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Taste is not innate; it is a loop of noticing whether you like something, asking why, and learning the canon that led to it.

Drawn from what Dylan Field said

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taste Whether good and bad exist in made things, and how a maker comes to tell them apart.

What is taste, and why does it matter now?under our view: Taste is learned, by looking closely and keeping score, not born Which mental models should a designer think with?under our view: Taste is trained: expose yourself to the best work and ask why it works

What Dylan Field actually said

  1. Dylan Field Co-founder and chief executive of Figma
    It's just this loop of okay, I'm having an experience of any sense. Maybe I'm looking at art, maybe I'm hearing music, maybe I'm literally eating food and tasting something, you know, but like do I like it? Do I not like it? Why?

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