Many designers love distilling a communications message to its absolute essence.
In the environment of ever greater complexity with web design, (inclusion of social networking and SEO elements especially), some manage to retain simplicity and usability.
Bold design evident in blogs and CMS templates, is generating a trend toward ever simpler web design.
What are several sites which you consider have best demonstrated a balance between simplicity and usability, without entirely dispensing with SEO.
Thank you for your responses.
