We’re down to just 16 competitors in the Blog Design Madness competition! The voting for this round will be open until Wednesday at 9:00 PM Eastern (US), so please take a moment to vote for the designs that you like best. Thanks to everyone that has been voting and commenting on the other rounds. Stay tuned over the next few days as the tournament will be winding down. (You can see the results from round 2 here).
Note: This competition ended a while ago and the polls have been removed.
GROUP 1
Blog Design Blog
GROUP 2
A List Apart
GROUP 3
Monofactor
GROUP 4
Viget Labs
Thanks for voting!
April 1st, 2008
This is a cool idea. Nice choices
April 2nd, 2008
wow.. difficult choices..
I read woork and Webdesigner wall..
And I LOVE both designs…
April 2nd, 2008
There are some great choices here and it was hard who to decide who to vote for. Good luck to them all!
April 2nd, 2008
…and I thought the choices were tough earlier on in the competition!
Some of these matchups were almost impossible for me to call.
April 2nd, 2008
No kidding!
April 2nd, 2008
After three votes I realized I was always in the minority as to which site had the best design, so I decided that I would make my choice and then guess which design I thought others would choose.
I was wrong every time.
Does this mean I’m a failure as a designer? I’ve always suspected as much:)
April 2nd, 2008
@Wag: I think everyone judges a design with their own set criteria and just because yours doesn’t match what most people think is great, doesn’t mean you are a failure. Cheer up! The competition is meant to spark some insight and inspiration, more than make you feel bad.
Personally I judge a design by going with my gut, which takes about less than two seconds. If you asked me why I liked a particular design or not, I would have to think about it and draw reasons based on my conclusion of whether I thought it was great or not. It works pretty much backwards and there is no hard science on the matter.
April 2nd, 2008
Wags,
Like Vinh said, it’s really just a matter of opinion. There’s nothing wrong with not fitting into popular opinions. I’ve been surprised a number of times throughout this friendly competition.
April 4th, 2008
All the new theme are really getting some wonderful view. They are really great.
April 4th, 2008
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April 6th, 2008
Even though we didn’t make it further in the competition it’s nice to be in the Sweet 16. Thanks for including us in the contest and keep up the great work. I’ve had you guys in my feeds for a while now.
May 8th, 2008
Some very difficult decisions there, and some great designs, good luck to all the entrants.