From the nominator:

I’ve long been a fan of the clean design aesthetic behind the Things app, and the Obsidian theme wonderfully harks back to it. It’s modern, minimalist, clean, with subtle details that are brilliant — bullets, arrows, numbered lists all have a deep grey to them that has them distinguished from the body font, the iconography is clean and wonderful. The color combinations are well-designed. And as someone who knows a thing or two about design and CSS, Things serves as an amazing base upon which I could easily make my own modifications, tweaking in small ways to my personal preference with relative ease. A wonderful, wonderful theme that when paired with key extensions like Hider has Obsidian achieve a more Mac-friendly app design feel that I absolutely adore.

From the nominator:

What Chetachi has built is nothing short of brilliant. From scratch, she’s created one of the most beloved themes in the community. Yin and Yang was my theme of choice before making my own, and I leaned heavily on her work (namely Y&Y’s awesome custom icons). The love and sweat evident in the theme’s robust design, from supporting all kinds of customization to the uncompromising level of detail that makes the app feel so native, make it one of if not the best theme available. I particularly enjoy using it on mobile, where the UI/UX design choices really come into focus. Y&Y made opening Obsidian on my phone each day to jot quick notes and tasks a blast and it deserves a nomination, if at the very least for Chetachi’s warm passion and willingness to help those in the community. She’s become someone I consider a friend and is always there to offer help.

From the nominator:

Sanctum supports all of my weird fiddly requests, like styling <cite> and <aside>, faux admonitions using data-task with checkboxes, and beautiful touches for plugins like wordsprint, fantasy calendar, etc. It does this while having an incredible attention to detail, making the entire Obsidian interface feel smooth and modern, and only using one (incredibly unambiguous and easy to read) font so I don’t have to think about fonts. The developer is responsive, responsible, and most importantly, prioritizes all the little details that make a theme great — even on publish and mobile. Sanctum is everything I wish I had been capable of building when I put together Palatinate, and I’m thrilled it exists, mostly because it has finally allowed me to stop caring about CSS.