Im pretty sure it's the other way around
It's "design" stuffing its empty head into everything - webpages that are dozens of MB while effectively being a text document
Applications that are flashy and showy and DONT FUCKING WORK RIGHT
Google maps pretty much have no usability left - i used to be able to use it to navigate across europe,now its a chore to get across town (no options,no waypoints,no route planning - its either do as we say or fuck off)
Id rather have something that isnt shiny but actually does it goddamn job.
And doing more carbon copies of current fad is neither creative or intellectual. Solving problem is,though