Too many br*nds at the grocery store, I can't decide, why do we need 14 br*nds of laundry detergent? Destroying br*nds is essential for the revolution.
There will be one br*nd of soup. One br*nd of soap. One br*nd of orange juice.
Lenin's Own Orange Juice. A man we can trust.
For a problem like this, I thought an ELO system would do wonderfully. People pursuing some kind of art degree could take random orders from customers and get rated for their performance based on their ability to use the skills they've been taught, how well they satisfy the customer, and their own creative flair. Artists who excel get to be in museums, attend functions, earn the degree, and get a bunch of cosmetic/prestige perks that they can flaunt. They don't need to get paid because there's an audience for ELO systems surely as there's an audience for League of Legends. Maybe a perk of working full time as an engineer is priority on artistic orders.
Things like this that are predicated on somebody who does nothing being guaranteed a roof over their head, food in their belly, and a doctor to look at their illnesses are what I envision. Then you get a dignified entrance into the labor pool filled with quality of life upgrades for doing the bare fucking minimum and cosmetic/prestige perks for going above and beyond.