The Pit - IMI Trust

When we tell companies that we deal in both web and marketing they think we are pulling their leg.  Most web companies don’t have the first idea about marketing and most marketing companies are clueless about the web. 

Graphic designers and web designers are often focused on technical and visual aspects of a site whereas marketing specialists are hellbent on getting their message across.  The issue is that if favour to much of one the other falls down.  The internet is littered with websites that are exceedingly functional but have no visual appeal or they are incredibly, knock your socks off beautiful but impossible to navigate around.

Are there any examples you know of beautiful, functional sites?