The original premise was to have the sections of the site make sense together an overarching theme. This theme went through several evolutionary passes before its current state. Many many hours - I cant tell you. This is all very new to me - having no formal training in the visual arts. Anyway, the site is loaded with symbols. Each section is represented by a graphical symbol and a textual symbol - a clue as to the content of the area. Chaos was worked in wherever possible. More discussion on the design process and philosophy later...