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Etymology edit

From new +‎ skeuomorphism. A December 19, 2019 Medium post[1] by Michal Malewicz credits the name to Jason Kelley (who spelled it Neuomorphism, on 3 December 2019[2]).

Noun edit

neumorphism (uncountable)

  1. (graphical user interface, neologism) A user interface style that is characterized by flat design, combined with soft shadows and highlights.
    • 2020 January 21, David Ofiare, "Neumorphism the right way — A 2020 Design Trend" on Medium[3]:
      Unlike its predecessor, neumorphism makes use of very mild and subtle effects, and does not try to over represent objects in nature, but create a new form that appears like a clay render [] of mostly analog elements from the old world.
    • 2020 June 25, Jack Koloskus, Apple, Big Sur, and the rise of Neumorphism[4]:
      When you boil it down, neumorphism is a focus on how light moves in three-dimensional space.
    • 2020 November 24, “The Minimalist onboards over 45 new clients, brings in new hires, appraisals, and incentives to motivate employees and adapt with new normal”, in Business Insider India:
      Their work for clients like Tata AIG, where their UX team designed one of the first sites based on the Neumorphism model, the #GiftThoughtFully campaign for Home Centre where they handled the content & creative aspect, video directive for Saint Gobain and helping build the brand Alyte for Mahindra Logistics, right from its brand identity to planning a pan India launch, has received great reviews from customers and industry stakeholders, both.
    • 2021 February, Park, Ji-Hye, Na-Yea Oh, and Jin-Wan Park, “A study on UI design trends analysis with neumorphism design”, in The Journal of the Korea Contents Association, →DOI, Abstract:
      Second, the Material design as the most recent UI design trends and the Neumorphism design were compared with the method of expression based on the definition and characteristics of Neumorphism design that we investigated. In this context, we also analyzed the possibility of Neumorphism becoming the new UI design trend.
    • 2021 May 2, Rodrigo Osornio, “Tridimensionality: skeuomorphism, flat design, and neumorphism”, in UX Collective[5]:
      The problem arises because of its evident accessibility issues. Because of this, Neumorphism has hardly ever been implemented in final products.

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