skeuomorphism

Who can honestly say they understood the word skeuomorphism until a couple of months ago?

If nothing else has been achieved this week, at least we reach the end knowing what skeuomorphism is.

This is what's known as skeuomorphism, where one thing is made to look like another.

There is also evidence of skeuomorphism in material transitions.

As a design approach, it is often contrasted to skeuomorphism and rich design.

One thing we can be sure of is that we haven't said goodbye to skeuomorphism altogether.

The concept of skeuomorphism overlaps with other design concepts.

But as of this week's release of Podcasts 1.2, skeuomorphism is out the door.

Behind that push is a concept called "skeuomorphism."

Game designers often attempt to integrate the save points into the style of the game using skeuomorphism.

People that criticise skeuomorphism say it's pointless, but I say it isn't.

If you get past the slight download hiccups, prepare to say farewell to skeuomorphism.

Skeuomorphism has fallen out of favour in recent years, and is almost regarded as a dirty word by many in the design community.

The idea is known as "skeuomorphism."

Android wants to kill skeuomorphism too!

In the early days of touch screens, skeuomorphism was the go-to school for designing for touch.

Skeuomorphism be damned.

Watson highlights the inconsistencies of iOS 7 - the new camera app, if anything, goes towards skeuomorphism, she says.

The user interface has been reworked to be more user friendly, and uses skeuomorphism appearing as a chalkboard.

Norman also popularized perceived affordances, where the user can tell what an object provides or does based on its appearance, which skeuomorphism can make easy.

Ive reportedly hates skeuomorphism.

BBC News - What is skeuomorphism?

Craig Fairnington says, "My favourite example of skeuomorphism is rivets in jeans, it hadn't occurred to me they're largely useless."

It involves a shift away from skeuomorphism - the use of leather, wood and other real-world inspired textures and artifacts in apps.

Now we complain about skeuomorphism: functionless hangovers from the old way of doing things, like the meaningless click-and-whirr of the camera in your smartphone.