I just finished doing a reboot of “Outside Voice” – a popular blog by a respected writer in the US. The requirement focussed on clean lines, readability, and elegance. I think we more or less achieved it. As part of the exercise we also migrated all of their historic posts and comments from Moveable Type to Wordpress, and tidied up a little along the way.
Subminimal – the wordpress theme I have been tinkering with forever is available for download now. It’s still very much a Beta, but it works fine.
I’ve recently completed the replacement of the wordpress theme for the personal blog site of a successful journalist at Chicken and Cheese. It’s based on Wordpress, with a little graphic work, search engine optimisation, and a some carefully chosen plugins.