INTRODUCING TASTE 1.0: A MODEL FOR DESIGNERS

Summary from the TLDR Design newsletter

Taste 1.0 is a design system model consisting of structured markdown files that encode organizational design decisions, token rules, and component conventions to guide AI-generated outputs. The approach shifts the focus from selecting better AI models to building intelligent routing systems that leverage specialized agents and shared knowledge graphs, with task-specific guidelines to maintain consistency. Organizations should start with core foundation files that define tokens, patterns, and governance rules, then route design tasks to appropriate specialists while validating outputs against documented standards.