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We’re entering an era where beautiful design is becoming cheap.
Not because design is less valuable.
Because the tools are getting incredibly good.
Anyone can generate a polished image.
Anyone can build a gradient.
Anyone can produce a cinematic mockup.
Anyone can make something look finished.
So the question is changing.
It’s no longer:
“Can you make it beautiful?”
It’s:
“Can you make the right choice?”
The restraint.
The composition.
The edit.
The uncomfortable decision to remove something that looks good but says nothing.
That’s where taste lives.
And in a world overflowing with visual noise,
taste might become the rarest design skill of all.
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