# Chat-Based Design Platforms Olokuta Uses Messaging to Create Designs for Clients By Joey Haar | Published 2016-07-12 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/chatbased-design References: [producthunt](https://www.producthunt.com/tech/olokuta-2) & [olokuta](http://www.olokuta.com/?ref=producthunt) Logos, website design, and collateral imaging are essential for any business, but hiring a full-time, in-house designer can be overkill; in response, Olokuta lets its clients order product design through their freelance, [chat-based design platform](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/chatbased-application). With 14 designers working exclusively with Olokuta, clients use the chat platform to order their design from the Olokuta team, eliminating the hassle of searching out a freelance designer. All clients need to do is fill out a short questionnaire, chat to settle on a price and a designer and receive top quality graphics. The chat-based design site can be used for [website design, UI/UX design](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/heroui-chat), [logo design](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/free-logo-designer), app design, and virtually anything else that requires a skilled design professional. Olokuta's designer network has been created through an invite-only system, so all designs will be professional-quality. Aside from the designers themselves, Olokuta assigns each project a design manager to ensure that the client's project stay on time and on budget. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.2/10 - Popularity: 28% | Activity: 59% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 30% men, 70% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/design) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Chat-based Design Platforms:** Olokuta's chat-based design platform disrupts the traditional hiring process by allowing clients to easily order product design through a messaging system. - **Freelance Design Networks:** Olokuta's network of 14 designers offers a disruptive innovation opportunity in the freelance design industry by providing a convenient and reliable platform for clients to connect with professional designers. - **Design Management Platforms:** Olokuta's design manager system presents a disruptive innovation opportunity in the design industry by ensuring that client projects stay on track and on budget through effective project management. ### Who This Affects Most - **Graphic Design Services:** Olokuta's chat-based design platform provides a disruptive innovation opportunity for graphic design businesses by streamlining the design ordering process and connecting clients with skilled designers. - **Web Design Services:** Olokuta's chat platform addresses a disruptive innovation opportunity in the web design industry by offering a convenient way for clients to order website designs from a curated network of professional designers. - **Digital Design Services:** Olokuta's chat-based design platform revolutionizes the digital design industry by providing an efficient and streamlined process for clients to request services such as UI/UX design and app design. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Affordable Design Talent Finders](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/design-scout.md) - [Custom Design Concepts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/free-design-concepts.md) - [Designer Portfolio Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/good-designers.md) - [AI Logo Makers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sologoai.md) - [Accessible Brand Design Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/good-enough-logos.md) - [Subscription-Based Design Services](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/numi.md) - [AI Logo Designers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/golo.md) - [AI-Driven Design Studios](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fika-design.md) - [AI Design Studios](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/drawbrand.md)