Josh Orum

Archive for the 'Design' Category

Colors aren’t arbitrary

Thursday, June 8th, 2006

Beyond everyone’s favorite game of “what’s your favorite color?” there’s an actual science behind color selection. For some, color selection really is arbitrary (what’s your favorite color), while for designers it’s a thoughtful process. Whichever way colors are chosen, they will mean different things, and elicit different reactions in people.
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Following Through with Design

Thursday, December 22nd, 2005

As an addendum to my previous post (”Paying for Design”), a key part of getting a good design is following through.
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Paying for Design

Wednesday, December 21st, 2005

Given Apple’s recent success, driven in large part by their awesome industrial design, I can’t stop wondering why Dell - or some other large manufacturer - doesn’t invest even a small amount in design.
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