Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to or having the character of a skeuomorph; illustrating or exhibiting skeuomorphs in its form or decoration: as, skeuomorphic pottery.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to
skeuomorphs , obsolete design elements which are retained for familiarity or out of tradition, even though they no longer serve any functional purpose.
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Examples
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Design geeks have since given this idea a clunky name: so-called skeuomorphic user interfaces.
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Apple's iOS designs show an increasing trend towards skeuomorphic design, that is to say they add design elements that are non-functional but hark back to analogue objects.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Shane Richmond 2011
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Apple's iOS designs show an increasing trend towards skeuomorphic design, that is to say they add design elements that are non-functional but hark back to analogue objects.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Shane Richmond 2011
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