“YEARNING FOR THAT HUMAN TOUCH

Here we can see parallels with #computer user interfaces, where much like with #IndustrialDesign there’s a big push to reduce shapes to the most basic #geometric forms, remove or reduce color and remove any ‘superfluous’ styling including #skeuomorphism.

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In the case of #consumer #electronics that means devices that lack any distinguishable features, as minimalism is a poor way to distinguish one #product from another. The removal of visually pleasing and physically practical elements also means a dull, stimulation-free experience.”

#HumanTouch / #design <https://hackaday.com/2025/07/23/the-death-of-industrial-design-and-the-era-of-dull-electronics/>

Life beyond the folder system

The folder metaphor so intuitive to generations of computer users that they can struggle to think of any other way of using a computer. Yet for younger generations, the idea is completely alien.

https://duncanstephen.net/life-beyond-the-folder-system/

e524 with Andy and Michael M - stories and discussion on #AI generated #goodnight stories, #Med-Gemini, #GPT-5, #Macrowave, #scrobbling, #skeuomorphism and more!

https://gamesatwork.biz/2025/08/11/e524-googlenight-ai/

e524 — Googlenight, AI

e524 with Andy and Michael M – stories and discussion on #AI generated #goodnight stories, #Med-Gemini, #GPT-5, #Macrowave, #scrobbling, #skeuomorphism and more!

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https://gamesatwork.biz/2025/08/11/e524-googlenight-ai/

e524 with Andy and Michael M - stories and discussion on #AI generated #goodnight stories, #Med-Gemini, #GPT-5, #Macrowave, #scrobbling, #skeuomorphism and more!

https://gamesatwork.biz/2025/08/11/e524-googlenight-ai/

What's so pathetic about this redesign of the #macOS drive icons from #Apple isn't that it ditches #Skeuomorphism, it's that it hangs on to skeuomorphism by trying to show a non-euclidian geometry vision of the face of a desktop drive.

Apple lacks the #Courage to go full geometric primitive and make icons that are pure metaphor. Given they're cargo-culting their own graphical history in so many decorative ways, they could have made uncompomised high-fidelity takes on the pre-Aqua icons.