1st Edition

Taste: Media and Interior Design

By Karin Tehve Copyright 2023
232 Pages 51 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

232 Pages 51 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

232 Pages 51 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book traces and explores the evolution of taste from a design perspective: what it is, how it works, and what it does. Karin Tehve examines taste primarily through its recursive relationship to media. This ongoing process changes the relationship between designers and the public, and our understanding of the relationship of individuals to their social contexts. Through an analysis of... Read more

Introduction  1. Taste and books  2. Taste and photography  3. Taste and mass-media  4. Taste and magazines  5. Taste and ‘zines  6. Taste and the internet  7. Taste and social media  8. Taste and algorithms  Conclusion: The future of taste

Biography

Karin Tehve is Professor of Interior Design at Pratt Institute, where she coordinates the theory and undergraduate thesis curriculum. She has taught graduate and undergraduate studios, as well as theory and representation courses. Her own research and writing concentrates on taste, media and identity, and their intersection with the public realm. Karin founded her practice KT3Dllc in 2001 pursuing projects in architecture, interiors, and site‐specific art. Her publications include "Interiors for and on Display" in Interiors Beyond Architecture (Routledge, 2018). Karin also co-edited Interior Provocations (Routledge, 2021).