How to End Visual Design Debates »

“Imagine the following scenario: You’re involved in a new product design project and are presenting several visual design options to the team. Everyone in the meeting is leaning toward one direction when in the back of the room an executive’s hand shoots up. “I don’t like orange,” he says, and suddenly the meeting spirals out of control, degrading into a discussion about whether or not the square elements of the interface look too blocky, and “Could we use circles instead?”