No, I’m not quite ready to let the skeuomorphism thing die just yet. Humor me.
I was relieved that Tim Cook dismissed Scott Forstall and put Jony Ive in charge of Human Interface.
I was surprised when I read so many articles that seemed to misinterpret what had just happened.I lost count of the articles proclaiming the death of skeuomorphism. Such as:
Skeuomorphism is (finally) dead: So what is Apple’s next move? and Jonathan Ive to rid skeumorphism in iOS and OS X.News flash: skeuomorphism is not dead. What’s dead are cheesy, antiquated graphics — like the stitched leather look in Contacts and Calendar. These were aberrations in a world that had been built upon good taste.
Da: The great skeuomorphism misunderstanding « Observatory.
