Skeuomorph

Instead of hiding the taste, what if we made it visible? What if tools had style? What if they guided you toward an aesthetic — not just in the output, but in the process itself? Not templates onto generic software like Squarespace or Webflow, but taste baked deep into the workflow: the colors, the rhythm, the worldview.

The dominant school of thought when it comes to UI design in tech, at least that I’ve grown up with the past two decades, has centered around removing friction for users in accomplishing whatever it is they’re trying to do while delighting them in the process. The goal has been design that is elegant, in every sense of the word: intuitive, ingeniou... See more