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Superstudio
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2015Optima1
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1933Transparent Beispiel No. 3, Course 1933/35 USA, Modern Graphic Design (Originaltitel)
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2013Here 2013 Speaker Profile: Mark Porter isn't your average designer
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2013Logo Sim
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2014Poster - Headline Shooter 03
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2022One Minute to Play poster
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2012The Weekender
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2007Wee War
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2016Daniel Savage’s monochrome animation plays with geometry and space
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2015Brilliantly logical graphic design work from Sulki and Min Choi
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2015Mesmerising monochrome GIFs from Nicolas Ménard
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2018Self-taught animator Emanuele Kabu references psychedelia, abstract art and minimalism
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2019Adam Ridgeway showcases restraint in his considered graphic design portfolio
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2017Vincent Mahé’s crisp illustrations adopt clean linework and limited colour palettes
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2010Light Touch
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2012FOAM/Sony Music: Tin Can Posters
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2013Graphic design: Marcus Holland's prints are brilliantly bright and simple
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2012A fresh, Swedish graphic design studio for y'all to be inspired by
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2016The New Tradition Collection: Stephen Hendee redesigns the Christmas candle
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2016London-based designer Laura Jouan’s well-considered, monochrome portfolio
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2013Graphic Design: French studio A is a name are bastions of excellent simplicity
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2007Red Design
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2008Noma Bar
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2015Perfect type and considered visual flourishes in Stockholm-based Studio Parasto Backman's graphics
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2017Graphic designer Lisa H. Moura takes us through her sleek, considered portfolio
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2019Double Click October is all about the humble portfolio site
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2016Paulina Otylie Surys' darkly beautiful work
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2022Jordan Bolton creates deeply moving comics derived from simple language and imagery
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2014Product Design: Samuel Wilkinson's series of striking desk objects will declutter your mind
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2007Si & Ad
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2012A look at the new Twitter logo and what people are reading into it
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2012Revealing volumes - literally, hypothetically - Mark Lazenby shows us his Bookshelf
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2007Silent Studio
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2012Weng Nam Yap presents the mundane in the most beautiful booklet
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2018Dan Solbach's sophisticated designs exhibit restraint and understanding
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2019Alexandre Luu on his refreshingly refined animations and illustrations
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2021Illustrator Eve Liu “doesn’t do shadows’’, and we love her for it
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2007Keep Calm
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2014Less is most definitely more in Emi Ueoka's illustrations
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2010Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
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2008Tom Judd Everyday
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2017Artist Matthew Dettmer reinterprets the everyday through his sparsely-detailed paintings
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2013Hyperkit's big, bold new website largely lets the work speak for itself
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2019“I try to cut out anything that is pretentious”: meet graphic designer Niklas Sagebiel
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2019Lucy Sherston finds that leaving out parts of a composition is just as important as the bits kept in
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2014OZET poster
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2019Graphic designer Tatiana Egoshina uses “plain forms, bright colours and clear metaphors”
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2015Clean, crisp layouts and graphic shapes in Alex Horne's club night posters
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2009Tom Gauld
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2009Charley Harper
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2026Untouched since the 1980s, Jordan’s Furniture gets a sleek rebrand with ergonomic icons
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2011Bookshelf: Dallas Clayton
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2011Simon Monk: Secret Identity
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2011The Boy With Tape On His Face
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2015Simple ideas charmingly executed in Christoph Niemann's new drawings
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2025Jean d'Ylen - Poster Marsala Florio
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2010Minimal Wave
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2013Super-crisp skincare branding from Swedish studio Bedow
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2013Sabrina Ratté's eye-bending video for Suuns is a little package of lo-fi joy
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2017“Always more!” – a walk in the woods with Noma Bar
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2013The Weekender: As far as weekly run-downs go, this one takes the biscuit
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2012Bookshelf: Jeff Mermelstein
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2011Petronio Associates: A.P.C.
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2015Beautiful, clean designs from Portuguese studio AH-HA
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2013Design a 01
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2019Logo Fussl-Modestrasse
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2016It’s sober, it’s cheap, it’s just like you: it’s the Best of the Web
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2020Chris Harnan wants to “reduce, abstract, and simplify everything”
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2018Artist Jesse Draxler on finding clarity through greyscale
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2017Noopur Choksi’s illustrations depict a charming relationship with digital design
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2017Noa Snir visualises mental disorders through her series of minimalist linocut prints
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2016Logo Ura 100x379
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2007Olaf Breuning
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2019Wikimedia Hackathon 2019-Stockholm-Poster 19
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2011Bookshelf: Micah Lidberg
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2016Milou Trouwborst's refined, simplistic and melancholic illustrations
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2014Restraint and solitude - the wonderful pared-back work of Wang Zhi-Hong
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2019Double Click October is all about the humble portfolio site
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2018Sebastian König on creating an "ah-ha" moment with the most simple of illustrations
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2016Submit Saturdays: Photographer Angelo Spagnolo on his low-fi, simple aesthetic
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2016QWSTION: the Swiss brand putting functionality first
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2011Empty apartment living room
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2012Stunningly simple animation supporting the underdog from Benjamin Renner
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2011Bookshelf: Andreas Samuelsson
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2016OrtnerSchinko creates a minimal and international identity for Sigrid Stöckl
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2008W-O-W
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2016Set designer Robert Storey on being subtle in his wardrobe but bold in his work
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2016How great, simple design makes you bond with a brand
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2011Things
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2009White is for Witching
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2019Ziga Testen Studio creates work that is "bit boring but with just enough eccentricity to make it interesting"
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2012John Diebel's stunning geometric collages ooze Bauhaus perfection
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2009Distil Ennui
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2011The Weekender
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2012Come fall in love with the monochrome characters of Stephan Dybus Malblock
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2011Noma Bar: Cut It Out
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2017Alessandro Apai’s recent commissions tackle big ideas in a concise manner
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2016Patternity co-founders Anna and Grace on monochrome and dressing as a duo
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2016Illustrator Maddy Mould's thoughtful, craft-led work brightens up the everyday
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2011Artek: White
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2016William Edmonds' beautifully pared back drawings of the Barbican Conservatory
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2010Sachiko
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2017Studio Michael Satter’s sophisticatedly simple graphic design portfolio
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2012Tom Gauld: Goliath
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2021Minimalist graphic designer Giulia Boccarossa tells us how her background in classical studies influences her creative work
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2012Franck Allais returns with yet another devastatingly effective series
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2018L03 207 (438852555)
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2016Futura Display
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2025Typografie Martin Wilke Discus 02
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2017Paris-based Lisa Guedel-Dolle’s precise and simple designs
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2013PP D299 poster by sydney haward for haward & son
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2010FAIST Logo klein
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2013Graphic Design: BOB Design nail identity for architecture practice Nordic
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2022Wikimeetup 2021-05-29 online 2
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2014Johnston 2
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2017Saehan Park’s uses curved lines and subtle colours for her characterful illustrations
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2012Space plus Richard Hogg minus incomprehensible science chat equals killer animation
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2014Delightfully pared-back coloured pencil illustrations by Liana Jegers
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2011Mitchell Feinberg
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2011Bookshelf: Alain de Botton
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2013Cat Power's beautifully shot video for new single Manhattan unsurprisingly set in Manhattan...
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2013Product Design: Emilie Voirin keeps it simple with her Minimal Nativity Set
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2014Korean studio fnt produce wonderfully simple printed matter
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2012Jacques Carelman's Impossible Objects bought to life in all their irrational glory
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2011Renaud Marion: Attraction
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2020Logo simple system
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2019Wikimedia Hackathon 2019-Stockholm-Poster 10
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2018Sunspel keeps things simple – and beautiful
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2011Xxs Logo 2011
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2012Tim Sumner's collection nostalgically reflects on a more innocent design era
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2009Charley Harper
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2016Lernert & Sander creates slick film for Lensvelt’s “boring” collection of furniture
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2023Klinom Krasnym Bej Belych
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2018Artist Ricardo Passaporte on falling in "love at first sight" with Lidl
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2007Tom Gauld
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2012Making it look so easy– impeccable graphic design from Stout/Kramer
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2010À bout de souffle
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2012Seoul-based studio fnt have a particularly clean and consistent body of work
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2019Jinyoung Park’s minimal and graphic illustrations aim to comfort and please
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2008Fageta
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2012Rob Lowe, better known as Supermundane, talks about his super minimal new show
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2011Flag
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2011Gallery Hussenot
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2008The Nonist / Jamie Morrison
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2012Noma Bar: Wallpaper* Global Design Covers
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2015Seoul-based studio Chung Choon applies an elegance and simplicity to its posters
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2015Grand dame of American abstraction Agnes Martin comes to Tate Modern
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2015Very tasteful pricelist design by studio Think Work Observe
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2010Ohara Daijiro’s Sophisticated-Simple
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2015Cecilia Serafini’s simple shapes and pretty palettes belie more serious undertones
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2017David Luraschi’s strikingly simple new campaign for fashion brand Jacquemus
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2013Publication: Kyoungtae Kim rocks are simply beautiful
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2018Vice magazine's creative team talks us through its new and unexpectedly different redesign
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2018No balls, all books: it's July Things!
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2016Type designer Davide Rossetto’s portfolio is inspired by modernism and simplicity
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2010Dose Espresso
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2012Tom Scharpling: Easy
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2012A Visual Inventory, John Pawson
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2012Lauren Hillebrandt: Flat Landscapes
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2017Timo Kuilder combines clean-cut linework with limited colours in his editorial work
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2009Kay Rosen
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2014Superb pared-back branding inspired by freight containers
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2010Noma Bar at KK Outlet
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2018Stefan Sagmeister's Bookshelf includes the survivors of years of clear outs
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2012Short but very sweet handmade spot for Channel 4 from Fred & Eric
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2016Lausanne-based graphic designer Frédéric Held achieves a lot using a little
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2011Jung und Wenig
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2014Graphic Design: Danger Mouse website is a nostalgic time capsule
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2016Bold, minimal-leaning graphic design from hot new studio Vrints-Kolsteren
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2011Matt Lee: Presence of Absence
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1985Origamic Architecture
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2012Clean, simple and excellent typographical design work from Studio Lin
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2012Sexy mamas! We're big fans of Frau Franz's deadpan pin-ups
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2014Photography: Charlie Schuck's images for Kinfolk's new issue are simply sublime
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2011iA Writer
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2021Bauhaus in Tel Aviv 19940522-28, Berlin
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2007Apple
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2025Alan Rivera paints a travelogue of Texas that is filled with love
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2014Photography: Thomas Alleman's striking shots of American Apparel ads in LA
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2009Noma Bar
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2014Some pearls of wisdom from ex-It's Nice That Graduate, Josh King
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2012Simple and stunningly effective new video for Feist's Cicadas and Gulls
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2011Harumi Nakashima
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2019Micke Lindebergh’s obsessive practice sees hundreds of flowerpots and fun guys
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2023Layer brings a new air of fun and sustainability to Earth Rated’s dog products
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2015New Orlebar Brown range celebrates Marcello Morandini's monochromes
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2009My Two Front Teeth
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2009Dieter Rams Flickr Group
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2016Daily Dialogue’s minimal designs for its eclectic mix of clients
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2007Griskevicius Jurgis
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2016Understated and beautiful Vitra packaging by Swedish studio BVD
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2012Striporama poster 02
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2017Swiss undergrad Dominik Junker's portfolio of minimal graphic design
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2013Music Video: King Krule's Easy Easy is an angsty masterpiece
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2013The Knife return after seven years with a stunning new video
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2016New York-based Blake Lewis’ neat and considered portfolio exudes simplicity
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2014Magoz's vibrant editorial illustrations are wonderfully minimal
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2017Jee-ook Choi conveys complex ideas using fine linework and muted colours
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2014How we made the cover of the new Printed Pages magazine
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2018Studio Makgill present ten objects that capture the beauty of simplicity
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2013Asahi Beer Poster (2)
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2024Poster stand at Wikimania 2024 in Katowice by Rina.sl
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2019Logo stoeckli
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2020Glaser
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"Gilbert Paper Exquisite [201670]
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Joseph Binder. Graphic Design, Painting & Pastels, Neuberger Museum, SUNY... (Originaltitel)
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2012Thomas Brown celebrates shapes in five films for Swedish label NAKKNA
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2018Wise seeming skeletons abound in Lennard Kok's latest zine Turning Pages
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2017Thomas Colligan’s zine encourages us to appreciate the small things in life
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2019Peter Behrens-Glass DSC8909
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Graphic design portfolio
Type in Use
Howard Jones – “Like To Get To Know You Well” single cover
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2011Daily Mail Pictures
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1993The marriage of Heaven and Hell
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From Lukas Diemling, OnePlus, and Auge Design
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Bracket to the Future
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2017Patrick Kyle uses analogue and digital techniques in these pared-back illustrations
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2011John Pawson: Perspectives
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1990Enjoy AZT
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2026Anaïs Kugel’s portraits are unmistakably from the female gaze
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2026The Empty Glass
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2026Discover the unconventional design details hidden between the pages of Neat Rodanant’s publications
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1934The Cotton Picker
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1917De Stijl
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2021120af9827a53e6fb96b08a0e22f63a90c27f7a07.jpg
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2022Mak Kai Hang’s darkly minimalist works are designed to make you think
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2010à 2 c'est mieux: Update
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2012Valentin Loellmann: m.&mme
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2026New Logo and Identity for Marathon Sports by Upstatement
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Josef Müller-Brockmann
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2015Côme de Bouchony crams almost a decade of work into one minute
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2009Hedi Slimane
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2016The minimalism myth - why simplified graphic design isn't “easy”
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20181213fecfd49b4cc307238dde9c875ce8.jpg
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2020Sivan Kidron creates a dreamy animated world of exhaustion through minimal means
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2011Katsumi Hayakawa: Paperworks 2011
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2011Richard Swarbrick
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2015Studio Lin's work for Stampa is simple, striking and brilliant
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2010Tiga - What You Need
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2009House of Cards
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2014Squeaky clean new still lifes from photographer David Brandon Geeting
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2015Upcoming Bridget Riley exhibition shows the method behind her works
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2023Logo Facile
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2015Minimalist architecture replicated in paper by photographer Nina Band
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2008Crosshair
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2006Asf082
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2021Sara Hagale offers a breath of fresh air with her illustrative precision
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2016Gender politics, feminism and Kanye West – the world according to Vanessa Beecroft
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2017ECAL photography graduate Cécilia Poupon elevates everyday beauty
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2015Confident, pared back designs for publications and prints from Catalogue
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2017Calypso Mahieu’s photography makes the simplest things sexy (some NSFW)
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2011Andrea Zittel
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2020Jiyung Lee’s illustrations capture the bare minimum to focus on the essential properties of an object
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2011Club Donny
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2009The XX - Basic Space
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2015Illustrator Anna Kövecses applies her minimalist style to editorial commissions
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2017“I was drawn to designing posters out of necessity”: Aaron Denton on his poster infatuation
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2012Form Us With Love: Plug Lamp
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2011Kate Peters: Home
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2014OK-RM's beautifully simple Designs of the Year graphics
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2015TWA Italy Poster (18857334053)
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2021Laatupaivystys logo transparent
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2022PChome Online Shopping box 20090615
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2010Helvetica
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2018PP D309 poster by edward penfield for harper's bazaar cover
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2024Exhibition poster for An Exhibtion of Photographs by Group f64
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2017Poster Novissima
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2020Cinderfella (1960 poster)
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2022Logo Mikado
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2011Bookshelf: Justin Taylor
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2019Musica Viva. Müller-Brockmann
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2016Aurelio Sanchez’s minimal identity for SIW inspired by brutalism
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2017The reductive and exacting work of graphic designer Laura Prim
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2014Our favourite cartoonist Christoph Niemann has a brand new website!
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2011Barefoot Ken Bob Saxton / Born To Run
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2015Cool, contemporary identity for Crown hat-makers by Studio Moross
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2020Take a break from information overload with these beautifully minimal websites
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2007Simon Haertal / Quinn
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2008Paperrad
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2018Designer Kaj Lehmann on his clean and satisfying portfolio of work
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2006Umbra
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2011Masaki Komoto
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2015Confident, minimal designs from Berlin studio Neubau prove less is more
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2009The Modern Pantry
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2012Classic case of Shoes or Bills here by the talented and witty Hannah K. Lee
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2016Laura Liedo’s leggy characters are simply composed and engaging
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2011Life Covers
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2016Minimalist record sleeves by Belgian graphic designer Jelle Martens
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2017Dominic Kesterton aspires to absolute simplicity with his vivid illustrations
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2018Designer Antoine Elsensohn uses simple graphic elements to allow "fonts to express themselves"
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2013Loris and Livia take juicing to another level with their beautiful Lemon Toys
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2025CH-NB Poster Collection SNL 2017 0048
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2016Artless: Elephant founder Marc Valli on why today's artists are going back to basics
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2013Step into the monochromatic world of new favourite, Brian Scott Campbell
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2016Laurène Boglio’s monochromatic gifs are playful and obscure
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2014PES is back with another stonewall stop-motion classic, Submarine Sandwich
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2017Billy Clark applies his graphic sensibilities to his minimal yet textured illustrations
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2012