Source: What are the most influential design blogs? - Quora
* are additions to quora list
High Brow:
UI/Web:
General:
Product:
Branding:
Book Cover Design:
Design Portals (these provide a good sense of the design currents)
Web Personalities (these folks still set the trend for others to follow)
General
UI/UX/Web
Graphic Design & Identity
Data Visualization
Typography
Print
Product
Design Ephemera
Typography
Data Visualization