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The future of Design is not about competing with AI!
Check out the project here! - https://www.visiteamazonia.com.br/en/
Not about competing with AI is the framing I wish showed up more instead of the usual doom takes. On this specific project, where did AI end up doing the heavy lifting versus just speeding up something you'd have done anyway?
I remember this design.., it gave me hope that there is hope for traditional designers
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"The Museum of Us"
I began this project challenge with a simple question:
What if stock isn't just a collection of assets? What if it's the memory of our species?
That single thought reshaped every creative decision that followed.
Instead of telling a story about AI, I chose to tell the story of the millions of human moments that made AI possible: every photograph, every illustration, every frame, every sound, preserved by creators across generations.
My "Human by Design" moment wasn't a single edit. It was choosing this perspective, then refining every frame until the film served that idea.
Created using Envato's ecosystem.
#EnvatoChallenge #Contra
Cache visuals and unique way of story telling 🖤
AI gave ideas. Human judgment built the brand.
For the Human by Design Challenge, I created Cronut Café; a conceptual bakery brand, to explore how AI can speed up ideation without replacing creative direction.
I used Envato's ImageGen to generate early logo concepts, then relied on my own judgment to refine the logo, typography, colour palette, and visual identity in Adobe Illustrator. Once the brand direction felt right, I returned to Envato to create mockups, also using VideoGen to bring the identity to life through motion.
The biggest decision was knowing what to keep, what to change, and what to throw away.
That's the part of design that will never change 🚀
Thanks @Envato and @Contra for the challenge! 💚
The Cronut Café name and that latte art shot sell the concept before you even read the caption. Good call using ImageGen just for early concepts and pulling it into Illustrator once you had a direction, that workflow keeps the judgment where it should be.
I CREATED A PRODUCT WITH A MORE HUMAN DESIGN USING @Envato #envatochallenge
Instead of relying only on AI, I stepped outside to find inspiration in the real world.
I explored different places, captured my own photographs, studied colors, textures, shapes, and details, then combined those real-life elements into a single product design.
AI can generate images, but it can't replace the experience of discovering inspiration with your own eyes.
Every photo I took became a piece of the final creation, making the product feel authentic, personal, and impossible to recreate through prompts alone.
Envato Tools i used for creating this product:
🔥 Gen Ai
- ImageGen and Styles
- ImageEdit
- VideoGen and Preset
- MusicGen
- Mockup Gen
🔥 Stock
- Photo
- Videos
- Video templates
- Luts
- Music
- Sound Effects
- Fonts
#HumanByDesign #CreativeProcess #Design #AI
