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🖼️ Imitation design 🖼️ To copy old style
to skeuomorph

to skeuomorph

9.9
To make a new object look like an older one to feel familiar, even when not needed
  • verb
  • /ˈskjuːəˌmɔrf/
  • Specialized
translation icon : esqueuomorfizar
  • The developers decided to skeuomorph the digital calendar to resemble a traditional paper planner.

Examples

  • When updating the app, they chose not to skeuomorph the interface, opting for a modern look instead.

  • Some designers skeuomorph new technology to help users feel more comfortable with unfamiliar devices.

  • The app skeuomorphs traditional tools for a modern interface.

  • Why did they skeuomorph the calendar app?

  • The designers chose to skeuomorph the app features to resemble familiar physical objects, creating a user-friendly experience.

  • Some companies skeuomorph their software interfaces to maintain elements that users associate with traditional devices.

  • To ease the transition for users, the team decided to skeuomorph the new tool by incorporating familiar characteristics of older designs.

Synonyms

to stylize
vsto skeuomorph
8 6.4

Make something look less natural by showing it in a simple, fixed way

imitates past materials and details to copy older appearance for familiarity
to archaize
vsto skeuomorph
  • Literature
9.9

To make something look old-fashioned

imitates earlier materials and forms to make users feel familiar

How Imitative

to replicate
79 4.8
to skeuomorph
  • Specialized
9.9
to imitate
186 2.7

Surface Forms

skeuomorph infinitive
skeuomorphed past
skeuomorphed past participle
skeuomorphing present participle
skeuomorphs third person singular

Etymology

Skeuomorph (as a verb) comes from the same Greek parts skeuos 'tool' and morphe 'form', and you can see morphe in the English word morph ('form'). So to skeuomorph something is to make it look or act like an older tool or material, often to help users feel more comfortable.