designer in chief
- noun
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diseñador jefe
- As the designer in chief, he is in charge of coordinating all design aspects of the festival.
Examples
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Claire was appointed as the designer in chief for the new art gallery project.
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All right, I had a lovely chat with Claire, the designer in chief of Mausoleum One.
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The designer in chief will oversee the entire renovation of the historic building.
Synonyms
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A person who plans how things will look and work, for example buildings or products
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Morphology
The meaning 'primary designer responsible for overseeing a project' is directly derivable from combining 'designer' (one who designs) with 'in chief' where 'chief' means primary or principal; the construction follows a transparent title pattern (e.g. editor-in-chief). This composition is cross-linguistically familiar and uses no metaphorical shift, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Designer in chief comes from job titles that put designer and chief together to show the main leader. Imagine the head designer standing in front of a team and directing the plans — that picture explains why it means the primary designer who is 'in charge' of a project.