I disagree with you two. I think this redesign adds a much-needed new face to the site. The old design honestly seemed extremely dated to me. I know, it was along similar flat lines (to less of an extreme), but I think it just didn't work as well as it could have. They've rectified that with this design--it has a lot of personality (it takes work to do that with minimalism at this extreme), and I think it will take them a lot further than where their old design would have.
I disagree with you two. I think this redesign adds a much-needed new face to the site. The old design honestly seemed extremely dated to me. I know, it was along similar flat lines (to less of an extreme), but I think it just didn't work as well as it could have. They've rectified that with this design--it has a lot of personality (it takes work to do that with minimalism at this extreme), and I think it will take them a lot further than where their old design would have.