Our readingWhat is a korrent?
Taste is the ability to distinguish excellence from mediocrity, and the hand can never consistently produce better than the eye can discern.
Drawn from what Julie Zhuo said
What these subjects mean
design How things should be made and judged: what makes a design good, who should do the designing, and what an interface is for.
taste Whether good and bad exist in made things, and how a maker comes to tell them apart.
In the views ondesignunder our view: Taste is real, one person has to hold it, and the makers should work in the medium On the topicWhat is taste, and why does it matter now?under our view: Taste is real: some things are better than others, and saying so is the point On the topicWhich mental models should a designer think with?under our view: Taste is trained: expose yourself to the best work and ask why it works On the topicWho should design software, and how?under our view: One person of taste has to be in charge, because design by committee is bad design