This is where I think design is misunderstood. The minimalist design of this site is likely a huge component of keeping the debate at the level that it is. In my book, that is great design - not creating an eye pleasing knockoff of a 37Signals landing page.
I'm not sure I'd agree the design is great, especially along the axes I mentioned, but it's certainly solid, and adequate for the purpose and audience. Either way, though, I think we agree that one does not need to have Jonathan Ive as a co-founder to build something like this, which was my main point.
This is where I think design is misunderstood. The minimalist design of this site is likely a huge component of keeping the debate at the level that it is. In my book, that is great design - not creating an eye pleasing knockoff of a 37Signals landing page.