Skeuomorphism
スキューモーフィズム / 2000s–2010s / Style / UI Expression
Borrows cues from real materials and tools to make unknown interactions understandable.
Leather, metal, paper / Dimensional shadows / Real-world metaphors / Fine textures
Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Explaining new interactions through familiar tools · Crafted, tactile experiences
- Type
- A humanist face suited to the purpose
- Composition
- Adopt the structure of the real tool
- Material
- Precision texture only where it serves function
- Caution
- Ornament must not bury the interaction. Expect generations who don't share the metaphor.
- Further study
- early Apple iOS design / Scott Forstall era