I’ve been fooling around with a few different WP layout themes. I really like the design of Blix. I also like the airy feel of Gentle Calm which you can see in action at Alex King’s Theme Browser.
But the winner so far is K2. I haven’t done more than pop the hood for a quick peek at the mechanics, but it seems to have a lot going for it: powerful, sleek, and feature-rich. And it can only get better because it’s still in beta.
Most of all, it’s designed for WP 2.0 so my mileage should be good. I haven’t run across any other themes that claim that, but it’s still relatively early in the game, I guess.
That said, I’m sure I’ll end up tweaking the look of the standard interface as I work my way up the PHP/CSS learning curve that is beginning to look like K2’s namesake.