Interesting read. I think that behind the "skeuomorphism vs. flat design" discussion there is a different prioritization of valid design principles. - Flat design focuses on: not replicating mechanical artifacts (e.g., no need to limit calendar apps to the one page per month limit that exists on paper), and removing excise (no leather stripes). - Skeumorphic focuses on: making things obvious (i.e., something clickable should look clickable), and respecting conventions (especially those that users bring from how things work in the real world). I think that Google is getting a good balance in the above principles in their latest designs for Android, Google Now and some other products. There is an interesting article about how Google organised its "design revolution": http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/24/3904134/google-redesign-how-larry-page-en… Pau On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 11:59 PM, Brandon Harris <bharris(a)wikimedia.org>wrote;wrote: -- Pau Giner Interaction Designer Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Design mailing list Design(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/design