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Type article
Creator Paul Graham
Date
Tags design, aesthetics, essay

Taste for Makers

  • The core claim that good design is not subjective but has identifiable properties is provocative and mostly convincing
  • “Good design is simple” and “good design is timeless” feel right but also like things people say without fully believing
  • The connection between math and design was the most interesting part — symmetry, inevitability, surprise
  • Useful framing: taste is the ability to recognize good work, and you develop it by studying lots of examples