While I’ve written about the impact of culture on technology before, I was amazed by this information graphic from Information is Beautiful which maps various culture’s perception of color. While we often hear of the aesthetic importance of colour in web design, it is good to be reminded of the role of colour’s cultural meaning and how it impacts use.
For more on culture and web design, check out Intercultural Communication on Web sites by Elizabeth Würtz, published in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. All of the articles from this journal’s themed issue on Culture and Computer-Mediated Communication are available online.
