When we saw this photo, we thought we missed something in our History of Braun Products series. This minimalist turntable certainly looks like their handiwork:

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But nope, that's the Essential II model from modern-day manufacturer Pro-Ject Audio Systems, a company based in Austria. That design seems about as pared-down as you can get, but for those who feel that less is more, then their Elemental series is more:

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You can also get that with an acrylic platter:

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Perhaps the surface you're looking to place your turntable on isn't quite wide enough to support the Elemental. In that case, Pro-Ject's narrower-width RPM line might be for you:

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A cork mat breaks the stark color scheme a bit:

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For clean freaks, here's an RPM model white, with the form-fitting dust cover in place:

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But if you want something a bit easier-to-clean, they also offer this more rational cover:

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On the more complicated end of the spectrum, the company also makes this technologically-sophisticated beast, part of their Signature line:

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To me that one's not as easy on the eyes, but that's not the point of it; audio fidelity is. The silver thing you see in the center is a clamp that tightly connects the record to the platter to reduce extraneous resonances, and the platter itself has a freaking magnetic suspension, according to the product description:

Magnetic feet and TPE-pillows decouple the resonance-free metal granulate filled MDF-chassis from surface. The subsequently benefits from a wonderfully resonance-free, heavy platter, that runs ultra-silently on an inverted ceramic ball bearing with magnetic suspension and is also TPE damped.

(By "TPE," we assume they mean the rubber-and-plastic hybrid known as thermoplastic elastomers.)

You can see more of the company's work here.