Skeuomorph

Horseless chariot

Skeuomorphic design use pasts expriences to explain the new. Biggy bag on existing behaviors. Or in fancy terms, help the user to bridge the cognitive gap by using cultural affordances.

Skeuomorphs are created because the future is build out of the present.

– Garnet Hertz

Designers work the schene of thecnologicsl emergence. They gack the present to create the conditions for the future.

– Anne Balsamo

Some things may be functionally obsolete but not culturally obsolete. Culture moves in different phase than technology.

– John Payne

Skeuomorph is a design feature of an artifact that is no longer functional in itself, but that refers back to a feature that was functional at an earlier time. [1]

In more plain language, we call these design metaphors.

As Garnet Hertz, a professor at Art Center College of Design has said: “Skeuomorphs are created because the future is built out of the present.” [1:1]

Instructions Sign

Don't get so far ahead of the parada that no-one knows you're in it.

– Josh Naisbitt

https://www.slideshare.net/jeanphony/getting-beyond-use-as-presented-at-ucd15

https://vimeo.com/89096181

https://www.slideshare.net/jeanphony/getting-beyond-use-as-presented-at-ucd15

Books

Also see spandrel and dentil

  1. Skeuomorphs and Spandrels: Examining the Interaction of Culture and Design ↩︎ ↩︎

Backlinks

  • Notes on Design

    “Design is the intentional solution to a problem within a set of constraints.” – Mike Monteiro

    Design reserach is about observing the problem from all points of views, without a solution in mind.

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  • Dentil

    A dentil (from Lat. dens, a tooth) is a small block used as a repeating ornament in the bedmould of a cornice. [1]

    Also see spandrel and skeuomorph

    1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dentil ↩︎

  • Design Patterns for Problem Solving

    User's don't understand the system

    1. Biggy-bag on prior experiences to explaine the new - skeuomorph

    Relationship of system parts is difficult to understand

    1. Apply good visual design
    2. Add thoughtful white space to highl

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