Dan Eden (@_dte) is pretty good. Daryl (@Daryl) is also up there. But they're more interactive and personal, less megastar-types. I'd follow them if you want some intelligent designer friends, not to (always) get the most bleeding edge design news.

My personal favourites on teh tweeturs, a good mix of humor and informative stuff

@pixxel @manikrathee @idiot

I tend to avoid following people who just spam links, like a few that have been mentioned here. I think it's 'cause I use twitter to engage with people & learn more, and have websites like this and medium to keep up to date.

Here's a list that you can follow if you want: https://twitter.com/CarlFairclough/lists/real-designers (I know I'm on there, I can't figure out how to remove myself from it).

And here are a few individuals worth following: http://twitter.com/lukesbeardhttps://twitter.com/turnerluke_ukhttp://twitter.com/kylebraggerhttp://twitter.com/petelaceyhttp://twitter.com/_dtehttp://twitter.com/randyjhunthttp://twitter.com/dcurtishttp://twitter.com/davidwieland

I'd pull Twitter handles from this list: http://minnix.tumblr.com/post/49495149848/designers-i-love

@jessicahische and @_dte are probably my favorites. @danielmall, cofounder of Typedia. Sarah Parmenter is great. Well-known, but still manages to seem personal. @sazzy Mat Marquis, @wilto, but more for funny than content. @rileycran and @tylergalpin, the co-founders of Lost Type. @greatdiscontent for incredibly well-done weekly industry interviews. @orbuch designed Finish (iOS app) and hasn't even completed high school yet. Impressive, genuine guy. And, of course, @lorenb.

https://twitter.com/ftrainhttps://twitter.com/marksimonsonhttps://twitter.com/elefontpresshttps://twitter.com/jmspoolhttps://twitter.com/lukewhttps://twitter.com/aarronhttps://twitter.com/dansinkerhttps://twitter.com/brad_frosthttps://twitter.com/Mike_FTWhttps://twitter.com/espiekermannhttps://twitter.com/rjshttps://twitter.com/karenmcgranehttps://twitter.com/TrentWaltonhttps://twitter.com/H_FJ

...and obviously https://twitter.com/Horse_ebooks

I've always really respected Daniel Eden (@_dte) — I see he's been mentioned already, though.

There's lots of great suggestions here, I'll add a few others:

@elliotjaystocks — Creative Director of Adobe @Typekit @espiekermann — Legendary type designer. (e.g., FF Meta) @Mike_FTW — Mike Monteiro of "F*** You, Pay Me" fame. @designernewsbo — The Designer News Bot

Wow! This list is growing in a direction I really like. Thanks so far to all contributors!

Me - https://twitter.com/h1brd

https://twitter.com/web3canvas

I'd recommend to follow:

http://twitter.com/ramotion and maybe http://twitter.com/idiot

@DannPetty - designer at hum startup, previously medium @drewwilson - all around top-notch designer and developer @Stammy - myself :) Experience Designer, Growth Team at Twitter, previously cofounded a few YC startups @bryanveloso - designer previously at github, but more known for tons of his side-projects @kneath - designer/developer at Github @_bklmn - senior ui designer at netflix @jeffrey - designer at @Betable. previously @SimpleGeo, @Digg, @Threadless @fchimero - designer/writer known for his blog (mostly I think?)

and more i'm forgetting. go through my recent follows: https://twitter.com/stammy/following

I especially like tweets from these following people:

@khoi - Khoi Vinh, former design director @ NYT @gt - Geoff Teehan, partner @ Teehan+Lax @jnrdesigner - because Design is how it looks ™ @tylergalpin - Tyler Galpin, co-founder of Lost Co-op @dcurtis - Dustin Curtis, created Svbtle @verneho - Verne Ho, Director of Design @ Shopify, co-founder of Jet Cooper @jessicahische - Jessica Hische, 2x 30 Under 30 letterer / illustrator @jannalynn - Janna Hagan, creator of @studentwebguide, Young Designer of the Year @jeffshin - me (if you want)