A minimalist design is not the same as a simple one. There, I said it. Now let me quote Dave Eggers:
What very few designers realize, particularly the younger ones, is that most people would rather read something—actually read the words—than look at all of their lines and arrows and silly pictures they’ve screened back.
When the words finally reach the reader, the designer has, as often as not, rendered them almost unreadable, and so a reader moves on. But we’ve always felt that the words don’t need a whole lot of help—that a piece about searching for tigers in Ireland is not necessarily needing of a picture of tigers or of Ireland, much less blinking or screened-back ones. The words are enough, if the words are good.
I’m sharing some of the best—and more interesting—minimalist WordPress themes that are publicly available. Many may react to these by thinking of all the ways they could be enhanced, altered, etc., and I think that’s a big reason so many people are searching for a “simple” theme.
One last note. Minimalism is just one school of design thought. There are plenty of others, all having their different strengths and weakness, and all for a different purpose. It’s silly to compare Google with Kaliber10000 because they’re totally different in every way.
Disclaimer: I haven’t been so obnoxious as to pitch my own themes here (except for right here), but do feel free to have a look: Themes at plaintxt.org. They’re my attempts at producing some of the best minimalist WordPress themes….
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