The phrase "astute designers" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe designers who are clever, perceptive, and able to make good judgments in their work.
Example: "The project was a success thanks to the astute designers who anticipated the needs of the users."
Alternatives: "shrewd designers" or "insightful designers".
As one astute designer puts it, "most urban people really don't want things made by other urban people… they want to buy into a dream".
The astute designer may advantageously exploit this freedom.
But his reputation was resurrected in 2000 when Tony Cunningham and Simon Alderson from the astute design-led furniture supplier twentytwentyone tracked down the designer and put the Kingston Range back into production as the WP Range.
Much of the criticism stems from the fact that in London, an astute young designer who knows how to manipulate the media to gain exposure is regarded with suspicion.
One of the most astute and complicated designers of his generation, Mr. Margiela would have to rely on the good will of his audience if he expected people to see design virtues (or signs of effort) in beige minidresses with jumbo cowl necks, one-shoulder jersey tops sweeping over mismatched leggings, and black leather jackets that soared upward at the shoulder like a smokestack.
The designer Stuart Vevers came up with a few astute tricks, stripping leather down to the bare essentials — like jackets without linings and reversible coats — and then cutting them back to let even more air in.
Astute art dealers -- Mary Boone, Paula Cooper, Larry Gagosian and Barbara Gladstone among them -- soon followed suit, as have trendy fashion designers, including Versace and Helmut Lang, who want their wares to be perceived as art.
The theatrical designer Patrick Kinmonth has arranged them in attitudes of studied misbehavior, redeemed by astute historical awareness.
With so many British fashion designers struggling to keep afloat, it would be churlish to turn noses up at such astute commercial sense.
"He's the only designer in the world who has been able to combine real creative genius with astute business sense".
