Sep 23, 2026 · 44 min · 13 segments
Pull up a chair, and maybe retire one word before you sit down. This week we're taking on design language fatigue: chic, elevated, curated, light and airy, and the whole overworked vocabulary of the…
Sam BrooksHost
Caitlin HenryHost
That's just kind of tastemaking influencing, even like we're guilty of this in corporate America, obviously anytime we want, you know, the execs to really buy into something curated and elevated.
What really sent me was the, the chic movement where people are posting about toast being chic.
kind of chic trend is basically like people posting, I like when people are doing it and like they're cute, quirky things, like kind of chic to, you know, shop small and shop local.
I liked it when it was a little more personal and true to someone else and their own, you know, vibes.
And I think because of this, it just kind of brings up the whole thought of, you know, what are all of these design industry buzzwords? Why do we have them? Why do they become fatigued and overused? So it's a great topic for today, especially with everything going on in the internet.
That's just kind of tastemaking influencing, even like we're guilty of this in corporate America, obviously anytime we want, you know, the execs to really buy into something curated and elevated.
What really sent me was the, the chic movement where people are posting about toast being chic.
kind of chic trend is basically like people posting, I like when people are doing it and like they're cute, quirky things, like kind of chic to, you know, shop small and shop local.
I liked it when it was a little more personal and true to someone else and their own, you know, vibes.
And I think because of this, it just kind of brings up the whole thought of, you know, what are all of these design industry buzzwords? Why do we have them? Why do they become fatigued and overused? So it's a great topic for today, especially with everything going on in the internet.
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