I appreciate design that stretches boundaries. But, assembled all together, most of these felt the same. I got numb. A big sans-serif claim, gradient-colored te

I appreciate design that stretches boundaries. But, assembled all together, most of these felt the same. I got numb. A big sans-serif claim, gradient-colored text, sometimes a big 3-D toy to fumble about with since there is no other content on the page. The really edgy designs disrupted their own typography with scrolling elements. Cool, but... what's the point? Robert Bringhurst once said "Design exists to honor content." That may be too conservative, as there is a place for design for its own sake. But few of these sites had anything to say other than "look at me!"