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36 Useful Web Design Blogs You Should Be Following

I always enjoy getting to do a list like this because it gives me a chance to discover new resources, many of them with excellent content. There's no shortage of web design blogs on the internet and these are a great place to go if you're looking for new design ideas or inspiration.

  1. Smashing Magazine (RSS) (Twitter)
    This granddaddy of web design blogs is always providing free content for designers, inspirational images and trends along with a host of other resources.

  2. A List Apart (RSS)
    Their special focus on new techniques and insistence on the highest standards for usability makes them one of the most read web design magazines.

  3. 456 Berea Street (RSS)
    Offering many tools and ideas for web designers, their posts on accessibility make you look at things from a new perspective.

  4. Noupe (RSS)
    Useful and informative posts abound, but Noupe's "50 Best..." posts are always enjoyable.

  5. Six Revisions (RSS) (Twitter)
    By designers and developers, for designers and developers - consistently relevant and interesting.

  6. Abduzeedo (RSS) (Twitter)
    Daily inspiration posts, free resources and many other useful design posts.

  7. Colour Lovers (RSS)
    Inspiration, inspiration, inspiration. Color schemes from any source you can imagine.

  8. Vandelay Design (RSS) (Twitter)
    Excellent posts about managing business from a designers perspective as well as free resources and helpful tutorial lists.

  9. BittBox (RSS) (Twitter)
    A practically unlimited playground for design resources.

  10. Web Designer Wall (RSS) (Twitter)
    Amazing tutorials along side posts on inspiration, trends and news in the designer world.

  11. CSS Beauty (RSS)
    Anything and everything related to CSS including a number of useful techniques for advanced CSS effects.

  12. Webdesigner Depot (RSS) (Twitter)
    Tons of inspiration and excellent posts on being a better designer.

  13. Dezinerfolio (RSS)
    Full of excellent free resources for designers.

  14. Design M.ag (RSS) (Twitter)
    Between the resources, interviews, inspiration and posts about making your way in the design world, its easy to find something to like here.

  15. PSD Tuts (RSS) (Twitter)
    Plenty of resources for designers and tutorials to hone your skills.

  16. Woork (RSS) (Twitter)
    A community that posts tutorials, code snippets, reviews of products and services for web designers and developers.

  17. You the Designer (RSS)
    Mainly posts in the vein of "# of ..." means tons of inspiration and resources for designers.

  18. Knowtebook (RSS) (Twitter)
    A community design blog to share ideas, inspiration and trends. Focuses especially on Wordpress.

  19. Reencoded (RSS) (Twitter)
    Full of resources like themes and fonts along with discussions of design trends and best practices.

  20. Creative Curio (RSS)
    In-depth discussions of design techniques and design reviews.

  21. Inspiredology (RSS)
    Another great site for all types of design inspiration.

  22. Webdesign Ledger (RSS) (Twitter)
    Design reviews, resources and tons of inspiration for web and graphic designers.

  23. Naldz Graphics (RSS) (Twitter)
    Resources, tutorials and constant design inspiration

  24. Crazy Leaf Design (RSS)
    Post after post of design resources and inspiration.

  25. CSS Tricks (RSS) (Twitter)
    Just what you'd think - full of CSS discussions, snippets and even the occasional screencast.

  26. Function (RSS)
    Inspiration and brilliant design posts; their designer interviews are always a good read.

  27. Outlaw Design Blog (RSS) (Twitter)
    Many excellent posts about the business behind designing and lots of resources in between.

  28. Spoon Graphics (RSS) (Twitter)
    Full of resources, tips and tutorials for Photoshop and llustrator.

  29. Meyerweb (Twitter)
    Resources from a code perspective; always up to date with the latest changes facing the design world.

  30. Pearsonified (RSS) (Twitter)
    Branches out to SEO, blogging and other topics that can round out a designer's experience.

  31. Snook.ca (RSS) (Twitter)
    Informative posts on issues all designers face from browser support to javascript woes.

  32. Fadtastic (RSS)
    Follows design trends and is a fantastic place for the latest inspirations.

  33. Fudge Graphics (RSS) (Twitter)
    Unique artist profiles full of inspiration along with useful resources for designers.

  34. Design Melt Down (RSS)
    No longer very active, but was a hand picked catalog of websites detailing design successes, flops and trends. The sorting by color, theme and element make finding a specific bit of inspiration easy.

  35. David Airey (RSS) (Twitter)
    A wealth of information on graphic design and brand identity design.

  36. SmileyCat (RSS)
    In depth posts focusing on usability from a designer's perspective.

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Thanks for the wonderful design blogs which everyone need to follow. I am now going to design a site and going to post the design in a contest running by grafikguru.com

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