Websites can be very overwhelming. There are few out there that are well design, with the majority being cluttered and difficult to navigate. Whenever I'm researching a topic, it takes me forever to find my answers. I know the information is out there, it's just a matter of clicking through pages and pages of junk until I find what I'm looking for.

The Alaska Native Collection website, part of the Smithsonian, is one of my favorite websites. It is visually stunning, yet clean and organized. The homepage makes you feel peaceful and calm, something very difficult for a website to do these days. It has a beautiful image of mountains in the background, but they are greyed out so are not in your face.

The website is uncluttered and easy to navigate through, with a simple menu bar that lets you know what page you're on, easy to read typefaces, and an earthy, yet elegant color scheme. The few text and images are big, bold, simple, and clean. You can always find what you are looking for. No matter what page you are on, you can easily navigate back to another page. This website takes my favorite design elements, simplicity and beauty, and translates them into functionality.