What Makes a Website Aesthetically Pleasing?

“When people rate a site as aesthetically pleasing they are responding to two main factors: that it is orderly, and that it is just a little bit unique: Lavie & Tractinsky, Assessing dimensions of perceived visual aesthetics of web sites. Intl Journal of Human-Computer Studies. 60 (2004) 269-298.”

Thank you to Susan Weinschenk, the “Brain Lady” for pointing out this interesting article. Her website (fascinating info), is What Makes Them Click.

The original article is here: http://www.kommune.skoleintra.dk/Infoweb/indhold/Forside/10.1.1.101.8129.pdf.