Regarding the question, no, I think that embodies everything wrong with the abilities of web design. Throwing a layer of Helvetica and various typeface sizes is not pleasant. What gives with the Mickey Mouse hand cursor? I get it has five fingers, but that's a glove suitable for a body that's been floating in a river for the past two weeks. And, if anybody else managed to dig deep enough into this LARGE PRINT EDITION WEBSITE and get to some of the speakers' photos, and mouse over, they wiggle and twitch and zoom in and out in some kind of digital seizure.
If you're going with coolness factor, I can honestly say some Pitchfork and Vice and other multimedia layouts have been quite impressive. There's a reason Medium is catching on so well. Clean, image featuring narrative in a not-too-cluttered-but-still-link-tastic format is highly readable and allows the subject matter to be the focus[0]
Everybody has different opinions and cultural influences, sure. Same goes for food. Or musical scales. I suppose that can make it more difficult for consistent standards and expectations on a global platform like the webs.
[0] http://www.thefader.com/2015/01/29/chance-the-rapper-donnie-...