Trend List Generator — OUGD501

The Trend List Generator is an algorithmic app that will make any text into a 'trendy' design. It's Nice That puts it more appropriately with "Instantly become a graphic designer with Trend List's Design Generator" (http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/trend-list-generator)

This is clearly a very pastiche way of looking at trends within design. So much so that at the end of the article INT states;

'Only kidding. Graphic design is a hideously complex beast, as we’re all fully aware, but we’ve got to hand it to Trend List for creating a fun piece of web genius that reminds us all not to take ourselves too seriously.'

Yet, people will take this seriously and honestly think that an app made for novelty, is for creating work that can replace the designer and simulate what they might think to be an appropriate response to their issue. This app is somewhat a dangerous move when the design industry is concerned, in order to be taken seriously, those who are ill-informed and not so aware of the purpose for this app will assume design is as easy as clicking 'generate' within an app on their mobile.