Skeuomorphism, at a basic level, means borrowing design concepts inherent to an old technology or approach while implementing new design. Examples include a “yellow pad” background representing notes ...

When the iPad was being created, a guy named Scott Forstall was leading its software development. He was responsible for the skeuomorphic interface featured early on in iOS, and the calculator app ...

It must surely be a sign of the impending apocalypse that Microsoft’s operating systems have “more taste” than Apple’s. I’m referring, of course, to Apple’s inexplicable use of skeuomorphic design in ...