Jaakko Mattila

These beautifully simple watercolors by Finland artist Jaakko Mattila are a breath of fresh air.

Justin David Cox

I'm loving the fantastically simple posters of Austin (of course) designer Justin David Cox. Via DesignWorkLife.

Brooklyn Newwork

Aptly named Studio Newwork in Brooklyn designs from a perspective that is both simple and dramatic. With immaculate use of type as well, what more could you ask for?

Design is in the Details

Andrew Townsend has done some great work in many different media, using many unique printing processes. I love the simplicity and attention to detail in every piece.

Viva La Liberation!

The folks at Print Liberation have been doing some great work for quite some time, I love the ultra-simple, almost matter-of-fact style of their type and tongue-in-cheek humor that seems to accompany everything they do.

Keepin' it real....simple

London designer Hugh Morse has some nice work on his site, and I'm really loving the site itself. As portfolio sites go, this one is top notch. Simple, with easy navigation, it really showcases the work.

The Anti-Deliverance

Normally when you picture a 140 square foot shack in the West Virginia wilderness, images of oil-drum liquor stills, year-round yard sales and barefoot 25-year-old grandmothers chained to woodburning stoves come to mind (being born and raised in Appalachia, I'm allowed to say these horrible things).

Architect Jeffrey Broadhurst's interpretation is thankfully a bit different. His shack features board-and-batten siding and a standing-seam, terne-coated steel roof atop a wood platform. Oil lamp light, woodburning heat, and a hand-powered, gravity-fed plumbing system keep things simple and honest. A garage door completely opens one side of the structure, allowing unobstructed views of the hills below.

Seeing that something so simple and beautiful can be done with off-the-shelf materials is dangerous, my wife is going to want an explanation of why her husband is suddenly buying wilderness land and building sheds like an obsessed alternate-dimensional version of the unabomber with good taste.