too many trends, not enought taste
a collection of resources for a work article on trends: Topic territory: “Too Many Trends, Not Enough Taste”: Is the Internet’s Tidal Wave of Trends Fueling a New Era of Criticism?
too many trends, not enought taste
Have Algorithms Destroyed Personal Taste?
vox.com
Taste is about discovery, having interest in things, and making a lot of mistakes. It’s about trying to find the authentic set of choices that both reflect your own background, but also the choices and discoveries that you have made consciously and deliberately. It's always changing and it's also always in reflection of what everyone else is doing... See more
Tahirah Hairston • RLT Interview #4: W. David Marx, Writer
really like this idea of personal taste as a mirror of collective behavior
“We started talking about vibes in September 2020,” says Dr Antonia Ward, chief futurist at trends intelligence company Stylus. “We were looking at how social media was reflecting a more chaotic mood. Before that, platforms such as Instagram had been quite buttoned down and filtered, but something shifted. We began sending a more impressionistic... See more
archive.is
Nuance and complexity aren’t part of our culture anymore. Everything has to be easy, and quantifiable, and simple to understand.
Noah designer, The Cutting Room Floor podcast via TikTok
Have Bows Gone Too Far? (Yes, Bows Have Gone Too Far.) (Published 2023)
nytimes.com
May be able to find a brand example here that proves how cringe it can be for them to try to jump on every micro-trend
In his 1967 book Society of the Spectacle , the French philosopher Guy Debord introduced the concept of recuperation: the process by which subcultural ideas and images become commodified and reincorporated into mainstream society. Throughout the 20th century, recuperation was achieved through mass media. It was done with the intent or effect of... See more
Terry Nguyen • Trends are dead
would be interested in exploring this concept further: recuperation
W. David Marx argues in his book “Status and Culture.” We want what other people have in order to fit in, but eventually abandon those same things once we see them as too accessible to the masses.
New York Times • rw-embedded-content[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/07/style/gen-z-trend-cycle.html]
Everything is accessible to everyone, which means that people’s desire to reel it in and “gatekeep” is a natural response. At least according to W. David Marx
Inspired by a Children’s Book, They’re Having a ‘Strega Nona September’
nytimes.com
Strega Nona core was the “vibe” for fall 2024