Clean and clear. Further explanations of the links appear in the status bar, bottom left of the window, as you roll over the link. We usually don ' t like information in the status bar because we prefer to see the addresses of the links, but on this page the information that appears there is useful and unobtrusive. We all need glasses as we get older, and older visitors are the market for this site. The home page for Dayton Lummis uses type and a single visual to dominate the page while still adding visual interest with navigation icons.
Simplicity can be the key to an interesting design.