The weirdest design trick I know

The weirdest design trick I know(theastronauts.com)

29 points by Ideka 11 years ago | 5 comments

_greim_ 11 years ago |

This reminds me of the orange/blue contrast thing in movie posters that went viral a few years back[1]. I wonder how much things like this are just industry fashion trends, as opposed to having a deeper, more timeless psychological basis.

[1] https://www.google.com/#q=orange+blue+movie+posters

sheriff 11 years ago |

This was covered on The Office: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8uCNOKODf4

nickthemagicman 11 years ago |

Very interesting. I would love to see more language studies about this.

Sort of reminds me of how a minor chord invokes sadness.

mathattack 11 years ago | |

Linguistics is a fascinating field. I suspect there is a lot behind which sounds are culturally biased, and which are universal.

I recall a study that said "spit" is the least corrupted word across languages. (Because the sound is similar to the activity)

eCa 11 years ago | | |

Which leads to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomatopoeia

and more specifically (though spit is missing): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-linguistic_onomatopoeias