A designer and a critic talk about taste without a single moodboard—on judgment, influence, and the moment you finally stop collecting other people’s eyes.
Culture
Taste, media, and the slower currents underneath the feed.
Most newsletters arrive as noise. This one earned a reread—and a note on what “useful” now means when every inbox is already stuffed with unasked-for advice.
A UI preference became a mood, then a brand, then a personality test we did not ask for. How dark mode left the settings panel and quietly entered the self.