Fresh

In honor of WordPress week, I’ve collected an assortment of sites that are tickling my fancy in some way or another and oh yeah, they all use WordPress. Hopefully you will find a couple that you haven’t had the pleasure of checking out before.

I Love Typography

This is a blog about all of the intricacies of typography ranging from the basics to super technical jargon-filled goodness. The design is a beautifully simple execution of what they preach.

Their treatment for tags is totally unique. ‘Tags’ is listed in the primary navigation, and when you click on it a grid comes up in a lightbox. I’m always glad to see an out-of-the box solution like this!

Jesús Rodríguez Velasco’s Blog

I love the droves of illustrations on this blog! If you click around the header image will change. It doesn’t look like the author is currently posting (but that certainly doesn’t mean you can’t go over and have a look-see at the design)

Interface Engineering

Pardon the horn-tooting here, but this is one of my favorite designs that has come out of eROI. The  subtle lines that cross from the background into the photos are my favorite aspect. And you better believe it’s WordPress!

jQuery

I have to give a shout-out to the new jQuery API site that was recently rebuilt using Wordpress as their CMS.

Web Designer Wall

This is a popular blog, and for very good reason. I especially like all of the illustrative details, hand-drawn type, the way they’ve handled dates, and the rollovers for the main navigation. Oh heck, I like it all!

Creative Spaces

This organization out of Melbourne, Austrailia lists spaces that are available for creatives to work or exhibits in. I was automatically intrigued by the painterly environment! It’s creative.. and it’s a space… nice!

The juxtaposition of dainty decorative elements with the more grungy textures is interesting.

Typechart

This is another typography related site: so sue me! Typechart is a gallery of typography examples that you can browse through. If you find a style to your liking you are able to directly download the CSS! How cool is that? I’d also like to add that I am especially fond of the color palette and background pattern.

Cloud 365

This site is lovely! It is a project where the author posts a photo or video of clouds every day for a year. The rollovers! You must see the rollovers. It’s pretty easy to spend some time on this site.. so beware :)

WordPress Showcase Sites

If you’re itching to keep browsing I’ve got a list of other places around the interwebz for you to visit:

WordPress’ very own Showcase

CMS Designs

WP Inpsiration

We Love WP

WordPress Garden

WP Float

LoopPress