Thiago Costa - Cultivating taste as a designer
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Thiago Costa - Cultivating taste as a designer

If you asked me “who has the best taste in design right now?” one of the first people I’d mention is Thiago Costa.

His product Fey is in the S-tier of design and I’ve studied his visual techniques for many years.

Finally, after over a 12 months of pestering he agreed to share his secrets in a interview 🙌

We go deep into:

  • Mastering the finer details of craft
  • Putting AI at the heart of the new Fey 2.0
  • Where Thiago draws inspiration outside of UI
  • What it looks like to have a “heightened awareness”
  • How Thiago evolved the Fey aesthetic from 1.0 to 2.0
  • Specific visual techniques for making your UI more lifelike
  • a lot more

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