Top 50 graphic design blogs

It’s not easy finding talented graphic designers, but it’s fair to say the best have a healthy online presence. So to make things easier, here I present my top 50 graphic design blogs. I’ve categorised them by Google PageRank (PR) — Google’s way of determining the authority of a website.

*Don’t read too much into the PageRank, as all of these sites contain excellent articles, with some blogs having an authority all on their own.

PR 7 blogs

Design Observer: writings about design & culture

Smashing Magazine – a weblog dedicated to web-developers and designers

Core77 / design magazine + resource /

PR 6 blogs

AdGoodness – advertising and design blog from Frederik Samuel

Authentic Boredom – by graphic designer, Cameron Moll

Coudal Partners: a forum for creativity and experimentation

CR Blog – News and views on visual communications from the writers of Creative Review

Design Notes published by Michael Surtees who tries to see life filtered through design as opposed to placing design on a pedestal

Dexigner – popular design portal featuring the latest design news

Hicksdesign – Journal of a small creative agency based in Witney, Oxfordshire, UK, authored by Jon Hicks

I Love Typography, devoted to fonts, typefaces and all things typographical.

Mark Boulton: Design Thinking. Web Delivery. By a designer based in Cardiff, UK.

Quipsologies – Corralling the most relevant and creative on- and off-line bits that pertain to the design community.

Randa Clay Design – Design, Marketing, Blogging, Branding and all things Creative

Russell Davies – incredibly diverse UK-based blog on topics associated with design

Speak Up > Design Dialog

Subtraction 7.0 – NYTimes.com’s Design Director, Khoi Vinh, blogs about design and other relevant info.

swissmiss – tina roth eisenberg | swiss designer gone nyc

Typographica. A Journal of Typography.

Veer: The Skinny – provides visual elements for use in professional creative work

Veerle’s blog 2.0 – Webdesign – XHTML CSS | Graphic Design

You the Designer – Graphic Design Blog

PR 5 blogs

Logo Design Love: a website dedicated to all things logo.

Ace Jet 170 – Found type, print and stuff

AisleOne – Design, typography and everything else.

Anamorphosis. learn design create

Be A Design Group – a blog for graphic designers, created in March of 2004 by Adrian Hanft and Bennett Holzworth.

Chris Glass, The Last 10 Days. A creative fella’s journal from Ohio.

Creative Curio – Learn, discuss and explore the realm of graphic design.

Designers who Blog – features blogs discussing graphic design, web design, illustration, marketing, photography, branding, writing and advertising

Design Adaptations | Charity Ondriezek

Design is Kinky – a proudly Australian blog on design

Design Sojourn | Strategic Industrial Design Blog

DesignM.ag — Articles and Resources for Web Designers

Design View: Articles, Essays and Opinions by Andy Rutledge

Elite By Design a freelance and web design community website

Fuel Your Creativity – Find your spark

Grain Edit – covers contemporary graphic design / illustration, as well as design from the from the golden era of advertising (1950s–1970s).

Graphic Define Magazine – focuses on the business of running a graphic, interactive, or web design studio.

ideasonideas, a blog that invites dialogue on issues relevant to communication designers and brand strategists

Inspiration Bit – Get inspired and learn from the latest technology, art and design buzz on the Web.

Inspiredology – covers everything that inspires us.

ISO50 – The Visual Work of Scott Hansen

Jasongraphix :: A journal of art, thoughts, and projects by Jason Beaird

Noisy Decent Graphics by Ben Terrett, a Graphic Designer in London

Positive Space :: The Graphic Design Blog

Spoon Graphics – the personal project of Chris Spooner, a UK based Graphic / Web Designer.

Swiss Legacy – Graphic design and typography

The Dieline – packaging design blog

The Serif – Your daily dose of design inspiration

Numbers 51 and upwards

PR 5 blogs continued

things to look at – plenty of images, and oddly, things to look at

Type for you. A blog on typography, by Pedro Serrão, a graphic designer from Porto, Portugal.

TypeNeu dedicated to typography, fonts, lettering and typefaces

PR 4 blogs

Andy Budd :: Blogography – based in Brighton, England

BittBox – Homemade vector freebies, design tips, tutorials and bitts.

Computerlove – Connecting Creative Talents

creativebits | Apple orientated design community (must register to comment)

David the Designer – don’t underestimate the knowledge this man has acquired (and don’t call him Dave)

Elliot Swan survived three days without the internet

FormFiftyFive – Design Inspiration – the pet project of designers Glenn Garriock and Jack Daly

graphicPUSH – “a sporadically but faithfully updated design blog”

Graphic Design Blog – graphic design, freelancing, illustration, advertising, web design

Laughing Lion Design : Web, Graphic Design & Illustration Ireland

Lealea Design: Blogblog: Design inspiration and introspection

Luz Cannon: The Work of David Brooks : Designer, Photographer and Audio Producer

NOTCOT.ORG – for your ideas + aesthetics + amusement.

SeptemberIndustry | a showcase of the best in international graphic design

SonSpring | Journal by Nathan Smith

We Made This (It’s Our Blog)

Your Brain on Design: A Graphic Design Blog | Leslie Tane Design

PR 3 blogs

Binky the doormat – Thoughts on design and visual culture by Daniel Gray

CrazyLeaf Design Blog – Web Design and Graphic Design Blog

Creative Guy – tips, tricks, tutorials and discussion about Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator for designers running Mac OSX

Designer Daily graphic design inspiration and resources

Gazelle Creative – by Elizabeth Jackson (a.k.a. Zabs)

gradient dropshadow curve – by Henry Tapia

Just Creative Design – personal blog of Jacob Cass, a graphic designer in Australia

Outlaw Design Blog – A Graphic Design Blog

Reflections – the personal blog of Paul Enderson, a freelance web and graphic designer from England

Truly Ace – Graphic Design Blog

Tutorial Blog – Design Articles and Tutorials

Design blog disclaimer

I’m certain that there are many more excellent graphic design blogs online, and if you’re familiar with any, please do let me know. Perhaps you author one yourself? Leave a comment with the web address.

Regardless, the aim of this list is to introduce you to sources of graphic design inspiration that you wouldn’t have found otherwise. Apologies to those non-English language blogs who aren’t included. My foreign language skills are severely lacking.