diff --git a/packages/concordia-app/public/locales/en/translation.json b/packages/concordia-app/public/locales/en/translation.json
index e9c42a5..e09a733 100644
--- a/packages/concordia-app/public/locales/en/translation.json
+++ b/packages/concordia-app/public/locales/en/translation.json
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
   "topic.create.form.post.button": "Post",
   "topic.create.form.subject.field.label": "Topic subject",
   "topic.create.form.subject.field.placeholder": "Subject",
-  "topic.list.row.number.of.replies": "{{numberOfReplies}} replies",
   "topic.list.row.topic.id": "#{{id}}",
   "username.selector.error.username.empty.message": "Username is required",
   "username.selector.error.username.taken.message": "The username {{username}} is already taken.",
diff --git a/packages/concordia-app/src/assets/css/index.css b/packages/concordia-app/src/assets/css/index.css
index 31db996..aed14e1 100644
--- a/packages/concordia-app/src/assets/css/index.css
+++ b/packages/concordia-app/src/assets/css/index.css
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 body.app {
     overflow: auto;
     margin: 0;
+    background: #E6E6E6;
 }
 
 div {
diff --git a/packages/concordia-app/src/components/PostCreate/index.jsx b/packages/concordia-app/src/components/PostCreate/index.jsx
index 27d966a..360d4ae 100644
--- a/packages/concordia-app/src/components/PostCreate/index.jsx
+++ b/packages/concordia-app/src/components/PostCreate/index.jsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import React, {
   memo, useCallback, useEffect, useState,
 } from 'react';
 import {
-  Button, Feed, Form, Icon, Image, TextArea,
+  Button, Feed, Form, Icon, TextArea,
 } from 'semantic-ui-react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import { useDispatch, useSelector } from 'react-redux';
 import determineKVAddress from '../../utils/orbitUtils';
 import { POSTS_DATABASE, USER_DATABASE } from '../../constants/orbit/OrbitDatabases';
 import { FETCH_USER_DATABASE } from '../../redux/actions/peerDbReplicationActions';
-import { USER_PROFILE_PICTURE } from '../../constants/orbit/UserDatabaseKeys';
 import { breeze, drizzle } from '../../redux/store';
 import './styles.css';
 import { TRANSACTION_ERROR, TRANSACTION_SUCCESS } from '../../constants/TransactionStatus';
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ const PostCreate = (props) => {
   const transactionStack = useSelector((state) => state.transactionStack);
   const transactions = useSelector((state) => state.transactions);
   const [postContent, setPostContent] = useState('');
-  const [userProfilePictureUrl, setUserProfilePictureUrl] = useState();
   const [createPostCacheSendStackId, setCreatePostCacheSendStackId] = useState('');
   const [posting, setPosting] = useState(false);
   const [storingPost, setStoringPost] = useState(false);
@@ -44,9 +42,7 @@ const PostCreate = (props) => {
           const userFound = users
             .find((user) => user.id === userOrbitAddress);
 
-          if (userFound) {
-            setUserProfilePictureUrl(userFound[USER_PROFILE_PICTURE]);
-          } else {
+          if (!userFound) {
             dispatch({
               type: FETCH_USER_DATABASE,
               orbit,
@@ -122,23 +118,6 @@ const PostCreate = (props) => {
   return (
       <Feed>
           <Feed.Event>
-              <Feed.Label className="post-profile-picture">
-                  {userProfilePictureUrl
-                    ? (
-                        <Image
-                          avatar
-                          src={userProfilePictureUrl}
-                        />
-                    )
-                    : (
-                        <Icon
-                          name="user circle"
-                          size="big"
-                          inverted
-                          color="black"
-                        />
-                    )}
-              </Feed.Label>
               <Feed.Content>
                   <Feed.Summary>
                       <Form>
@@ -152,7 +131,7 @@ const PostCreate = (props) => {
                           />
                       </Form>
                   </Feed.Summary>
-                  <Feed.Meta>
+                  <Feed.Meta id="post-button">
                       <Feed.Like>
                           <Form.Button
                             animated
diff --git a/packages/concordia-app/src/components/PostCreate/styles.css b/packages/concordia-app/src/components/PostCreate/styles.css
index 0bf8ac6..f121f10 100644
--- a/packages/concordia-app/src/components/PostCreate/styles.css
+++ b/packages/concordia-app/src/components/PostCreate/styles.css
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-.post-profile-picture {
-    margin: 5px 0 0 0;
-}
-
 .post-summary-meta-index {
     float: right;
     font-size: 12px;
@@ -11,3 +7,11 @@
 .like:hover .icon {
     color: #fff !important;
 }
+
+#post-button {
+    float: right;
+}
+
+#post-button button {
+    margin: 0;
+}
diff --git a/packages/concordia-app/src/components/PostList/PostListRow/index.jsx b/packages/concordia-app/src/components/PostList/PostListRow/index.jsx
index 8814374..2b837c5 100644
--- a/packages/concordia-app/src/components/PostList/PostListRow/index.jsx
+++ b/packages/concordia-app/src/components/PostList/PostListRow/index.jsx
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ const PostListRow = (props) => {
                   {authorAvatarLink}
               </Feed.Label>
           </Ref>
-          <Feed.Content>
+          <Feed.Content className="post-content">
               <Feed.Summary>
                   <Link to={`/topics/${topicId}/#post-${postId}`}>
                       <span className="post-summary-meta-index">
diff --git a/packages/concordia-app/src/components/PostList/PostListRow/styles.css b/packages/concordia-app/src/components/PostList/PostListRow/styles.css
index f6760c2..203f80c 100644
--- a/packages/concordia-app/src/components/PostList/PostListRow/styles.css
+++ b/packages/concordia-app/src/components/PostList/PostListRow/styles.css
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 .post-profile-picture {
-    margin: 5px 0 0 0;
+    margin-top: 1rem;
+}
+
+.post-profile-picture img {
+    border-radius: 50%;
+    width: 2em !important;
+    height: 2em !important;
+    margin: 0 !important;
+}
+
+.post-content {
+    margin-left: 0.5rem !important;
 }
 
 .post-summary-meta-index {
diff --git a/packages/concordia-app/src/components/PostList/index.jsx b/packages/concordia-app/src/components/PostList/index.jsx
index a967ccd..1070855 100644
--- a/packages/concordia-app/src/components/PostList/index.jsx
+++ b/packages/concordia-app/src/components/PostList/index.jsx
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ import React, {
 } from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import { useSelector } from 'react-redux';
-import { Dimmer, Feed, Loader } from 'semantic-ui-react';
+import {
+  Dimmer, Feed, Loader,
+} from 'semantic-ui-react';
 import PostListRow from './PostListRow';
 import { drizzle } from '../../redux/store';
 import { FORUM_CONTRACT } from '../../constants/contracts/ContractNames';
@@ -58,10 +60,12 @@ const PostList = (props) => {
   }, [focusOnPost, getPostCallHashes, loading, postIds]);
 
   return (
-      <Dimmer.Dimmable as={Feed} blurring dimmed={loading} id="post-list" size="large">
-          <Loader active={loading} />
-          {posts}
-      </Dimmer.Dimmable>
+
+          <Dimmer.Dimmable as={Feed} blurring dimmed={loading} id="post-list" size="large">
+              <Loader active={loading} />
+              {posts}
+          </Dimmer.Dimmable>
+
   );
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/concordia-app/src/components/TopicList/TopicListRow/index.jsx b/packages/concordia-app/src/components/TopicList/TopicListRow/index.jsx
index e70c0a4..c5e329b 100644
--- a/packages/concordia-app/src/components/TopicList/TopicListRow/index.jsx
+++ b/packages/concordia-app/src/components/TopicList/TopicListRow/index.jsx
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ import React, {
   memo, useEffect, useMemo, useState,
 } from 'react';
 import {
-  Dimmer, Grid, Image, Item, List, Placeholder, Segment,
+  Dimmer, Grid, Icon, Image, Item, List, Placeholder, Segment,
 } from 'semantic-ui-react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import TimeAgo from 'react-timeago';
+import { useHistory } from 'react-router';
 import { useDispatch, useSelector } from 'react-redux';
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { FETCH_USER_DATABASE } from '../../../redux/actions/peerDbReplicationActions';
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ const TopicListRow = (props) => {
   const topics = useSelector((state) => state.orbitData.topics);
   const users = useSelector((state) => state.orbitData.users);
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
+  const history = useHistory();
   const { t } = useTranslation();
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ const TopicListRow = (props) => {
       setTopicAuthorAddress(getTopicResults[topicCallHash].value[0]);
       setTopicAuthor(getTopicResults[topicCallHash].value[1]);
       setTimeAgo(getTopicResults[topicCallHash].value[2] * 1000);
-      setNumberOfReplies(getTopicResults[topicCallHash].value[3].length);
+      setNumberOfReplies(getTopicResults[topicCallHash].value[3].length - 1);
     }
   }, [getTopicResults, loading, topicCallHash]);
 
@@ -121,65 +123,69 @@ const TopicListRow = (props) => {
     return authorAvatar;
   }, [authorAvatar, topicAuthorAddress]);
 
-  return useMemo(() => (
-      <Dimmer.Dimmable as={List.Item} blurring dimmed={loading} className="topic-row">
-          <Segment raised className="topic-row-segment" as="a">
-              <Grid doubling columns={2}>
-                  <Grid.Column width={1} className="topic-row-avatar">
-                      <Item>
-                          {authorAvatarLink}
-                      </Item>
-                  </Grid.Column>
-                  <Grid.Column width={15} className="topic-row-content">
-                      <Link to={`/topics/${topicId}`} onClick={stopClickPropagation}>
-                          <Grid verticalAlign="middle" columns={2}>
-                              <Grid.Row>
-                                  <Grid.Column floated="left" width={14} className="topic-row-subject">
-                                      {topicSubject !== null
-                                        ? topicSubject
-                                        : <Placeholder><Placeholder.Line length="very long" /></Placeholder>}
-                                  </Grid.Column>
-                                  <Grid.Column floated="right" width={2} textAlign="right">
-                                      <span className="topic-row-metadata">
-                                          {t('topic.list.row.topic.id', { id: topicId })}
-                                      </span>
-                                  </Grid.Column>
-                              </Grid.Row>
-                              <Grid.Row>
-                                  <Grid.Column floated="left" width={14}>
-                                      {topicAuthor !== null && timeAgo !== null
-                                        ? (
-                                            <div>
-                                                <TimeAgo date={timeAgo} />
-                                                      &nbsp;•&nbsp;
-                                                <Link to={`/users/${topicAuthorAddress}`} onClick={stopClickPropagation}>
-                                                    {topicAuthor}
-                                                </Link>
-                                            </div>
-                                        )
-                                        : <Placeholder><Placeholder.Line length="long" /></Placeholder>}
-                                  </Grid.Column>
-                                  <Grid.Column floated="right" width={2} textAlign="right">
-                                      {numberOfReplies !== null
-                                        ? (
-                                            <span className="topic-row-metadata">
-                                                {t('topic.list.row.number.of.replies', { numberOfReplies })}
-                                            </span>
-                                        )
-                                        : <Placeholder fluid><Placeholder.Line /></Placeholder>}
-                                  </Grid.Column>
-                              </Grid.Row>
-                          </Grid>
-
-                      </Link>
-                  </Grid.Column>
-              </Grid>
-
-          </Segment>
-
-      </Dimmer.Dimmable>
-
-  ), [authorAvatarLink, loading, numberOfReplies, t, timeAgo, topicAuthor, topicAuthorAddress, topicId, topicSubject]);
+  return useMemo(() => {
+    const handleTopicClick = () => {
+      history.push(`/topics/${topicId}`);
+    };
+    return (
+        <Dimmer.Dimmable as={List.Item} blurring dimmed={loading} className="topic-row" onClick={handleTopicClick}>
+            <Segment className="topic-row-segment">
+                <Grid columns={2}>
+                    <Grid.Column width={1} className="topic-row-avatar">
+                        <Item>
+                            {authorAvatarLink}
+                        </Item>
+                    </Grid.Column>
+                    <Grid.Column width={15} className="topic-row-content">
+                        <Grid verticalAlign="middle" columns={2}>
+                            <Grid.Row>
+                                <Grid.Column floated="left" width={14} className="topic-row-subject">
+                                    {topicSubject !== null
+                                      ? topicSubject
+                                      : <Placeholder><Placeholder.Line length="very long" /></Placeholder>}
+                                </Grid.Column>
+                                <Grid.Column floated="right" width={2} textAlign="right">
+                                    <span className="topic-row-metadata">
+                                        {t('topic.list.row.topic.id', { id: topicId })}
+                                    </span>
+                                </Grid.Column>
+                            </Grid.Row>
+                            <Grid.Row>
+                                <Grid.Column floated="left" width={14}>
+                                    {topicAuthor !== null && timeAgo !== null
+                                      ? (
+                                          <div>
+                                              <TimeAgo date={timeAgo} />
+                                                  &nbsp;•&nbsp;
+                                              <Link to={`/users/${topicAuthorAddress}`} onClick={stopClickPropagation}>
+                                                  {topicAuthor}
+                                              </Link>
+                                          </div>
+                                      )
+                                      : <Placeholder><Placeholder.Line length="long" /></Placeholder>}
+                                </Grid.Column>
+                                <Grid.Column floated="right" width={2} textAlign="right">
+                                    {numberOfReplies !== null
+                                      ? (
+                                          <span className="topic-row-metadata">
+                                              <Icon name="reply" fitted />
+                                              &nbsp;
+                                              { numberOfReplies }
+                                          </span>
+                                      )
+                                      : <Placeholder fluid className="replies-placeholder"><Placeholder.Line /></Placeholder>}
+                                </Grid.Column>
+                            </Grid.Row>
+                        </Grid>
+                    </Grid.Column>
+                </Grid>
+
+            </Segment>
+
+        </Dimmer.Dimmable>
+
+    );
+  }, [authorAvatarLink, history, loading, numberOfReplies, t, timeAgo, topicAuthor, topicAuthorAddress, topicId, topicSubject]);
 };
 
 TopicListRow.defaultProps = {
diff --git a/packages/concordia-app/src/components/TopicList/TopicListRow/styles.css b/packages/concordia-app/src/components/TopicList/TopicListRow/styles.css
index e520ff8..b7a1e9c 100644
--- a/packages/concordia-app/src/components/TopicList/TopicListRow/styles.css
+++ b/packages/concordia-app/src/components/TopicList/TopicListRow/styles.css
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 .topic-row {
     display: flex !important;
     text-align: start;
+    cursor: pointer;
 }
 
 .topic-row-segment {
@@ -8,18 +9,26 @@
 }
 
 .topic-row-segment:hover {
-   background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03);
+   background-color: #F7F7F7;
 }
 
 .topic-row-segment div {
     color: black;
 }
 
+.topic-row-segment .placeholder{
+    font-size: 0.9rem;
+}
+
+.topic-row-segment .placeholder>.line {
+    background-color:transparent;
+}
+
 .topic-row-avatar {
     margin: auto;
     padding-left: 0.75em !important;
     padding-right: 0 !important;
-    font-size: 2em;
+    font-size: 2rem;
 }
 
 .topic-row-avatar i {
@@ -28,17 +37,16 @@
 }
 
 .topic-row-content {
-    padding-left: 2em !important;
+    padding-left: 2rem !important;
 }
 
 .topic-row-subject {
-    font-size: 1.25em;
+    font-size: 1.4rem;
     font-weight: bold;
 }
 
 .topic-row-metadata {
-    font-size: 12px !important;
-    font-weight: initial;
+    font-size: 0.9em !important;
 }
 
 .profile-picture {
@@ -47,3 +55,8 @@
     width: 2em;
     height: 2em;
 }
+
+.replies-placeholder{
+    float:right;
+    width: 6rem;
+}
diff --git a/packages/concordia-app/src/components/TopicList/index.jsx b/packages/concordia-app/src/components/TopicList/index.jsx
index ee53b99..15dde57 100644
--- a/packages/concordia-app/src/components/TopicList/index.jsx
+++ b/packages/concordia-app/src/components/TopicList/index.jsx
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ const TopicList = (props) => {
       <div>
           {hasSignedUp && history.location.pathname === '/home' && (
               <Button
-                  content="New Topic"
-                  icon="plus"
-                  labelPosition="left"
-                  positive
-                  id="new-topic-button"
-                  onClick={() => history.push('/topics/new')}
+                content="New Topic"
+                icon="plus"
+                labelPosition="left"
+                positive
+                id="new-topic-button"
+                onClick={() => history.push('/topics/new')}
               />
           )}
           <List id="topic-list" size="big">
diff --git a/packages/concordia-app/src/views/Topic/TopicView/index.jsx b/packages/concordia-app/src/views/Topic/TopicView/index.jsx
index c0ca6c8..f10b7e0 100644
--- a/packages/concordia-app/src/views/Topic/TopicView/index.jsx
+++ b/packages/concordia-app/src/views/Topic/TopicView/index.jsx
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import { useDispatch, useSelector } from 'react-redux';
 import {
-  Container, Dimmer, Icon, Image, Placeholder, Step,
+  Container, Dimmer, Divider, Header, Icon, Placeholder, Segment,
 } from 'semantic-ui-react';
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { useHistory } from 'react-router';
+
 import TimeAgo from 'react-timeago';
 import { breeze, drizzle } from '../../../redux/store';
 import { FETCH_USER_DATABASE } from '../../../redux/actions/peerDbReplicationActions';
@@ -13,7 +14,6 @@ import './styles.css';
 import PostList from '../../../components/PostList';
 import { TOPICS_DATABASE, USER_DATABASE } from '../../../constants/orbit/OrbitDatabases';
 import determineKVAddress from '../../../utils/orbitUtils';
-import { USER_PROFILE_PICTURE } from '../../../constants/orbit/UserDatabaseKeys';
 import { TOPIC_SUBJECT } from '../../../constants/orbit/TopicsDatabaseKeys';
 import PostCreate from '../../../components/PostCreate';
 import { FORUM_CONTRACT } from '../../../constants/contracts/ContractNames';
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ const TopicView = (props) => {
   const [getTopicCallHash, setGetTopicCallHash] = useState([]);
   const [topicAuthorAddress, setTopicAuthorAddress] = useState(initialTopicAuthorAddress || null);
   const [topicAuthor, setTopicAuthor] = useState(initialTopicAuthor || null);
-  const [topicAuthorMeta, setTopicAuthorMeta] = useState(null);
   const [timestamp, setTimestamp] = useState(initialTimestamp || null);
   const [postIds, setPostIds] = useState(initialPostIds || null);
+  const [numberOfReplies, setReplyCount] = useState(0);
   const [topicSubject, setTopicSubject] = useState(null);
   const history = useHistory();
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ const TopicView = (props) => {
       setTopicAuthorAddress(getTopicResults[getTopicCallHash].value[0]);
       setTopicAuthor(getTopicResults[getTopicCallHash].value[1]);
       setTimestamp(getTopicResults[getTopicCallHash].value[2] * 1000);
-      setPostIds(getTopicResults[getTopicCallHash].value[3].map((postId) => parseInt(postId, 10)));
+      const postIds = getTopicResults[getTopicCallHash].value[3].map((postId) => parseInt(postId, 10));
+      setPostIds(postIds);
+      setReplyCount(postIds.length - 1);
 
       const topicFound = topics
         .find((topic) => topic.id === topicId);
@@ -89,9 +91,7 @@ const TopicView = (props) => {
           const userFound = users
             .find((user) => user.id === userOrbitAddress);
 
-          if (userFound) {
-            setTopicAuthorMeta(userFound);
-          } else {
+          if (!userFound) {
             dispatch({
               type: FETCH_USER_DATABASE,
               orbit,
@@ -115,66 +115,43 @@ const TopicView = (props) => {
     }
   }, [topicId, topics]);
 
+  const stopClickPropagation = (event) => {
+    event.stopPropagation();
+  };
+
   return (
       <Container id="topic-container" textAlign="center">
-          <Dimmer.Dimmable
-            blurring
-            dimmed={topicAuthorAddress === null && topicAuthor === null && timestamp === null}
-          >
-              <Step.Group fluid>
-                  <Step key="topic-header-step-user">
-                      <Link to={`/users/${topicAuthorAddress}`}>
-                          {topicAuthorMeta !== null && topicAuthorMeta[USER_PROFILE_PICTURE]
-                            ? (
-                                <Image
-                                  avatar
-                                  src={topicAuthorMeta[USER_PROFILE_PICTURE]}
-                                />
-                            )
-                            : (
-                                <Icon
-                                  name="user circle"
-                                  size="big"
-                                  inverted
-                                  color="black"
-                                />
-                            )}
-                      </Link>
-                      <Step.Content>
-                          <Step.Title>
-                              <Link to={`/users/${topicAuthorAddress}`}>
-                                  {topicAuthor || (
-                                      <Placeholder id="author-placeholder" inverted>
-                                          <Placeholder.Line length="full" />
-                                      </Placeholder>
-                                  )}
-                              </Link>
-                          </Step.Title>
-                      </Step.Content>
-                  </Step>
-                  <Step key="topic-header-step-title">
-                      <Step.Content>
-                          <Step.Title>
-                              {topicSubject || (
-                                  <Placeholder id="subject-placeholder">
-                                      <Placeholder.Line length="full" />
-                                  </Placeholder>
-                              )}
-                          </Step.Title>
-                          <Step.Description>
-                              {timestamp
-                                ? <TimeAgo date={timestamp} />
-                                : (
-                                    <Placeholder id="date-placeholder">
-                                        <Placeholder.Line length="full" />
-                                    </Placeholder>
-                                )}
-                          </Step.Description>
-                      </Step.Content>
-                  </Step>
-              </Step.Group>
-          </Dimmer.Dimmable>
-          <PostList postIds={postIds || []} loading={postIds === null} focusOnPost={focusOnPost} />
+          <Segment>
+              <Dimmer.Dimmable
+                blurring
+                dimmed={topicAuthorAddress === null && topicAuthor === null && timestamp === null}
+              >
+                  <Header as="h2">
+                      {topicSubject || (
+                          <Placeholder id="subject-placeholder">
+                              <Placeholder.Line />
+                          </Placeholder>
+                      )}
+                  </Header>
+
+                  <div id="topic-metadata">
+                      <Icon name="calendar alternate" fitted />
+                    &nbsp;
+                      <TimeAgo date={timestamp} />
+                    &nbsp;&nbsp;
+                      <Icon name="user" fitted />
+                    &nbsp;
+                      <Link to={`/users/${topicAuthorAddress}`} onClick={stopClickPropagation}>{ topicAuthor }</Link>
+                    &nbsp;&nbsp;
+                      <Icon name="reply" fitted />
+                    &nbsp;
+                      { numberOfReplies }
+                  </div>
+                  <Divider />
+              </Dimmer.Dimmable>
+              <PostList postIds={postIds || []} loading={postIds === null} focusOnPost={focusOnPost} />
+          </Segment>
+
           {topicSubject !== null && postIds !== null && hasSignedUp && (
               <PostCreate
                 topicId={topicId}
diff --git a/packages/concordia-app/src/views/Topic/TopicView/styles.css b/packages/concordia-app/src/views/Topic/TopicView/styles.css
index a8015fc..04dbaf5 100644
--- a/packages/concordia-app/src/views/Topic/TopicView/styles.css
+++ b/packages/concordia-app/src/views/Topic/TopicView/styles.css
@@ -6,12 +6,18 @@
     height: 100%;
 }
 
+#topic-metadata {
+    font-size: 0.8em;
+    color: rgba(0,0,0,.5);
+}
+
 #author-placeholder {
     width: 150px !important;
 }
 
 #subject-placeholder {
     width: 250px !important;
+    margin:auto;
 }
 
 #date-placeholder {