I’m not crazy about the content itself but I admire some of the things they incorporate into the design. Here are some of my 10 favorite things about this website, The Society:
http://www.thesocietyinc.com.au/
01. Use of hand done illustration in layout
02. Irregular structure
03. Mix of gridded content with scattered images and links
04. Links react to hovering over them
05. Large, hi-res, borderless photography
06. Home button
07. Iconography used as rhetorical elements
08. Next/Previous page navigation
09. RSS Feed incorporated
10. Image navigation within frame