With a smooth, nice transition, thin layout guides drop into place while fancy typographic headlines fill columns blank spaces: Balsamstudio‘s portfolio provides an outstanding layout, simple and elegant, while showcasing a lot of interesiting identity projects.

Beautiful icons and manga-style-avatars in FaceYourManga : a wizard will take you through all the necessary steps to create  your digital alter ego.

Spectra is a flash web site that aggregates MSNBC network news: among the many subtleties graphics, I wanted to point out the pager/slider navigation.

The icons slash characters in this Japanese web site related to environmental education in the city of Kunisaki, deserve a honorable mention.