Design:

• Minimal Mistakes: This is a beautiful theme by Michael Rose, but the code presented too great a learning curve.
• So Simple: Another beautiful theme by Michael Rose, with the same problem as above.
• Greyshade: A Medium-esque Octopress theme.
• Left: A clean, white Jekyll theme.

The design has some key influencers:

• The PureCSS Blog Layout: PureCSS also forms the backbone of this blog.
• Medium.com: Particularly their layout for an individual post.
• Aaron Moodie's Blog: Follows a Tumble-log style, with different post types.
• mnmlist: An inspiration for life too.

Icons from FontAwesome.