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2025-06-15 05:25:37
Big Tech Is Dealing Flat Design a Death Blow
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-13/apple-airbnb-ditch-flat-app-icons-for-new-3d-ui-design
From Airbnb’s new app icons to Apple’s “Liquid Glass” design, skeuomorphism is back and everything in the digital world has dimensionality again.
So commenced the great flattening, as if every digital interface was compressed with a pâtissier’s rolling pin. Such reductionism swallowed not only software (see: nearly every third-party app, Squarespace template, pretty much all of Google, etc.) but also arguably affected other business arenas ranging from advertising and corporate branding to industrial design and retail experiences. You may have noticed logos from BMW, Burger King, Mastercard, Pepsi and Warner Bros. all flattening around this period.
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https://stacker.news/items/1006774