Notes on Taste with Colin King With this special piece, I’m launching the Notes on Taste series - a monthly exploration of taste as a form of cultural and social currency. Over the coming months, I’ll be interviewing different tastemakers to uncover how they developed their vision, their perspective on influence, and what taste means in today’s world.

In a culture obsessed with more - more content, more followers, more noise - operates in the opposite direction. The New York-based stylist and designer has built his reputation through an almost radical commitment to restraint, treating interior styling like a masterclass in editing: knowing exactly what to include, and more importantly, what to leave out.

From his bestselling book Arranging Things to collaborations with some of the world’s leading brands, King has established himself as a tastemaker whose influence extends far beyond the rooms he styles. His aesthetic philosophy centers on what he calls “choreographing stillness,” treating spaces with the same attention to rhythm and tension he once applied to dance. More recently, he’s launched , a newsletter that explores the final ten percent of design: “the instinct. The pause. The slightly off-center object that changes the mood of the room”. It’s styling as meditation, where moving a bowl an inch becomes an act of presence.

In our conversation, King reveals how his background in movement shaped his approach to objects, why restraint feels radical in a world of noise, and why true tastemaking requires living with your choices long enough to understand them.

Thank you and welcome, Colin.

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