After Adobe MAX, a design educator lists 10 fundamentals AI tools can't replace
rufusd · x · 2026-11-12
After Adobe MAX's wave of AI features split designers between excitement and job anxiety, design educator rufusd lists 10 non-negotiable fundamentals: seeing/composition, typography, grids, color, image making, vector thinking, production, the brief, design history, and critique. Software comes last — learn the craft first so tools become instruments, not crutches; assistants can take the tedious parts but judgment stays yours.
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