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How to train your taste as a designer

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A conversation with Readymag's designers and Andre do Amaral about what taste means today, how to develop it, and, most importantly, how to use it at work. Recently, Andre do Amaral from Savee wrote a wonderful piece about how, with the rise of AI, taste is emerging as the main design skill. We couldn’t agree more—so we asked our designers, and Andre himself, what taste means today, what constitutes “good” or “bad” taste, how to develop it, and, most importantly, how to use it at work. Speakers: Andre do Amaral, co-founder of Savee. Alexandra Golubeva, product designer at Readymag. Mariia Chupina, marketing designer at Readymag. Andre: Taste is your inner filter, the quiet yes or no that guides what you keep, and what you let go. Style is how that filter shows up on the surface, the pattern of your choices. Visual literacy is the grammar, the part that helps you read what you’re seeing, composition, hierarchy, contrast, pacing. Alexandra: Taste is what you like subconsciously, without

Recently, Andre do Amaral from Savee wrote a wonderful piece about how, with the rise of AI, taste is emerging as the main design skill. We couldn’t agree more—so we asked our designers, and Andre himself, what taste means today, what constitutes “good” or “bad” taste, how to develop it, and, most importantly, how to use it at work. Speakers: Andre do Amaral, co-founder of Savee. Alexandra Golubeva, product designer at Readymag. Mariia Chupina, marketing designer at Readymag. Andre do Amaral, Alexandra Golubeva, Mariia Chupina The matrix of taste Andre: Taste is your inner filter, the…

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