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Anshika Goel
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AI can generate a thousand ideas in seconds. But can it tell which one is worth remembering?
That's a question I keep coming back to as a designer.
So I decided to explore it through Naad — a limited-edition coffee series built around the intersection of AI and human creativity.
Every blend was co-created with AI, from flavour exploration and naming to visual direction, then refined through human intuition, storytelling and design.
And that's where things got interesting.
Some ideas looked beautiful but lacked meaning. Others had potential but needed a different perspective. The real creative process was in questioning, selecting, rejecting and rebuilding until everything felt right.
The result isn't simply an AI-designed brand. It's a collaboration: precision from the machine, emotion from the human.
Here's a closer look at the concept, visual identity and packaging.
Because generating ideas is easy. Knowing which ones deserve to exist is still a creative decision.
I'd love to know: As AI becomes better at generating, will a designer's greatest value lie in what they create, or in what they choose not to create?
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