Though I don't like the way this page is layed out, the banner and icons are nice (though I would prefer more colors, too):
http://galileo.rice.edu/lib/catalog.htmlThis is an interesting layout because they used beautiful photos - no icons (or eyecons)
http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_united_states/This one shows how people are moving away from icons to larger images to designate categories:
http://needtoknow.nas.edu/I think this site has some cool organization though their graphics:
http://www.speaknowforkids.org/I like this banner but I don't like the rest of the page:
http://www.nsta.org/In general, many sites are changing their layouts to be more "blog" like and friendlier. For interesting website designs you can refer to sites such as the webby awards (
www.webbyawards.com) though many times they choose sites that use lots of flash and that is not good for all websites (probably not even good for most sites)
DeeDee
