“The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste. And I don't mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way, in the sense that they don't think of original ideas, and they don't bring much culture into their products.” ThinkingWayInspirationalMeanIdeasProblemBigsCultureTechnologyProductsTasteOriginalsMicrosoftBest JobOriginal IdeasBest DesignSmall Jobs Author:Steve Jobs
“Art is one of the few products that is almost a totally emotional buy. It is a mystery what contributes to a person's personal taste. However, being educated about the artist and his/her career may influence your decision regarding a purchase.” MayPersonsArtArtistDecisionCareersMysteryInfluenceEmotionalProductsTasteArt IsEducatedPersonal Taste Author:Ernest West Basden
“There are a lot of products still to be discovered in the world and experimentation, for example with seafood and fish. There are thousands of products that we're not eating right now that maybe will be cultivated in a good agriculture situation, a sustainable, ecological way. Maybe there will be textures or flavors we hadn't even thought of. In the Amazon there are 400 fruits that are not cultivated right now. They're just incredible fruits. Textures, tastes that we don't know right now.” KnowsWorldWayStillsSituationExampleFoodProductsTasteRight NowEatingFruitIncrediblesFishesAgricultureFlavorTextureEcologicalAmazonExperimentationSeafoodEating Right Author:Ferran Adria
“I have put [the word] "discoveries" in inverted commas because scientific results, perhaps as much at least as artistic achievements, are a product of contemporary taste, driven by momentary appetites rather than eternal verities.” ResultsProductsTasteAchievementEternalDiscoveryDrivenContemporaryArtisticAppetiteMomentaryInverted Author:Stephen Bayley
“Gas grills are a no-no. Gas is a petroleum product. Rather than a smokey flavor, it will add a a petroleum-based weird taste into your meat. However, if you already have a gas grill, you can bring in some smoke flavor by tightly rolling wood chips in tin foil really tight and placing them on the top of your burners.” IfsProductsTasteAddWoodsSmokeMeatGasRollingFlavorChipsTinPetroleumFoils Author:Johnny Trigg
“H. L. Mencken once said that nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public. That is not true. I have come to believe that it pays to make all your layouts project a feeling of good taste, provided that you do it unobtrusively. An ugly layout suggests an ugly product. There are very few products which do not benefit from being given a first class ticket through life.” FirstsBelieveSaidFeelingsGivenPayClassProductsTasteBenefitsProjectsUglyBrokeTicketsUnderestimateGood TasteFirst ClassLayout Book:Confessions of an advertising man Source: Confessions of an advertising man
“The idea of devoting two years of my life to making a corporate product that looks and smells and tastes like a lot of other things out there with just a different trademark character is a bore.” YearsLooksTwoIdeasDifferentCharacterProductsTasteSmellCorporateTwo YearsBoresTrademarks Author:James Mangold
“Little by little we discover that we don't need to eat animal products at all, because there are so many healthier alternatives that taste great. The trick is going easy with yourself so that you can find your way comfortably. Then you'll stick with it.” WayNeedsLittlesEasyAnimalProductsTasteSticksTricksAlternatives Author:Kathy Freston
“Relentless improvement of the product and upgrading of consumer tastes are the heart of mass merchandising.” HeartProductsTasteMassImprovementConsumersRelentlessMerchandisingUpgrading Book:The True and Only Heaven: Progress and Its Critics Source: The True and Only Heaven: Progress and Its Critics