What Karri Saarinen thinks about education
Co-founder and CEO of Linear; previously principal designer at Airbnb, where he led the Design Language System, and founding designer at Coinbase.
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1 dated position, 2010, in their own words. Our reading of what Karri Saarinen has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsIn making products, taste is not a matter of opinion, but an actual sense of sophistication that a person has. People who make new things need to practice taste and recognize beauty when they see it. Schools or education have very little to teach in the area of taste, you need to get involved in making something real.