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Taste is
a skill.

We teach it.

A course for designers who can build anything and still can’t say why one version is better than the other.

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01 — Why this exists

Three honest reasons I made this.

Short, and almost all of it is work.

02 — The truth

Taste is not a
personality trait.

It’s the accumulated result of what you’ve looked at, how closely, and how many times you’ve asked yourself why something works.

Most designers consume references passively. Open Awwwards, scroll, feel vaguely inspired, close the tab — then build the same thing they built last time.

This course is the practice underneath. Not tutorials — the judgement behind them.

03 — The work

What you’ll be able to build.

Full builds from the course, walked through decision by decision.

04 — The system

Seven lessons, one orbit.

Click a planet to explore a lesson.

05 — Is this for you

Made for people who already build things.

i.
Designers & developers

You can already build, but you keep landing on work that looks like everyone else’s.

ii.
Freelancers

You want to charge more and you know the work has to justify it.

iii.
Anyone using AI tools

You’re watching the sameness creep into your output and you want out.

Not for total beginners — you should be able to build a site already. This is about making it good, not about making it at all. And not for anyone looking for templates. There are none. Templates are the reason the work all looks the same.

06 — Enrolment

One price. Lifetime access.

Everything you get
$499
$350

Already bought the build-along? Your $49 comes off — pay $301.

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Arina, founder of Aalto Digital Atelier
07 — About

Hey, I’m Arina. I run Aalto Digital Atelier.

A studio that builds sites people describe as experiences rather than pages. We take a handful of clients at a time.

I didn’t learn this in school. I learned it in Italy, in Bali, in Singapore — in galleries, cinemas and markets, looking closely at things that had nothing to do with the web and everything to do with why some things feel considered and others feel assembled.

That’s what’s in here. Not tutorials. The judgement behind them.

With contributions from Anna, senior graphic designer at the studio.

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08 — Questions

Things you may wonder

Good taste isn’t given.
It’s built.
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