The rise and fall of skeuomorphs at Apple.













 


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 <a href="http://www.macintosh.fm/transcript/1">Episode Transcript</a><ul data-rte-list="default"><li>Guests<ul data-rte-list="default"><li>Dave Wiskus<ul data-rte-list="default"><li><a href="http://twitter.com/dwiskus">@dwiskus</a></li><li><a href="http://betterelevation.com">Better Elevation</a></li><li><a href="http://vesperapp.co">Vesper</a></li></ul></li><li>Neven Mrgan<ul data-rte-list="default"><li><a href="http://twitter.com/mrgan">@mrgan</a></li><li><a href="http://mrgan.tumblr.com">mrgan.tumblr.com</a></li><li><a href="http://panic.com">Panic Inc.</a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li>Clips<ul data-rte-list="default"><li><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dpmz30G9TVQw">Macworld 2000 Keynote Address</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIYFB7eXrlU">Ricardo Montalban on Letterman</a></li></ul></li><li>References<ul data-rte-list="default"><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeuomorph">Skeuomorph (Wikipedia)</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinthian_leather">Corinthian Leather (Wikipedia)</a></li><li><a href="http://madebymany.com/blog/apple-s-aesthetic-dichotomy">Apple's Aesthetic Dichotomy</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/23/shape-things-come">The New Yorker's profile of Jonathan Ive</a></li><li><a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/2023604/apple-and-the-future-of-design.html">Dave's Macworld article predicting iOS 7's design</a></li><li><a href="http://vesperapp.co/blog/how-to-make-a-vesper/">Evolution of Vesper's design</a></li><li><a href="http://www.atebits.com/letterpress/">Letterpress Game</a></li><li><a href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/10/26/against-skeuomorphism">On Apple's Skeuomorphic UI Textures</a></li><li><a href="http://gizmodo.com/5942194/apples-hideous-leather-software-is-based-on-steve-jobs-private-jet">Steve Jobs' inspiration for leather stitching</a></li><li><a href="http://mrgan.tumblr.com/post/11090229578/steve">Neven's story about Steve Jobs</a></li><li><a href="https://www.macintosh.fm/s/Birdfeed.png">The design of Birdfeed</a></li></ul></li><li>Music<ul data-rte-list="default"><li>Our theme song is by<a href="https://www.macintosh.fm/s/Birdfeed.png"> </a><a href="http://www.tdmss.com">Terique Greenfield</a>.</li><li>Our ad music is by <a href="http://www.kebu.fi/">Kebu</a>.</li></ul></li></ul>&nbsp;Sponsored by:<ul data-rte-list="default"><li><a href="http://desk.pm">Desk App</a>: An award-winning & beloved desktop publishing client for OS X.</li><li><a href="http://patreon.com/macintoshfm">Patreon</a> supporters like Derek Jobst. Thank you.</li></ul>&nbsp;&nbsp;

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