i still don't get the big picture

You may remember that I've commented on the design profession's fondness for 'big picture' home pages a while back. They just won't go away, will they? Here's some more that I found yesterday whilst pootling around the world wide web:

Pretty aren't they? But what do they mean?

And you may also remember that I'd likened the fashion for this sort of thing to holding up a poster and getting someone to photograph it so that you can put it into an online portfolio.

Well, that clever chap Craig Oldham (I've told you about him before) ponders exactly the same thing just here.

Comments

[Mike Reed]

David: another one for you:
http://www.this-studio.co.uk/

Is there any end to it?

[Mike Reed]

And other (via The Serif):

http://www.studiopainted.dk

And so it goes...