Design matters.

In an effort to help reward good design, we joined together with Arvind (http://www.movalog.com) and Elise (http://www.learningmovabletype.com) to put together this massive Style Contest for Movable Type, TypePad and LiveJournal. With sponsorship from companies like Six Apart and Adobe, top line designers as judges and a prize pool valued at over $17k, this is a huge contest.

But it’s more than a contest, it’s also a massive resource. Hundreds of styles, all in one place, all readily available for use with your own blog.

We wanted to create a look that broke away from the shiney/pastel web 2.0 paradigm while still being clean, unique and usable.