Here is a striking collection of minimal graphic designs that get the message across. The best design work today is minimal. Crashing type, unreadable text, words used as "texture" and in-your-face images are on the way out. The visual overload of the last decade is being replaced by simple, seamless design with a clean approach.

Author Catherine Fishel specializes in writing for the graphic design market. She is the editor of Dynamic Graphics magazine and former editor-in-chief of Step-by-Step Graphics. Fishel's work fequently appears in PRINT, Applied Arts, LetterArts Review, and CMYK. Catharine Fishel lives in Morton, Illinois.