"Simplicity, carried to an extreme, becomes elegance."
This is my inspirational quote for design. I'm very fond of simplistic designs because the less you have, the more bold it will stand out. Designs now in this contemporary era, simplicity is used more than ever and it's experimenting till you reach that elegance. Here is an image from the Graphic Design Theory book that I've been using in my own time. It's a page on Contemporary Design that just looks very clean and minimal.