websites as art

Some good examples:

• Functional - sites that function as community portals. A kind of framework in which people with similar interests can interact. Aristic merit through functionality and "engaging-ness".
  • Slashdot, of course.
  • Everything, one and two
  • www.themes.org
• Informational - sites for the distribution of topic or region specific information (kind of a blurry line between this and functional sites - generally don't have the same sense of community). Artistic merit through ease of use.
  • The Linux Documentation Project
  • Internet Movie Database - www.imdb.com
  • Project Gutenberg
  • Austin region - www.austin360.com
• Artistic - advance the concept of the web as a tool for artists - typically present a concept in an engaging matter. Usually convey more eye candy that information.
  • Kaliber 10000 - www.k10k.com
  • Mi5print - www.mi5print.com
  • As a guide, Fierce - www.fierce.com