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What does “Taste” even mean?

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.

Jul 31, 2023

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People think taste is subjective, until they start to design things. Paul Graham argues that most people keep their thoughts on taste as unexamined impulses, starting from childhood. When they like something, they have no idea why—it could be because their friends like it, because it’s fashionable, or because a movie star uses it. But when you grow up and start to design things, you realize the relationship between taste and good design. 

Taste is something we all need to examine more objectively.

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Write like you design →
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The looking glass: higher-level design →
“Maybe we call it creating, or architecting, or founding, or directing, or communing with the muse or whatever. But if there is one thing I hope you take away, it is this: design is any creative endeavor in pursuit of an outcome.”


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