You'll certainly have noticed the new site design that came out as a result of Minisite Wars 2007. Two designers battled it out and this was the winning design, created by Tino Hartung of Tino-Designs.com.
I'm not sure what happened with this competition. As of this date, nearly a year after the start, the "war" isn't yet over -- there are still design spots open and there's no winner. I'm glad my skirmish was over before the troops deserted.