Smashing Magazine put together a really useful list of wordpress themes these themes are really something else take a look..
1. Vibrant WordPress Themes
PFO Stripes [ Demo ]
PFO Business [ Demo ]
FFF Lemon Twist (Demo and Download)
DM-Bloodless [ Demo]
jsTheme
Comes with a number of themes.
Smashing Theme [ Demo ]
Gossip City [ Demo ]
Curved WordPress Theme [ Demo ]
Accord WordPress Theme [ Demo ]
2. Simple, Minimalistic Themes
Documentation [ Demo ]
Dayvan Theme [ Demo ]
Tree Theme [Demo ]
DePo Clean WordPress Theme [ Demo ]
Brilliance [ Demo ]
3. Magazine Style WordPress Themes
WP Premium [ Demo ]
Structure WordPress Theme [ Demo ]
Visionary WordPress Theme [ Demo ]
WP Polaroid [ Demo ]
Jello Wala Mello WordPress Theme
4. Grid-Based WordPress Themes
Gridline Lite [ Demo ]
5. Calm, Clean and Legible Themes
Abstractia [ Demo ]
HemingwayEx [ Demo ]
6. Advanced WordPress Themes
Neoclassical
A 3-column template system with rotating header images.
7. Experimental Themes
Bonsai, Red Growth Live
Big typography dominates.
Trevilian Way [ Demo ]
BrainTied 1.0 [ Demo ]
The front page displays only the list of recent posts.
Tropical Grunge [ Demo ]
Isolated Theme [ Demo ]
Fontella
The front page features only the main/recent post of the weblog.
Retro Mac OS X [ Demo ]
8. Photoblog & Videoblog Themes
Tumblelog For WordPress [ Demo ]
January 22nd, 2008 at 9:09 pm
An excellent collection of excellently designed themes.
Thankyou, for bringing these to my attention
February 6th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
I have decided that Curved WordPress Theme is the best one bar far =)
February 8th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Woo.. Great list..
Thanks, i used 2 out of them on my 2 blogs.
February 10th, 2008 at 3:54 am
Wow thanks. A great variety to choose from. I will definitely use a few of these in the future. Once again, thanks for sharing.
June 4th, 2008 at 7:07 am
Thanks a lot I am making use of this with a modification, definitely the best theme I have come across for now!
July 3rd, 2008 at 6:31 am
I have to admit, this is the best theme listing I’ve ever seen.
December 30th, 2008 at 9:47 am
Great list
March 25th, 2009 at 10:34 am
Hi, I have a bonsai tree but all the leaves have fallen off what should I do?
August 30th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
It is really great to see so many usefull wp themes at one place. Love to find more great templates here.
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