This is worth following. A theme framework based on the HTML5 Boilerplate, with minimal or no CSS — ready for you to add your own. No bloat. Just solid, tested, standards-compliant, cutting-edge code, with the benefits of the HTML5 Boilerplate community.

Here’s the original blog post: My First WP Theme: “Boilerplate: Starkers” | Aaron T. Grogg

Here is the theme itself in the WordPress free themes directory.

And here is a plugin Aaron’s developed to add HTML5 Boilerplate benefits to an existing theme.