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The Space Between the Notes | Jason Santa Maria Jason Santa Maria, looking forward to the expected announcement of iOS 7 next week, discusses skeuomorphism and flat design. Instead, skeuomorphism is a mode of design and a metaphor for function. It’s a spectrum, not a binary between being either “skeuomorphic” or “not skeuomorphic.” This is […]

Blogged by helloMuller. – On so-called Flat Design. This post provides some history for the flat design trend. (Hint: it’s been around for awhile.) Something that in itself has been around since the mid 90s, when it was simply interactive or web design that was labelled “minimal” or “clean”.

The Argument Isn’t Skeuomorphic vs. Flat — Design/UX — Medium In a world where more and more people are interested in the relationship between design and the internet, we’re teaching them to think that graphic design is nothing more than a style preference. The whole skeuomorphic vs. flat debate is really distracting from what matters. […]

Designing blogs for readers – Matt Gemmell If you write online, make sure that your blog serves your readers’ needs as well as yours, and lends appropriate weight to your well-chosen words. Great advice for designing a blog — including sections on readability, hypertext etiquette, responsiveness, utility for the reader, SEO considerations, and elements to […]

strat?chery by Ben Thompson | Apple and the Innovator’s Dilemma Design at its essence, is not just about form, and not just about function. Instead, it?s both, and more. It is ultimately about the user and delivering exactly what they need, not just what they say they want. That is the exact reason Apple is […]