# Arun

- **Website:** <https://arun.is>
- **Primary alias:** `arun.is`

## Description

Arun Venkatesan’s website is a personal platform focused on design, professional work, and creative interests. Arun is a design engineer at Petra Security in San Francisco. Previously, he redesigned and redeveloped the web user interface and design system at Miter, and co-founded Carrot Fertility as a designer. He is also an early member of South Park Commons and holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Columbia University.

The site brings together Arun’s writing, interviews, newsletter, and selected work. His articles explore design across technology, products, transport, typography, and everyday life, with subjects ranging from Japanese railways and Leica cameras to Apple, Sony, Muji, and personal desk setups. The site also features interviews with people in the design and creative communities, including conversations about prime lenses, blogs, and useful tools. Visitors can subscribe to the newsletter, browse his work, and find links to his social profiles and contact details. Arun’s personal interests include running marathons, learning Mandarin Chinese, and traveling with his wife and children.

## Industries

- 🖥 Computers Electronics and Technology
- 🖥 Computer Security _(under Computers Electronics and Technology)_
- 🍿 Arts and Entertainment
- 🍿 Visual Arts and Design _(under Arts and Entertainment)_

## Links

- [github](https://github.com/arun-is)
- [instagram](https://instagram.com/zhenpixels)
- [twitter](https://twitter.com/zhenpixels)

## Logos & icons

- logo _(primary)_ — PNG, SVG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/id062VAg30/w/820/h/820/theme/dark/logo.png?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1792496351312)
- icon _(primary)_ — JPEG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/id062VAg30/w/100/h/100/theme/dark/icon.jpeg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1792496351401)

## Colors

| Name | Hex | Theme |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mine Shaft | #303030 | dark |
| Seashell | #f1f1f1 | light |
| Gray | #7f7f7f | accent |

## Fonts

- Space Mono — asset _(google)_
- Space Grotesk — asset _(google)_

## Imagery

- banner _(primary)_ — JPEG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/id062VAg30/w/1500/h/500/idyyG2J-rf.jpeg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1720121810443)

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