Despite its sudden popularity, flat design is not just some fly-by-night trend. It’s a substantial approach to Web design that’s rooted in practicality, and necessity. The balance between aesthetics ...

This essay is excerpted from the ebook Web Design Trends 2015 & 2016 by Jerry Cao, Kamil Zieba, and Matt Ellis of UXPin, a UX design platform. Flat design rose in popularity pretty quickly back in ...

The iOS7’s UI is not fully flat; however, it is much flatter than the previous versions of the operating system. The company has moved away from glossy and beveled icons with strong drop shadows.

There were doubters when flat design started emerging, but this design trend isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Flat design is only getting started and is more popular than ever when it comes to ...

Skeuomorphism, at a basic level, means borrowing design concepts inherent to an old technology or approach while implementing new design. Examples include a “yellow pad” background representing notes ...

As a user experience expert at Nielsen Norman Group, Kate Meyer has watched a lot of people use a lot of websites. But her favorite quote comes from a young adult–under 25–talking recently about ...

With the release of iOS7 just around the corner, clamor over the changes Jony Ive will institute is growing. The general consensus—on this site and elsewhere—is that Apple is about to get a flat ...