In the past year, vibrant colors, improved stock images, diverse typography and the desire for simplified, uncluttered design has made room for two trends in user interface: Flat UI and Skeuomorphism.

The idea of “flat” vs. “skeuomorphism” as an “either/or” approach is frankly, if you’ll excuse the pun, a bit one-dimensional. Design is driven by a combination of functional and ...

Just a year and a half ago, we noted the demise of skeuomorphism in Apple interface design. Today, Co.Design’s John Brownlee points out that “the most-hated design trend” is back with Apple ...

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The popular debate that made skeuomorphism a household word among a certain class of people started around the release of iOS 7, when the iPhone interface switched from a rich, metaphorical design ...

Apple's focus on skeumorphism changed a decade ago in iOS 7. Here's why Apple started and stopped using it, how it evolved, and why it's still important to interface design.

Hindson himself views skeuomorphism as a design fad (but concedes that there is “a whole lot of charm” to those now-dated designs). Indeed, that skeuomorphic charm grows exponentially when you ...

In an interesting piece, Koloskus says that what Apple is doing in the upcoming version of macOS is not skeuomorphism, but rather ‘the next wave’ in UI design: neumorphism.

Skeuomorphism is a term that sounds like a five-dollar word pretentious techies use to sound intelligent. But it's a real issue in electronics design that could have big effects on how you use ...