This list is being constantly updated so keep coming back to see the new additions. Also, please leave any suggestions in the comments. Thanks.
For anyone in the web design and development industry, you should be checking most of these on a regular basis and you can’t go wrong subscribing to the RSS feeds of the following sites:
A is for A List Apart
A List Apart contains the best written advice and opinions of the top minds in the industry.
See also:
- Abduzeedo (design blog)
- Arbenting (design/development blog)
- Alltop (web design links)
- Affiliate Ranger (web design/development blog)
B is for Build Internet!
Build Internet! is a relatively new blog (although old compared to Inspect Element!) but has already established it’s place as one of the best blogs offering great development tutorials and more.
See also:
- Boagworld (web design podcast and blog)
- Best Web Gallery (CSS gallery)
- Bittbox (design blog)
C is for CSS-Tricks
The place to go if you need help with anything to do with CSS. Also plenty of tutorials teaching you things that you didn’t know was possible.
See also:
- CSS3 Info (CSS3 blog)
- Cats Who Code (web development blog)
- CSS Line (CSS gallery)
- CSS Globe (CSS News)
D is for Design Bump and Design Moo
Design Bump and Design Moo both combine the social voting aspect of Digg but focused purely on the web design and development.
See also:
- Design Float (similar to Design Bump and Design Moo)
- Design-Newz (web design and development news)
- DevSnippets (web development blog)
- Design Jojo (design news and blog post round-up)
E is for Elliot Jay Stocks
Elliot Jay Stocks’ recent redesign of his site shows what is possible in modern web design.
F is for From the Couch
Video podcast hosted by brothers Marc and David Perel in which they talk about anything to do with web design.
See also:
- Freelance Switch (freelance blog)
- Fuel Your Coding (web development blog)
- ffffffive (creative inspiration blog)
- For A Beautiful Web (web design and development)
- Fudge Graphics (design blog)
G is for GoMediaZine
Great resource for all things design related.
See also:
- Grace Smith (web design and development blog)
H is for HTML 5 Gallery
As you can probably guess from the title, HTML 5 Gallery is a gallery of sites using HTML 5 elements.
See also:
- HTML 5 Doctor (web development blog focused on HTML 5)
- Hongkiat (web design/development blog)
- Hot Scripts (web development resource)
I is for I Love Typography
With Typography playing a huge role in Web Design, I Love Typography is the best blog out there for all things typography related.
See also:
- I’m Just Creative (design blog)
- In the Woods (web development blog)
- Instant Shift (design blog)
- Icon Finder (icon search)
- Inspired Mag (design inspiration)
J is for Just Creative Design
See also:
- jQuery (javascript framework)
K is for Kuler
Excellent colour picker from Adobe and a great place to go for colour inspiration.
L is for Line25
Creative webdesign blog by Chris Spooner with a great looking design.
See also:
- Logo Design Love (logo design blog)
- Lee Munroe (web design blog)
M is for Minervity
N is for Noupe
Great all round web design/development blog.
See also:
- Naldz Graphics (design blog)
- Nettuts+ (web development tutorials)
O is for Only Creative
Only Creative picks out portfolios of the most creative designers out there.
See also:
- Outlaw Design Blog (clue is in the title!)
P is for Pattern Tap
See also:
- Pixel Perfect (Firefox plugin)
The ultimate collection of design elements from around the web.
Q is for Qapture
Collection on what’s hot from the world of Twitter.
See also:
R is for Retinart
See also:
- Reencoded (web design and development resources)
S is for Smashing Magazine
What would this list be without Smashing Magazine?! The best site for designers (and developers) on the web.
See also:
- Six Revisions (web design and development blog)
- Sitepoint (web development blog)
- Spyre Studios (web design blog)
- Spoon Graphics (design blog)
- Sam Brown (web design/development blog)
- SlickMap CSS (CSS resource)
- Script & Style (web design and development news)
- Site Inspire (web design inspiration)
T is for Tutorial Magazine
Tutorial Magazine does a great job of rounding up the best tutorials including in both web design and development. Great presentation and nice simple design.
See also:
- Tutorial9 (web design and development tutorials)
- Typesett Magazine (typography focused web design and development blog)
- The Design Cubicle (design blog)
- The Do’s & Don’ts of Modern Web Design (web design and development tips)
- Think Vitamin (web design and development blog)
- The Web Design Blog (web design blog)
U is for Usability Post
Superb look at usability around the web and beyond. Doesn’t post very often but each one is absolute top quality.
See also:
- UX Booth (web usability blog and reviews)
V is for Vandelay Design
Another great all round web design/development blog.
See also:
- Vectortuts (vector design tutorial)
- Veerle’s Blog (web design blog)
W is for Web Designer Depot
Very creative design and has built up a great following due to the quality content.
See also:
- What the Font (font finder)
- Web Design News (web design news blog)
- Web Design Ledger (web design blog)
- WebDesignDev (web design/development blog)
X is for Nothing?!
I couldn’t find any great that begin with X but if you do then let me know in the comments and I’ll add it in.
Y is for You The Designer
Another one found while researching this post but doesn’t look like it would be out of place on any designer’s RSS reader.
Z is for Zach Krasner Times
Yet another one found researching and not surprising the only Z I could find. Looks to be a round-up of posts from across the web with a nice layout.
More
I’m sure that there are many more sites out there that I don’t know about or have just forgotten so I will be adding more as time goes on. If you find any more or know of any great sites, especially for the missing letters, then add them in the comments and I’ll see if they’re worth adding.
Thanks for another great post, I’ve found some new sites to check out and subscribe too, Tutorial Magazine was one I’d forgotten about!
A-Z superb way of listing the useful websites at one place.
Great resources!
I am sad that designjojo.com has not made to the list..
great round up mate, nicely done. thanks.
Awesome collection ,inspiration websites .i already use all of them.
Great list, thanks for including Webdesign News…
http://twitter.com/webdesign_news
What an amazing list of great resources! I find even if I do not use these directly in my job they are always very helpful when clients need design help.
Thanks for the From the Couch mention! Awesome.
Hey thanks a lot for including my sites on the list, much appreciated!
as for the letter Q, maybe http://www.qapture.net/ ?
QBrushes.com is decent photoshop brush/pattern download site
Fab list, i see though you only have one site under G. I would love to have my blog added, as i post a lot of design, development and freelancing resources and posts.
Thomas, i’ve added Design Jojo to the list. Seem like a nice fun site.
Thanks for the Q suggestions Jon and Matt, I’ve added them in.
Grace, I can’t believe I forgot to add you to the list! I really like your ‘Show Me Your Dock Series!’ too! Anyway, you’re on the list now
Keep the suggestions coming in! I still can’t believe I can’t find anything under R. Very strange.
Great list, loving the fact that i did not new many of them, thanks for sharing them.
Thank you for sharing, very inspirig website ! i’ll tranlate this to my french in my blog !
Great list, perhaps for the letter “F”, you could add FAQPAL, http://www.faqpal.com
Thanks.
Thank you for the mention Tom and for putting together this innovative list.
Thanks for including The Design Cubicle Tom. I like the different,A–Z approach to listing these great sites. Possibly an OPML file to subscribe to all these great sites would be a nice touch.
Great list, and I’m super happy that you included abduzeedo
Thank you very much.
Hey I found something with R:
http://www.reencoded.com/
and yet anther something here:
http://retinart.net/
Though granted, that was hard. The only two in my hundreds of bookmarks!
Great resources and insight!
-For letter Q: How about QNT – digital art magazines and web design gallery > http://www.quandtnet.de/
-For letter X: The choices are so limited… maybe Xanga.com?
I was thinking of creating an OPML file but just don’t have the time for it. For the moment at least, so I may do it in the future.
Finally some Rs! Thanks Laura, two nice looking sites there.
Thanks for the Q Media but Xanga isn’t design related so unfortunately still no X.
nice listing and good idea for A-Z list.
Very cool way to do a roundup. Thanks for putting this together.
Great Article. Great Designers!
How about, http://www.x-menorigins.com/? Not a bad design at all!
Nice article!
Wow, my site is T
Thanks very much!
what about xyzdesignerblog.com ??
What about the most useful:
http://web-design.alltop.com
xyzdesignerblog.com doesn’t exist.
Thanks, Adam. Alltop has been added.
Great list, and like others have said, very original way to list the sites. Thanks so much for including Arbenting!
Thanks for adding the Zach Krasner Times!
Tom thanks so much for including me!
Great list and I love the way it is presented. I would like to suggest my design blog http://www.fudgegraphics.com if it’s not too much to ask. Thanks
Thanks for insert my site in this great list!
for “Q”!
Thanks Media Contour for suggesting my site
Hi
Could i ask that you include my blog, http://blog.affiliateranger.com
Thnaks
Added Affiliate Ranger and Fudge Graphics
thank you for including Typesett Magazine! cheers
Great list! Will check back for updates. How about CSS Zen Garden? I love to surf around in the designs there for inspiration.
Fantastic post! This basically provides endless sources for design inspiration… nice work!
This is a whole lotta win. Thank you!
Wow. Nice compilation of web resources. Great list and thanks for posting.
I love JCD, Smashing Magazine and Usability Post the most.
Well done.
That’s amazing to see how people can make things great on a few words and pictures. A good thing tank of website that help to restyle and rethink about our own website.
Thansk for the job done !
i thought my blog was also on the list, sad no to find mine