Its volume 2 in a series of entries on good design and lists some inspiring sites and I was happy to find Kitta.net in the mix.

  16. Andreas

    Comment on February 12, 2004 at 5:21 pm

    great variety!

  17. rachelleb.com links

    Trackback on February 12, 2004 at 5:30 pm

    Well-Designed Weblogs Vol 1 & Vol 2

    Well-Designed Weblogs Vol 1 & Vol 2…

  18. vveerrgg

    Comment on February 12, 2004 at 6:57 pm

    I'm a big fan of bloggs that have bounding edges… But with desktops of varying sizes…. I'm more a fan of text that auto wraps to the width of the browser… or do something alittle more interesting, but still read-able.

    That being said… some pretty sweet looking sites.

  19. Binary Bonsai

    Trackback on February 12, 2004 at 9:11 pm

    The big B gets stroked gently

    Lars Holst mailed me (you're right Lars, I rarely check my referrer logs) to tell me that the big B made his Well-Designed Weblogs Volume 2. Which I am of course quite proud of!

  20. Lars Holst

    Comment on February 12, 2004 at 10:09 pm

    IMPORTANT

    Dear all,

    It has been brought to my attention that one of the designs listed here (Penck - sixth from the top) has been heavily inspired/stolen (you decide) from das Netzbuch by Ralf Graf. After examining the two sites and their markup, this does indeed appear to be the case. In fact, in the original title attribute of the anchor linking to Penck, I noted that the "design and content has changed since screenshot.". Upon closer examination, the markup has changed as well. Although the details have been lost, I do recall that the markup and design of the weblog I visited for the screenshot was a lot closer in spirit to that of das Netzbuch than what is currently found at penck.de. View source and design on the two sites for a comparison - the differences should be obvious.

    Possibly unrelated to this, but nevertheless adding to the confusion is the fact that http://penck.de/ (without the www.) points to another site. Very strange.

    Based on the above, the lack of contact information at penck.de, and reports and comments from a number of individuals, I have decided to change the attribution and link to point to Ralf Graf's weblog, which I consider to be the original design.

    If indeed this is a genuine case of design theft remains to be seen, but just so that everyone is clear on this: taking a copyrighted work without permission and masking it as your own work is illegal. And a lot of other things too.

    As for the screenshot, I have decided that it stays up, so that everyone can form their own opinion.

    Any objections to this decision should be communicated through my contact form.

    Regardless of which, a visit to das Netzbuch is recommended.

  21. Luke

    Comment on February 12, 2004 at 10:57 pm

    Lars me man, I must say I'm disappointed not to have appeared in that list right there!! How do I get on it? oh yeah..have a great designed blog! Just wondering how you got yourself around to being an A-lister, and any advice on how I can get myself to at least B-list status….mostly because I don't write my blog just for myself, but for others as well…

  22. Emily

    Comment on February 12, 2004 at 11:55 pm

    great list of sites here! there'll hopefully be a third volume to save me from having to look for these design-savvy sites!

  23. Noel D. Jackson

    Comment on February 13, 2004 at 5:13 am

    Tee hee. Someone thinks my weblog is "well-designed". Thanks. I'm flattered. I actually like my old layout better. :)

  24. Hoder's Linkdooni

    Trackback on February 13, 2004 at 6:51 am

    چه جالب. سردبير خودم هم بينشان هست.!

  25. Monitoring Dalager

    Trackback on February 13, 2004 at 7:06 am

    Well Designed Weblogs vol 1+2

    mono » Well-Designed Weblogs Volume 2 And there's a Volume 1 too. Not that I need that (I haven't forgot)….

  26. fh aachen/design/owrede_log

    Trackback on February 13, 2004 at 7:24 am

    Weblog-Design Beispiele

    Der Link ist mir verlorengegangen, daher gut, dass er wieder aufgetaucht ist: Beispiele von sch…

  27. karim

    Comment on February 13, 2004 at 10:14 am

    hey !! Really nice work !! But I'm a little bit jealous! My website is also well-designed, at least that's what said: Anil Dash, Mark Pilgrim, Ben Hammersley, Hasan Hasnie, Kitta,….

    Take a look at cafefort.com and give me your opinion please :)

  28. mohsen

    Comment on February 13, 2004 at 2:57 pm

    wooow! thats very goods' designe!

  29. karim

    Comment on February 13, 2004 at 4:55 pm

    Thanks a lot Mohsen :) You're kind :)

  30. Jennifer

    Comment on February 13, 2004 at 7:22 pm

    I just wanted to stop by and say thanks for including my site in your list, Lars. I'm humbled to be included with sites I have long admired.

  31. seriocomic

    Comment on February 13, 2004 at 9:27 pm

    Another great list Lars. A lot of familiar sites and a few new gems. I hope your site also gets the recognition it deserves.

    P.S. I like the recent work you have done with the comment layout.

  32. dick ettema

    Comment on February 14, 2004 at 12:10 am

    Dear Lars, your second contribution - as well to the world of webdesigners, and coming ones - is of a incredible value. You truly have an eye for what every website should breath: a pleasing contribution/arty gesture to the visitor; a clarity and calmness and simple in its navigation. You did it again. Thank you thank you. Frotland isn't a worldwide famous website, but if, you would be immortal by now and be granted with the first Nobel price for weblogs! So it is written. Hoi. Dick.

  33. saleh

    Comment on February 14, 2004 at 2:40 am

    wow you pik really great ones!

  34. reza

    Comment on February 14, 2004 at 4:35 am

    very nice and useful

    Thx

  35. KO

    Trackback on February 14, 2004 at 8:57 am

    Website Redesign

    Warning: This corner of the web has encountered a temporal anomaly - adjusting style-sheets to compensate. Alarms. “Cap’n, it’s not working! The box model hacks are overloading the temporal capacitor’s ability to compensate! The…

  36. Nik

    Comment on February 14, 2004 at 10:08 am

    Excellent compilation, really… a "cure for designer's block" ;)

    I'm particularly fond of the "Solipsistic" page. It's beautiful work!

  37. James Paden

    Comment on February 14, 2004 at 5:24 pm

    Thanks for including Bot A Blog in your list. Nikolai did a fabulous job with the original design (which has been only slightly modified) and the credit goes to him.

  38. ad++ Weblog

    Trackback on February 14, 2004 at 6:01 pm

    Well-Designed Weblogs

    Lars Holst has a list of well-designed Weblogs: part 1, part 2 and an introduction.

  39. notestips.com by Mike Golding

    Trackback on February 15, 2004 at 8:56 pm

    Well Designed Weblogs

    Volume 1 and Volume 2. The rest of us are just playing catch up. Mike

  40. Noel D. Jackson

    Comment on February 15, 2004 at 11:59 pm

    It says that Leaves Rustle wasn't designed by the publisher, however that just isn't true. Relevantly, LLC is my company and I published and designed leaves rustle. Cheers.

  41. Lars Holst

    Comment on February 16, 2004 at 12:02 am

    Thanks for your comments, trackbacks, and kind words.

    Props and shameless plugs are always welcome. All links get checked. However, I am usually not able to respond to individual requests for design critique, neither paid nor unpaid. I wish I could, but there is a day job to attend to, after all. I am flattered to be asked though.

    Blair and Jennifer, it was my pleasure. But as I noted in a comment to the first volume: I just took the screenshots; you did all the work.

    Kitta, Lars Holet sends you his best : )

    Andreas, that's something I kept reflecting on as I put together the two lists, and I hope it came out showing exactly that: a great variety.

    vveerrgg, show us.

    Luke, people only come here for the screenshots ; )

    How do you get on the A-list? I don't know. I'm not on it. But what I do know is that I think it's a flawed measure of pretty much anything, except perhaps for a weblog's Technorati rating. At least that's the only correlation I can think of (but even that measure is bad since rankings fluctuate wildly).

    Why do you need a large number of weblogs linking to you?

    I'm not saying that it's bad to be A-listed. I enjoy reading a dozen or so of the Technorati Top 100 weblogs. I also appreciate that having a large number of weblogs link to you can be desirable and even beneficial to some people. I have the luxury (in this regard) of not depending on links or community credibility for my business. Conversely, because my business is not web design/development related, I can't spend as much time interacting with other people in the online community as I would have liked. That's the flip side of the coin. So if I was doing this for a living, I'd probably put more effort into providing content, maintaining relationships, and being recognized by peers and potential clients.

    But as it stands, I would rather have a small group of readers that I trust and respect, and with whom there is a possibility of interacting on a more meaningful level.

    Your comment holds an interesting question though: do you write for yourself or for an audience? I disagree with what seems to be a rather popular notion in the weblog community: that writing for yourself is good, while writing for others is bad. I believe both ways can work. Not that these approaches need to be mutually exclusive.

    Then there is visual design. I think most people would agree that a beautiful site with carefully chosen typography is likely to attract more visitors than an ugly one, all other things equal. I've come across countless webloggers who could have increased their readership dramatically had they only bothered to address basic usability and readability issues. Some of these even seem to take an almost perverted pride in not caring about such things. At the very least, they should be forcefed "Reading Design", a highly recommended article by Dean Allen on using design to communicate.

    But the best advice I can give you is to rethink the value and viability of being "A-listed" in the first place.

    Emily, thanks. Yes, there are rumors of a third volume. But you didn't hear them from me : )

    Noel, I'd like to see your old layout.

    Karim, you can't go wrong with jazz, coffee, and the web. Feel free to add me to your list of supporters.

    Mike, thanks. The comment layout nearly drove me insane. It seems that list-style-position:inside behaves differently in Firefox (possibly in all Gecko engines, didn't check) and Opera. Incidentally, IE seems to agree with Opera on this one. The difference lies in how the heading is positioned relative to the list item number: Firefox pushes the heading down below the number, whilst Opera and IE display them on the same line. There are a few other differences as well, so I had to resort to hacking three different variants. As it stands, Geckoists get the full splendor/horror, while Explorers and Operators see a stripped down but fully readable layout. I haven't checked Safari, but feeding three browsers different styles makes for ugly enough hacks. Now could someone please make me change the subject? Ah, yes, thank you Mike.

    Dick, thanks. The Nobel Prize? This was most unexpected! First of all, I would like to thank… : )

    saleh, reza, nik, thanks.

    James, I didn't know there had been any modifications, but as long as you're okay with the credits, then fine.

    A minor clarification of comment #20 is in place: it wasn't Ralf who brought my attention to the matter, but one of his readers. Ralf and I have emailed on the issue though, and I have informed him of my decision.

    As for what to call it, I really don't know. It's not an outright design theft, since, apparently, the colors and photograph were changed. The markup and style is no longer possible to check, so no clues there.

    Personally, I would have been okay with this if the original author had been asked and credited, either on the front, about or colophon page (preferable), or in the html or css source (less preferable). I checked all the sites listed here in this way, and there was no such credit given.

    However, what ultimately prompted my decision and comment was this post by Markus Kniebe. Have a look if you are interested.

    geek note: the markup has been updated to make use of the hreflang attribute on the anchor element (in Mozilla/Firefox: place mouse over screenshot and right click for properties; in IE and Opera: click uninstall, then install Mozilla/Firefox and follow previous instructions).

  42. Lars Holst

    Comment on February 16, 2004 at 12:28 am

    Noel, I didn't know (I only checked the front page at Relevantly). I did anticipate there would be cases such as yours though. The reasoning behind explicitly including a link to the designer anyway was that there is a technical/legal difference between the individual and the company, is there not? At least if LLC means what I think it means (I may be wrong, of course). And, perhaps more importantly, I thought a link to the firm wouldn't hurt (good for business and all that).

    I agree that the wording may be misinterpreted though. The best I can come up with at 2am is to change the legend to simply say "designer". Drop me a note at your earliest convenience if you have other suggestions. I aim to please : )

  43. B-O-K

    Trackback on February 16, 2004 at 3:25 pm

    Well-designed

    Oh oh, wat zitten daar een paar mooie bij: Well-Designed Weblogs. Ik denk dat ik eerdaags deze site ook maar weer eens een kleine omkat ga geven……

  44. Christine

    Comment on February 16, 2004 at 4:20 pm

    Maybe it's just me, but they all start to look the same after awhile. Blue. White. Gray. Scrolling down the page of screenshots became amusing. That said, I've found some great sites already with really good information - thanks for sharing them!

  45. Big Pink Cookie

    Trackback on February 16, 2004 at 4:34 pm

    Is it Just Me?

    Earlier, thanks to J-Mo Jen, I started browsing through the Well-Designed Weblogs Volume 2. Now don't get me wrong, there…

  46. fwolf

    Comment on February 16, 2004 at 5:35 pm

    is it just me or do you prefer the color "blue" over any other when defining well-done webblogs?

  47. fwolf

    Comment on February 16, 2004 at 5:38 pm

    Ah, looks like as if Christine did stumble over above mentioned "amazing" impression, too. So I'm not the only one — is this "blues" thingy just because there aint not enough good designed weblogs in other colours, or is it really just the author"s preference for blue styles? ;)

    cu, w0lf.

  48. Fragments

    Trackback on February 16, 2004 at 8:31 pm

    Well designed weblogs

    Still a lot to learn, Well designed weblogs (via b-o-k)….

  49. Lars Holst

    Comment on February 16, 2004 at 8:51 pm

    Christine, thanks for your comments. The selection is based on color. However, the criteria were based not so much on my personal preferences as on the way the screenshots would work together visually. I wanted to create a harmonious arrangement of colors and patterns, and went so far as to exclude a number of weblogs because their color schemes didn't fit in. These will most likely appear in the next volume, which should see more vivid colors and patterns.

    I will update the introduction to reflect the importance of color in the selection.

    This is not to say that the selection doesn't reflect my preferences. Of course it does. I have already mentioned that I'm partial to centered content, and as far as colors go, blue is one of my favorites.

    Color preferences are always going to be a very personal thing, which indeed your comment shows, but there are colors that work better than others for many people. Blue is one of those.

    But the sites should really be judged on their own rather than in the context of this list.

  50. freeOrange | Here and There

    Trackback on February 16, 2004 at 9:10 pm

    A collection of well-designed weblogs (Part II).

    (some would say that the impressive collection of thumbnails is rather repetitive after a while, since the list's compiler bases his selections on color. But nonetheless, all of the sites therein are interesting studies. Like I mentioned on Lars' pag…

  51. Cueball

    Comment on February 17, 2004 at 1:08 pm

    Lars my site is centered and now contains more blue ;) http://griffininteractive.net/.

  52. Michael Heraghty

    Comment on February 17, 2004 at 2:13 pm

    They certainly all score highly for look-and-feel … but what about usability? Wasn't that a factor in choosing?

  53. Lars Holst

    Comment on February 17, 2004 at 3:06 pm

    Cueball, centered blue sites are so pre-February 16…red is the new blue. Oh, just joking of course. You have a really good looking site there. Thanks for sharing.

    Michael, yes it was (this is mentioned in the introduction). Accessibility wasn't (in case anyone else wonders).

  54. karim

    Comment on February 17, 2004 at 3:39 pm

    Thanks a lot Lars for the support :) Next time I'll be the first one on your list ;)
    It's a Nice work you did, really.

  55. Boudist

    Trackback on February 18, 2004 at 1:17 am

    new design

    I was rather chuffed and surprised to have been listed in Lars Holst's list of well designed blogs recently. Just as i was pleased to have been nominated for an Aussie Blog Award for the site design. So what does…

  56. Frotland

    Comment on February 18, 2004 at 1:19 am

    Lars, what have you done. Bought stocks from the bull-fight company or drunk to much exquisite bourgogne wine. Please introduce the css choose the scandinavian or spanish template possibility. Anyway, Google agrees: mono » Well-Designed Weblogs Volume 2 … Frotland. screenshot; … Frotland isn't a worldwide famous website, but if, you would be immortal by now and be granted with the first Nobel price for weblogs! …

    larsholst.info/blog/2004/02/11/well-designed-weblogs-volume-2/ - 57k - 15 feb 2004 - Hoi. Dick

  57. Lars Holst

    Comment on February 18, 2004 at 9:00 am

    Dick, I suppose you are referring to the red colors of my "night" style, which was temporarily made the default style for a day or so. The minimalistic Scandinavian, a.k.a. the "day" style, is now back, as planned. There is still an option to switch between the two styles for those who wish to preserve their night vision.

  58. pixelgraphix

    Trackback on February 18, 2004 at 12:03 pm

    Schöne Designs

    Lars Holst hat es wieder getan: Mit mono » Well-Designed Weblogs Volume 2 zeigt er eine Auswahl der wunderschönsten Weblog Designs im Netz. Besuchen, innehalten und genießen….

  59. hem|mungen

    Trackback on February 18, 2004 at 1:40 pm

    Harumph

    Nothing like other people's fabulously-designed blogs to make a girl feel inadequate. at mono ».

  60. WanderLost: Journal

    Trackback on February 19, 2004 at 12:02 am

    Visual Similarity and Visual Stimulation

    Just when I think I'm getting comfortable with the look and the flow of this site, this sort of thing comes along, and I just want to try something new. As I scrolled through the list of well-designed sites (and…

  61. Robert Salzmer

    Comment on February 19, 2004 at 4:37 pm

    my 2 cents for this great link-collection:

    • Private Log of Anya Leidel http://www.anyaleidel.de/ [german]
    • CIDOC Corporate Design Manuals http://www.designguerilla.org/cidoc/ [soon updated]
    • Interface Design Weblog http://www.mo-minds.de/bugressort/ [german]
    • Great Illustrator http://www.loobylu.com/
  62. chel

    Comment on February 20, 2004 at 4:44 am

    Thanks so much for including my weblog/design in this list. It's been a tough week, and finding out about this has really improved my mood. There are some brilliant designers and writers on this list, and I'm *very* honored to be sharing space with them.

    Thanks again.

  63. eclecticism

    Trackback on February 22, 2004 at 9:56 am

    Well-Designed Weblogs

    Looking for some design inspiration? Good pointers to quite a few very impressively designed sites at Well Designed Weblogs Part One and Part Two. And no, I'm not on the list. ;)

  64. Creation

    Trackback on February 23, 2004 at 7:20 pm

    Will they ever be done?

    I'm back at school with my real design machine and this means that I have the potential for productivity! At the same time, I found a recent review of "Well-Designed Weblogs" (check volume One or Two) from eclecticism and this means I'll be pouring…

  65. Cup of Chicha

    Trackback on February 24, 2004 at 10:52 pm

    linkage

    books and writing -Notes from Underground is officially the most over-used title in journalism. The article, found via bookslut, is

  66. Kirk

    Comment on February 25, 2004 at 3:27 pm

    Wow! What a great list. Only had my blog up for a short while but after looking over all this greatness, I'm inspired to do a complete re-design.

  67. .Avery Blog

    Trackback on February 26, 2004 at 11:31 pm

    .NET Nightly 118
  68. koads

    Comment on February 27, 2004 at 2:27 pm

    Halloj,

    Härligt att hitta en lista med blogs som är bra designade, att en blog helst ska ha ett intressant innehåll är väl ett känt faktum och därför är det extra kul att hitta en sån här lista med bloggar som är både kul men som även är otroligt snygga. Ger mig inspiration till att själv lägga upp en…

    Ser med glädje fram emot volym 3…

    Keep up the good work, mate !

  69. jamie

    Comment on February 28, 2004 at 4:26 am

    None are as great as my blog damn it!

  70. Chetan

    Comment on February 28, 2004 at 5:45 am

    Lars, what a beautiful collection of sites (both volumes).

  71. notizen aus der provinz

    Trackback on February 28, 2004 at 8:39 am

    schöne blogs

    Well-Designed Weblogs werde so neidisch. wenn ich mal anfange, "richtig" zu bloggen, muss ich unbedingt mal einen designer an die styles lassen. design-envy! ok, ok, only content counts. but then … it's so much nicer to read a good story

  72. LivingRoom >> A space for Life

    Trackback on February 28, 2004 at 11:28 am

    Well Designed Weblogs

    Well-Designed Weblogs: An Introduction is a great series of posts about… you guessed it - Well designed Weblogs. As part of the series are two volumes of well designed weblogs - aptly named Volume 1 and Volume 2 ( I…

  73. Ore no Buloggu

    Trackback on February 29, 2004 at 5:36 pm

    Blog Designs

    Looking for some inspiration on a new look and feel. Something that will pull my tools together, make them easier to navigate, and manage. Ran into a post titled, Well-Designed Weblogs Volume 2 and Well-Designed Weblogs. Alot of nicely architected…

  74. mindtrick - my mind my kingdom, my will my law

    Trackback on March 3, 2004 at 1:24 am

    Well-Designed Weblogs

    Looking for some design inspiration to change the look of your weblog? Good pointers to quite a few very impressively designed sites at Well-Designed Weblogs Volume 1 and Volume 2 created by Lars Holst….

  75. PeeBlog

    Trackback on March 3, 2004 at 4:05 pm

    Blog skin

    要作個好看的skin還真的蠻難的，一天下來看了許多沒什麼美感的網站，都覺得我的品味也被帶壞了，趕快調劑一下，這裡的都蠻有style的，希望有天我也會有個這樣的weblog…

  76. Deckchairs on the Titanic

    Trackback on March 4, 2004 at 2:13 am

    Blogs that are well

    It comes via Oblivio via Zeldman so you know it has to be good: Lars Holst's excellent discovery of nicely designed blogs. There are many beautiful blogs out there and Lars has done us all a huge service in providing…

  77. News, Rants, Soliloquies and Reveries

    Trackback on March 7, 2004 at 2:30 am

    Re-design

    After experiencing acute feelings of jealousy and inferiority while look at Well Designed Weblogs Volume 1 and Volume 2, I am attempting a redesign of this site, converting from a tables based layout to CSS, so please excuse any temporary…

  78. WHY SKI ??

    Trackback on March 8, 2004 at 4:36 am

    멋진 레이아웃의 블로그들을 모아놨다는 군요..

  79. Danial-Iran

    Comment on March 8, 2004 at 1:18 pm

    hello all bloggers. see my blog and comment in

  80. Live Mind Design:: Blog This!

    Trackback on March 8, 2004 at 10:07 pm

    Well-designed blogs

    Here's a nice compendium of well-designed blogs. They use CSS stylesheets instead of old world tables, font tags, et al. Enjoy the eye candy… Volume 1 Volume 2…

  81. Michael Heilemann

    Comment on March 10, 2004 at 1:26 pm

    Just to note: If you go to binarybonsai.com and wonder why it's entirely different from the screenshot… Well I changed it recently :)

  82. ehsanmx

    Comment on March 12, 2004 at 1:07 pm

    My Blog is not bad.

    take tour on ehsanmx.net. Powered By Asp.net

  83. unidentified frequency

    Trackback on March 15, 2004 at 3:23 pm

    Well-Designed Weblogs

    mono » Well-Designed Weblogs Volume 2…

  84. NEELOOFAR

    Comment on March 18, 2004 at 9:57 pm

    see my template and tell me if it's any good. pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

  85. Jadoogar

    Comment on March 20, 2004 at 7:16 am

    salam be hameh. bebini inja kheyli weblog haye ghashangi hast ama man fekr mikardam mishe az ghalebha estefadeh kard

  86. Frotland calls Persian Bloggers

    Comment on March 24, 2004 at 3:59 am

    Dear Persian Blog Friends, will you please be so kind to make your email-adres in clear English visible on your website, so I can respond. Because despite of the beauty of design, some drive me crazy, not because of your language but due to very simple to solve css, html and java errors for which I needed more then once the disaster-button touch [crtl-alt-del] and even worse. I wished I could write this as well in here in Arabic but I can't. But i'm sure you will get the picture. And otherwise tell me how I can learn to write a short summary of my website in your motherlanguage.

  87. Akai's Blog

    Trackback on March 25, 2004 at 1:29 pm

    グッドデザインなBlog

    mono 実Well-Designed Weblogs Volume 2

    確かにかっこいいです。私も見習ってデザインを変えてみたいなぁ…

  88. ××からはじめるイラスト日記

    Trackback on March 28, 2004 at 10:03 am

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    昨日のエントリーで「bk1.jp」へのトラックバックを取り上げたのですけど、コメントをいただいたのもあり整理も兼ねて少し…

  89. s'illa s'acaba

    Trackback on March 31, 2004 at 4:43 pm

    Planes per la web de XBPM

    Amb una bona plana d'inici phonophunk Amb suaus tonalitats caf� Una agrupaci� de planes CSS Sa que ens servir� de model Conjunt de blogs que �s el que emprarem per n'Anna Guia de disseny CSS amb diverses plantilles…

  90. Mark bdash Rowe

    Comment on April 5, 2004 at 10:14 am

    Lars, would you consider adding my blog to your next volume?

    Cheers.

  91. Dana's Blog - Internet Marketing and Sales Technology Ideas From the Trenches

    Trackback on April 23, 2004 at 4:32 pm

    Great Blog Designs

    I'm working on designing a weblog to use as a freelance client communication tool…yeah, I'm too cheap for basecamp, and don't like the interface anyway. Anyway, Dudz pointed me to this site which has some really well designed blog ideas - love em…

  92. Lars Holst

    Comment on May 4, 2004 at 1:33 pm

    Updates

    Weblogs that have redesigned since the publication of this list now link to a larger view of the screenshot from their title.

  93. Marek Moehling

    Comment on May 17, 2004 at 8:30 pm

    This is slightly off topic, but web designers (and some bloggers are) might care to know:
    http://lorem-ipsum.info/generator2/ delivers randomly generated filler text for typographers and web designers in various languages and charsets (Chinese, Greek, Hindi, Cyrillic, L33tspeak, Esperanto etc.) besides the traditional Lorem Ipsum dummy copy.

    Being the proud owner, I dare to say that it beats http://lipsum.com/ by far. … though the interface is certainly arguable.

    Marek

  94. Biggest Apple

    Comment on May 27, 2004 at 7:34 pm

    Having just gone through a rather trying redesign I'd like to say thanks for such a wealth of good design examples. Sometime you just need a little inspiration!

  95. Robert Salzmer

    Comment on June 22, 2004 at 12:32 pm

    Hi Lars,

    would you consider adding my new blog about ‘corporate identity documentation’ to your next volume?

    http://www.cidoc.net

    Best Regards,
    Robert Salzmer

  96. ProBlogger

    Trackback on September 23, 2004 at 11:21 am

    Well Designed Weblogs

    Well-Designed Weblogs: An Introduction is a great series of posts about… you guessed it - Well designed Weblogs. As part of the series are two volumes of well designed weblogs - aptly named Volume 1 and Volume 2 ( I…

  97. Bernie Zimmermann

    Comment on April 3, 2005 at 7:09 pm

    Great compilation you’ve got here. Thanks for putting it together for all to see!

  98. Roberlan Borges

    Comment on August 3, 2005 at 8:03 am

    Hi from Brazil. Nice selection of blogs you have here. But i think some of them are not that well designed to be listed here. Anyway, a lot are very interesting and inspiring. Those that have clean and simple designs are the best in my opinion.
    :)

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    Comment on March 22, 2006 at 10:46 am

    Hi,
    thanks for the nice collection off screenshots!
    greets,
    Martin

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    Comment on March 2, 2007 at 11:14 am

    great collect!
    thanks for your work

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