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@johnmaeda It’s interesting that some people can’t agree if this is good design or not and others think we will be able to encode taste into models. I’m unsure about both *for me*, but feel confident there are people who will dislike this design and deem taste models a success

WHEN DESIGN MAKES U WORK: I was staring at this calendar page by designer Umut Altıntaş for the June 2026, trying to understand it. And then when I finally did, it "clicked" in that great way a brilliant design manages to hit you when you’re least prepared for it. In the consumer domain, we tend to not design with this advanced approach because it's not going to make sense to as many people as we may like. For that reason, it's the kind of design approach that foundation AI models will likely scratch their heads at, too. This kind of work lives more in the world of “design science“ and the appreciation of extreme expressions of form. You can call them puzzles to a degree. But I like to think the word “puzzle“ just means “not immediately obvious unless you really work at it really hard.“ When I ask an expensive foundation model what it “sees“ the response is: > The calendar does not place numbers into a grid. It allows the numbers to reveal the grid through their own pressure, rhythm and collision. I thought this later interpretation by the model was closer to how I “see” it: > The uncomfortable spacing is intentional. The numbers almost touch, and some appear to merge. For example, 9 10 11 12 13 14 can initially look like one long, malformed series of number 9 10 111 21 314. But what I feel is obviously missing is the feeling I get when it “clicks“ in my brain. When I’ve solved the puzzle. And especially in a way knowing that the calendar design isn‘t practical for daily use, and so I didn’t have to solve the puzzle. I could have just looked at my smartphone screen to figure out what today is. But it‘s human to enjoy wasting time. But it didn’t feel wasted. I felt like I reinvigorated my visual puzzle-solving skills. So when you consider what “design“ is, and you’re looking to improve in this space, I recommend that you don‘t spend too much time on looking at designs that are simply beautiful or clever. Look at ones that are difficult to understand. Waste some time with them. You willl gain the kind of strength that will serve you well as we continue to barrel forward in this unusual era for creativity being challenged in this new machine age. —JM --- From the 2026 @Morisawa_JP Calendar Project

@danliu It’s called “the mean”

there should be a term for this "beige" phase of web design.

Can’t wait to remix my body scans with old images scanned out of Omni magazine

Taste is by nature a relative measure.

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@sugandhanisa Taste is an ever moving point on the horizon. You can get closer to it, and even stay close to it for some time, but the longer you are “tasteful” the faster the tastes of your audience change

replugging my essay, “taste is not scalable” where I had the audacity to quote Kant on taste coz this is getting a bit ridiculous. taste in what? art assets? typography? writing? static design? video editing? cinematography? UI? interaction design? UX? taxonomies? copy? TASTE IN WHAT? WHOSE TASTE? AND THEIR TASTE IN WHAT? AND WHAT WILL THAT BEING FORMULISED DO FOR ANYONE? tech industry didn’t have the vocabulary to discuss human art and creativity so it’s created a new binary definition: taste vs slop. naturally, there were going to be models and companies “solving” for taste. it started with “context”. I don’t mean to diss on this company, I know others too in this space and it’s been the most soulless work to watch which is really something if you’re going to turn “taste” into your category. you know what’s the real slop? these catchphrases and whoever keeps coming up with them. ghibli’s work is BEYOND “tasteful”. AI generated ghiblislop is bottom of the trash pile. go figure. TASTE IS NOT SCALABLE. sugandha.substack.com/p/taste-is-not…

@RaminNasibov The Scarab of Ra

Anyone who used a computer between 1985-2010. What’s the one game you still think about?

Very cool

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Grilling fish listening to Don Cherry

@chrismartz Also: up up, down down, left right, AB AB

what is user experience design?

@chrismartz The design of experiencing users

Dj Koze is one of my personal creative north stars. The man is a genius, blending so many disparate styles together.

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