I found 2 interesting articles that has opened the conversation for what is good design on the web and why does there seem to be a lack of it. Here is an excerpt from one of the articles. This is from the article posted on Subtraction. They are reviewing Armin Vit's article "Where are all the landmark web sites?". Its a really great read with some really great comments from other readers. Check it out.
New Media | Technologies, Art | Thought Process, OpinonTwo mildly controversial and seemingly unrelated blog posts were written last week that you shouldn’t miss. First, on Tuesday, Armin Vit asked “Where are all the ‘landmark’ Web sites?” over at Speak Up. His contention is that we have yet to see examples of Web design in the fashion of “Milton Glaser’s Dylan poster; Paul Rand’s IBM logo; Paula Scher’s Public Theater posters; Massimo Vignelli’s New York subway map; [and] Kyle Cooper’s ‘Seven’ opening titles.” In short, Armin claims that the practice of design online has yet to produce its own canon of seminal and iconic works that can stand their own in the history books of the profession.