Ollie is my new go-to

Ollie is stable, nicely designed, and lightly opinionated. I’ve used it to replicate existing designs and create entirely new ones. It’s definitely what I would consider a “designer’s theme” as Mike McAlister comes from a web design and product design pedigree and is highly attentive to the various ratios, rhythms, and components a good base theme needs to be useful and extensible.