Blog design done well

If you are in the blogging-business, I am sure you already know there are a ridiculous amount of good blogs out there. Here are just two examples however, demonstrating good design, a clear layout and a blog that is easy to understand and navigate.

1. XXIV Magazine online blog

This blog is an online magazine publication that covers music, fashion, culture, TV, film and gaming. Its layout is extremely effective as it has featured posts up the top of the page on a rotation slide show, before scrolling down to find thumbnails a featured image and by-line, describing what the article is about.

The blog uses design principles such as white space, consistancy (in font and style), balance and proportion (between the featured posts and the other posts), graphics to catch readers attention and sequence, as posts are in order by date and graphics on the page with a larger size have an initial impact. The tabs at the top of the page allows the audience to easily find what articles will interest them and makes the site more efficient to use.The overall design is simple yet effective, and works suits the magazine context of the blog perfectly.

2. PONYHUNTER : fashion blog

As you may have guessed from my previous selection, fashion blogs are kind of my thing. Not only do I think the content of the blogs are great, but I love the way that individuals who are interested in fashion, often back this up with a blog that holds beautiful aesthetics. They just get it, you know? In saying this, my second example of a well-designed blog is PONY HUNTER (PH). This blog holds true to the traditional type of blog, being a trail of posts that you can scroll through down the page. This blog in particular has utilised large images as the basis of the post, followed up by text usually at the bottom of the post. In a sense, it is a much more visually stimulating way of blogging, and PH does this well. At the side of the blog, there are tabs which link to other sites or applications relating to the blog, making it easy to navigate or follow if you would like too.

The blog has a simple design which uses white space to allow for a focus on the posts, consistancy (in font and style), graphics to catch readers attention and sequence, as posts are in order by date, similar to the XXIV Magazine blog.