Sam Chapman

A lot of people associate the rise of “New Media” with @a16z. But it actually belongs to @ColinandSamir. And it started when they decided to turn the camera around and document the era of YouTube that would make it more popular than television. They made it to the top, and then extended the ladder to creators like me. This is new media. This is Taste. Episode coming soon.

Really coming into our own way as a studio. Posters and some awesome collateral for each episode of This is Taste incoming. @soren_iverson episode looking good

I genuinely love our team at @enjoyersmedia. I'm having some of the most challenging fun of my life and it's because of this crew. Not pictured: - Director of Photography - Sound - Camera Op - Newest editor Humbled by how much this team believes in our mission and the massive challenges ahead.

Measuring velocity of designers is absolute bullsh*" says @sravienna, CDO at @metalab Speed isn't about cutting corners. It's about building trust. The faster you demonstrate momentum, the more goodwill you earn. And that goodwill buys you the space for quality work. Her team uses "Tarantinos": Play out the end of the movie fast, throw everything at the wall, kill your darlings. 80% won't work. But you need space to find the 20% that becomes magic. Full interview: youtu.be/nuVCTOwUS-Y

He's been designing for 25+ years, and his work is an example of pushing tools further. You're familiar with @mrblackstudio. His stack is Figma, Framer, Midjourney, ChatGPT. That's it. Lee is one of my favorite designer’s of recent memory, and this is one of my favorite convos. New State of Play is up.

New State of Play with @eschadiol from @perplexity_ai. She made those @comet invitations that looked hand-crafted but scaled to 10k+ unique outputs. Trained her own models to pull it off. Also runs a record label on the side. Uses AI to demo ideas to producers, then works with them to make the real thing. We got into how Perplexity’s design team actually works, and why prompting isn't a gimmick skill. Full episode on YouTube.

Designers have regularly been sending me some really cool things they're creating. So I asked you to send me short video walking through your tool usage. Show me what you built and how you built it. It's pretty incredible to see how you guys are building with these tools. @Luvnits created a graffiti ink tool using Figma Make. He took a physics approach to making sure the ink-bleed was realistic and variable. @victoria_framer used @floraai and @framer to test ideas faster than I've seen anyone move. @fw3d rebuilt a @contra branding effect in @hiunicornstudio just to understand how it worked. If you're into this kind of stuff, first episode is live now. Send me your work, I want to see how you made it. youtube.com/watch?v=R8imeWfB…

I've spent the year studying how designers are exploring. Then the @karrisaarinen vs. @ryolu_ debate kicked off, and it captured everything I've been seeing this year. I sat down to write a 60 second video about it. 6 hours later I'd written something more. Reasonable hyperbole: this was the most important convo in design this year. Featuring: - @steveruizok - @asallen - @mrblackstudio - @floguo - @raunofreiberg - @weberwongwong - @tomjohndesign - @stephenhaney - @basementstudio - @samraaj

Team is stacked going into 2026: Design, dev, video production and a great network of film crew excited to show up when we need them. We talk all day about "taste" in craft. But when you have great taste in people and talent, really cool things happen. It's a big theme in my upcoming episode with Colin & Samir. Shoutouts to the Enjoyers Studio team that believes in this chaotic little mission: @legendofbern @editedbysam @agustineguia @adnastu @AlexAperios @kylezantos @laurilllll And a huge thank you to our partners in crime: @JKaplan1 + @benjamweiss and the rest of the @smoothmedia_ team for flexing with our moonshots and helping us get there.

If you are a designer who: 1. Has recently created something dope (visually impressive, real or experimental) 2. Wants to be spotlighted in a video 3. Can get me some BTS assets by end of next week (looms walking through the files, list of tools used, throwaway iterations, etc) Then hit me up. I’d like to feature you, spotlight your process, and share your work with my audience across socials and newsletter. I’ve heard this has been helpful in getting designers more clients and new jobs, and I want to start doing it more meaningfully.

Grateful for support like this made possible by our @enjoyersmedia team: @legendofbern @adnastu @agustineguia @editedbysam Go check out the newest video.

This was my first original episode I shot from my series "This is Taste". It was delayed. Rewritten 4 times. @soren_iverson and his agency @iverson have built a world-class studio using absurdity as a design tool. You're gonna dig this one. Tomorrow at 7AM PST