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Taste Is A Skill
Taste Is A Skill
You’re not born with taste. You build it.
You’re not born with taste. You build it.
by
Signedninth
1
min read
We talk about taste like it’s innate, something you either have or don’t. But in reality, taste is trained. Sharpened. Shaped over time.
It comes from consuming good work. From studying why certain things move you. From noticing what others overlook, the texture in a photograph, the silence in a layout, the patience in a colour palette.
In a studio, taste is our compass. It helps us edit more than we add. It tells us when something’s off before we know why. It’s the gut feeling that guides us, but that gut has been fed for years.
Clients sometimes think the creative process is just inspiration. But most of the time, it’s taste doing the heavy lifting.
We know what not to do. What to hold back. What to refine one more time.
And that makes all the difference between something that looks okay…
and something that feels right.
We talk about taste like it’s innate, something you either have or don’t. But in reality, taste is trained. Sharpened. Shaped over time.
It comes from consuming good work. From studying why certain things move you. From noticing what others overlook, the texture in a photograph, the silence in a layout, the patience in a colour palette.
In a studio, taste is our compass. It helps us edit more than we add. It tells us when something’s off before we know why. It’s the gut feeling that guides us, but that gut has been fed for years.
Clients sometimes think the creative process is just inspiration. But most of the time, it’s taste doing the heavy lifting.
We know what not to do. What to hold back. What to refine one more time.
And that makes all the difference between something that looks okay…
and something that feels right.



