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21 Top Graphic Design Blogs According to Graphic Designers on the Web

September 16, 2009 by Douglas Bonneville

UPDATE: Check out our brand new list: Top Graphic Design blogs for 2018. There are some perennial winners from the list below! We scoured the web to find the names of top graphic designers and agencies who also ran blogs. We compared blog comments for mentions of other designers, blog rolls, etc., and came to a general-consensus list of what are considered the most visited blogs by the top graphic designers and graphic design agencies. This list is not our opinion of the best graphic design blogs, but rather (we stress) the current consensus of what search results and blog chatter reveal them to be. Zero opinion factor The length of the list was simply limited by time. If you are sure someone is missing, let me know and I’ll be glad to add it!

21 Top Graphic Design Blogs

  1. Aisle One
  2. Coudal Partners
  3. David Airey
  4. Design Observer
  5. Dexigner
  6. Fuel Your Creativity
  7. Grain Edit
  8. I Love Typography
  9. Inspiration Bit
  10. Just Creative Design
  11. Logo Design Love
  12. Mark Boulton
  13. Outlaw Design Blog
  14. Presidia Creative
  15. Six Revisions
  16. Smashing Magazine
  17. Subtraction
  18. Swiss Miss
  19. Vandelay Design
  20. Veer: Ideas: The Skinny
  21. You The Designer
Update 12-14-2009: It looks like Inspiration Bit has not published in many months.

Filed Under: Graphic Designers

About Douglas Bonneville

Douglas has been a graphic designer since 1992, in addition to software developer and author. He is a member of Smashing Magazine's "Panel of Experts" and has contributed to over 100 articles. He is the author of "The Big Book of Font Combinations", loves cats, and plays guitar.

Comments

  1. Jacob Cass says

    September 16, 2009 at 11:07 pm

    Would have to agree with this list, some top quality blogs here! Thanks for the inclusion of JCD as well, much appreciated. Hope to see your blog up there soon Douglas!

  2. Douglas Bonneville says

    September 16, 2009 at 11:16 pm

    Hey Jacob. I simply did the math, that’s all – and there you are! As usual 🙂 You’ve done an outstanding job. As you head towards 30,000, I’ll work on 30 by keeping it interesting and frequent. Congrats again!

  3. Jacob Cass says

    September 20, 2009 at 6:18 pm

    The first 3-6 months are the hardest work, keep at it as it snow balls out as your site gains exposure and gathers faster momentum.

  4. Douglas Bonneville says

    September 20, 2009 at 11:30 pm

    Hi Jacob: I really believe in the “hardest work” aspect of running a blog you mention. The one common denominator seems to be that there is simply no replacement for writing original content and making consistent posts. It also seems to be true even if a site isn’t totally optimized right for SEO, good content, good publicity, and good social networking will overcome (to a degree) poor SEO optimization.

  5. Ms Deering says

    October 18, 2009 at 4:26 pm

    I agree with you Douglas – the fact is that you can optimize everything on your site perfectly, but if you dont something interesting to say, it isn’t going to be successful. Hard work, a bit of SEO and great content is what matters – looks like you are on your way!

  6. Graphic Zen says

    April 12, 2011 at 2:47 pm

    Thanks for sharing your post and the lists of Graphic Design Blogs…Another yet an important element of your website’s overall appearance/performance. Your logo must reflect your company and the kind of services you offer. It is important that your company logo is designed professionally and that it mirrors your professionalism and quality of service.

  7. Graphic Design Forum says

    June 13, 2011 at 8:25 am

    Thank you for creating this intensive list for us.I will bookmark it.

  8. Sanjeeb Sahu says

    February 7, 2012 at 6:51 am

    Thanks for posting such a great post…

  9. Miodrag says

    October 11, 2012 at 4:51 pm

    Thanks for sharing this post with the rest of us.

    what about the blogs that are based on alexa.com rankings?

  10. Douglas Bonneville says

    October 11, 2012 at 6:11 pm

    Alexa rankings would be a different list, for sure. This was a list focusing on what people have referenced, personally, as their favorites.

  11. Mitchell Eismont says

    October 18, 2012 at 10:09 pm

    Design Observer is always a personal favorite. I go their everyday. I love typography is a good one also. Thank you for putting this list together. I teach graphic design and will be using this for reference material.

  12. Douglas Bonneville says

    October 18, 2012 at 11:57 pm

    I get a lot of students using the site, especially the articles on combining fonts. But this post always has a lot of views everyday 🙂

  13. beijing graphic designer says

    December 19, 2012 at 4:03 am

    Pretty awesome collection, I’m just going to take some time to get through them all. Thanks anyways!

  14. Joseph Duffy says

    December 24, 2012 at 12:34 am

    Thanks Douglas for sharing such great list to us. I really like the top 5 websites truly creative and well-informative. All these blogs are really helpful for people like us who are always constantly looking for useful tips and updates about designs. Thanks again!

  15. Maciej Blazejczyk says

    May 7, 2015 at 11:13 am

    Thanks for this good list my friend 🙂

  16. website design miami says

    May 22, 2015 at 1:17 am

    Hard work, a bit of SEO and great content is what matters – looks like you are on your way! Thanks for this good list my friend

  17. neesant says

    June 24, 2015 at 6:19 am

    Design Observer is always a personal favorite. I go their everyday. I love typography is a good one also. Thank you for putting this list together. I teach graphic design and will be using this for reference material.

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