Before the facelift of iOS 7, Apple took a lot of flack–much of it from us–for its cheesy use of skeuomorphism, or the ways it would imitate real world textures, like the wood grain shelving ...

However, more than any update since iOS 6, Liquid Glass puts skeuomorphism at the center of Apple’s visual identity. Skeuomorphism, or skeuomorphic design, is a visual style for digital ...

If skeuomorphism was just an ugly-ass, past-its-prime visual style, we wouldn’t need to write about it. But there’s a more structural function for skeuomorphism, ...

Skeuomorphism, which was previously going into visual design, is now going into interaction design. It’s the reason Apple design SVP Jony Ive has gone to such lengths to remake iOS 7.

Calling that discredited approach skeuomorphism, though, is not quite accurate. But whatever you call it, it is an idea that has ended up in the metaphorical trash can of user-interface design ...

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.

Skeuomorphism won’t work then – but neither will the tiles and typography of the Microsoft Metro approach. "The question that emerges is whether the digital world needs a new common language.

Apple's keynote presentation at the Worldwide Developers conference this morning had a few moments of humor — and several of them came at the expense of skeuomorphism, the design philosophy that ...