Designiskinky.com

If HTML gets you hot, Design is Kinky is for you. Started by Australian web designer Andrew Johnstone, DiK (go ahead, snicker) is a go-to site for designers to share portfolios, swap theory, and announce events. But the juiciest bits are the Profiles, over 50 interviews with international designers, and Mugshots, 3,000+ photos of the faces behind the fonts. -Annette Ferrara

Mocoloco.com

The design-savvy have bookmarked Harry Wakefield's MoCo LoCo site since it launched in late 2003, and still check it religiously. The Quebec-based Wakefield and his international ring of design enthusiasts have an insatiable appetite for all things modern and contemporary as well as that oh-so-important asset: discriminating taste. -Annette Ferrara

Moluv.com

Moluv is a web designer's website that is (gasp) also well written. Devoted codeheads can dive into Maurice Wright's practical tips on ASCII character codes or actionscript techniques, but even the newly converted techie can appreciate Wright's literate and engaging essays on such topics as "Web Design in American Football Terms." -Annette Ferrara

Newstoday.com

Calling themselves the Quorporation, designers Folkert Gorter (Amsterdam) and Jason Kristofer (Los Angeles) are the Oz-like administrators behind the officious-looking and authoritarian-sounding Newstoday site, which acts as a populist message board and minute-by-minute filter of the hottest design work available on the net. -Annette Ferrara

Linkdup.com

Linkdup, the virtual brainchild of English design group Preloaded, is a comprehensive, filtered link-garden of the best of the best-designed sites on the web. What separates the site: it's relentlessly organized, cuts a wide swath in terms of categories (from arts festivals to usability theory), and has crossover appeal — both the creative- and business-minded check it habitually. -Annette Ferrara