Kay McMahon is the Digital Director at global design publication Wallpaper* magazine. Kay oversees wallpaper.com's traffic growth while working on SEO, site development, special projects (such as phone apps), marketing, and commercial initiatives. In her spare time she DJs as Special Kay (funk, lounge and electronic delights, mostly) and is overseeing a (slow) house renovation. You can follow her on Twitter @kaybar007

KAY'S FAVOURITE SITES

Contemporist - I started getting addicted to modernist design blogs when I started doing my own house renovation. I defy you to spend five minutes on the Contemporist and not find something that tickles your fancy. If you don’t, clearly we have very different opinions on design!

Obsessilicious - I've probably bookmarked hundreds of design-related fan blogs (as opposed to advertising generating design sites) but this is the one I keep going back to. It's well curated, well written and I never get tired of looking at the photos that chair obsessive "Griffo" posts.

CycleStreets - Most of the people who work at Wallpaper* are into cycling. I hadn’t even ridden a bike in London before I started working here. This site helps plan a fast, balanced or quiet route anywhere in the UK.

ffffound - The ultimate image bookmarking site – there are others, but ffffound.com focuses on design in all it’s wonderful forms and throws up hundreds of images - with no context, making discoveries a little random. It’s a refreshing way to get visual stimulus.

Heads Down - So many music sites, so little time. This one is great to dip into as the “edit” is always bang on – not only the selection of mixes to wrap your ears around, but the interviews with various DJ heroes are always intriguing.

Wallpaper on Tumblr - Wallpaper.com publishes 20-30 new stories a week so chances are if you’re not visiting every day you may miss something interesting. This blog features highlights so you can dip and out less frequently but still find something awesome.

23 November 2010