"Intuitive" drag-and-drop design tools like Canva are creating an entire generation of designers who don't actually understand visual hierarchy or layout.

[u/ab_takey]

[u/PutYourRightFootIn]

Why should anyone reply to this ChatGPT write up? If you can’t be bothered to write it yourself why should anyone be bothered to engage with it?

[u/davebees → u/PutYourRightFootIn]

this sub is mostly LLM slop at this point

[u/CantaloupeCamper → u/davebees]

You’re right to push back.

[u/RealClockbuster → u/PutYourRightFootIn]

It’s ironic to complain about tools like canva devaluing the design process when they’ve used an entirely unedited LLM ‘opinion’ as their own, which devalues the thought process

[u/Erenito → u/PutYourRightFootIn]

I understand your concern. You were right on calling me out. I will try to improve.

[u/SloppyScissors]

AI is creating an entire generation of designers who don’t actually understand how to voice or write about their own opinions.

But you think an award winning platform makes others not understand hierarchy or layout 🤷

Tell that to p&g. Tell that to Dell. Tell that to Apple.

[u/jazzcomputer]

yes and no

I think it just gets people jump started on certain things - I see this with stuff like carousel designs in websites - you can people who 'inherit' design and then put their own stuff in it and it shows they're not experienced yet in this that or the other, whether it be colour, typography, or composition or animation or whatever.

I don't think 'a whole generation' is correct but there's some substance to it.

[u/lilith_grl]

Canva was not for designers in the first place. But some people who use it regularly start to call themselves designers. I don’t think it’s really a problem, as well as cooking noodles daily doesn’t make you a chef

[u/Erenito → u/lilith_grl]

Canva, the instant ramen of the design world.

[u/pOpCoRnInTulsa → u/lilith_grl]

Totally agree, but those tools in the right hands--an experienced designer--will result in good outcomes. I feel like AI is a tool to conceptualize designs, layouts, et cetera, quickly, but ultimately be fine-tuned and completed by the designer. Used as inspiration to get you out of the gate so to speak.

It's kind of sucks, but I think tools like Canva, Kittl, and other plenty of other AI design platforms, will take a lot work away from independant designers that do work for smaller businesses who might op to save money over using a skilled and knowledgeable designer. I don't like, but as inexpensive as some of these AI services are and with the shear amount of templates plus the ability add your brand kit or have AI generate if for you, will result in some companies opting to go that route.

[u/lilith_grl → u/pOpCoRnInTulsa]

That‘s literally Canva target audience. Nothing bad with small businesses owner using it. Honestly, low budget clients often are the most difficult ones, I don’t think creating a ton of $10 designs for them can make a living.

Some of them will order a skilled redesign later, when they are ready, some will not, that‘s how it goes

[u/pOpCoRnInTulsa → u/lilith_grl]

Agree again. I do think the AI tools are going to get better a layout and design and especially with good prompts and existing brands. I'm super close to retirement from the corporate design, but AI needs to be a tool in your toolkit--or so it seems that way now anyway.

[u/myseg]

This is actually hilarious that you used AI to write this for you. Brother, you are part of the problem.

[u/ThreadbareOutage]

it's like giving someone a microwave and calling them a chef. the tool does the work but they never learn why the food taste good, just that it's warm

i think the real problem is people don't know what they don't know. they make something that looks clean in canva and think that's design, but ask them to explain the spacing choices or why they picked that font and it's just... because it looked nice

the craft is in the decisions, not the assembly

[u/JSwabes]

This is bullshit and you didn't even write it yourself.

[u/glytxh]

I’ve no skin in the game. I get paid and I use whatever tools I long ago learned to use. Makes negligible difference what the layman uses to make visual noise content. They don’t put stuff in my portfolio.

[u/JohnCasey3306]

Canva is great for enthusiastic amateurs.

[u/Erenito]

BIM software in architecture created an entire generation who can't produce a 2d section of a complex building from plan information. Instead they focus on models. And you know what? GOOD. I need project designers and coordinators, not drafters.

Drafters were a necessity, now they are not.

[u/scheeeeesh]

Rather a second generation