About Chrome47
Chrome47 is based on the philosophy of making things that make sense. When you see a Chrome47 logo, you should say, “Aha!” A Chrome47 website should make you instinctively say, “I get it!”
Chrome47 is run by Brad Blackman, a designer with over a decade of experience in print and front-end web design, largely in business-to-business marketing for the publishing and healthcare arenas in Nashville, Tennessee.
I believe in the essence of visual and information design: combining seemingly unrelated things by using tools such as images and typography to convey a specific message. My two main design philosophies are ‘communicate, don’t decorate’ and ‘delight and inform.’ This gives me a certain incentive to produce the most effective work possible.
What does “Chrome47″ mean?
Nope, it’s not code for anything. It’s just a handle that I (Brad Blackman) used on various websites here and there way back in the day.
The “chrome” part comes from the title of William Gibson’s collection of short stories, Burning Chrome. I’m a bit of a cyberpunk, post-cyberpunk, and sci-fi fan.
The number 47 is supposedly the “quintessential” random number. There’s even a 47 Society dedicated to the mystery. The number is significant on the TV show “Alias.” Told ya I liked sci-fi.