Designing Obama , a chronicle on the role art and design played in the political campaign. Funding the project entirely with Kickstarter , I seemingly helped kickstart the kickstarter, by placing the platform in the public's eye the project became known as arguably the first Kickstarter blockbuster . I'm still patiently awaiting Obama?s rave review. I since have continued working on great projects, Fast Company's Co. Design , Co. Create , and Co. Exist , I tried to get Nike to #makeitcount on the Nike.com relaunch, helped the y-c backed, Optimizely perfect the A/B test, and finally co-founded The Noun Project enabling the world to communicate any idea visually. With my team at Simple.Honest.Work , we still have high hopes that we might just one day change the world. DJ: From your work, it's apparent that you have an ability to break projects down to their most simplest of forms. Is this something you have developed throughout your career or developed from project to project? Simplicity isn't something to achieve -- it's something to reach for. Every project, every problem, every solution can be simplified further. The shape of design shall forever be formed by its function and through the constant process of life its my hope we, as designers, continue to provide the most simplistic forms for the next generation to continue the journey. DJ: What has been the most valuable lesson you've learnt and what is the best advice you've been given? Mies van der Rohe said "I