Profiles -- Scott Thomas {Simple.Honest.Work} With a background in architecture, a bit of magic from 'Click Through' the pink unicorn along the way, and a focus for getting back to the hand and keeping things simple, Scott Thomas is a man architecting change. As the Design Director for Obama's 2008 campaign, Scott, 'Simple Scott,' has a philosophy of simplification which has been illustrated in more recent years with the Noun Project . We're pleased as punch Scott managed to spare a few moments out of his very busy life and agreed to talk with us about loosing his wallet, not being original and a few projects along the way... DJ: Tell us a bit about yourself and your career journey? I live by the idea that the simplest solution is the best one. Whether building a website or singing emails operatically the motivation has always been "less is more." When I had free time I could be found at a letterpress fashioning original prints and collaborating with fellow members of the Chicago design collective known as, The Post Family . All that, and my dream of rationalizing the irrational theory of the golden ratio, came to a halt when I began working as the Design Director for the Obama Campaign. Soon enough, I found myself working on WhiteHouse.gov and trying to impress politicos with my Lincoln-like beard. When the historic election ended I felt that I should somehow record the work we completed in 2008. Two years later, I self-published