Comment by matt_s

I think creative types feel compelled to do new things that buck trends and are just different for the sake of being different. If you watch any amount of home renovation competition shows, there's always designers that pick some really odd/different elements. It might look good on TV and get people to watch but its a tiny minority that really wants a black wall in their living room.

Its much easier to do web design this way, its just software.

I'm not knocking it, it must suck to be a designer and end up having to do the same corporate looking stuff day after day.