My essay: A few years ago, I dreamt of corporations bringing back craft into interface design. Now that Apple has done it, I don't think I'm that happy. #ui #uidesign #designsky #wwdc25 #ios26 #apple f7.neocities.org/meltingmoody... - ThreadSky

psd.bsky.social • 17 days ago

My essay:

A few years ago, I dreamt of corporations bringing back craft into interface design. Now that Apple has done it, I don't think I'm that happy.

#ui #uidesign #designsky #wwdc25 #ios26 #apple
https://f7.neocities.org/meltingmoodyliquidglass

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marceloexc.com•16 days ago

How much longer until brands start to realize that "Phones" have a bad reputation (addicting, overstimulating) and, as a bid to remind ppl that their phone is more than a device that scrolls, rename the product category back to "Personal Digital Assistants?" :P

psd.bsky.social•16 days ago

Already the case with humane ai pin and whatever devices openai is planning to do isn't it?

psd.bsky.social•17 days ago

Some important points:

- Skeuomorphism 2.0 is characterized by the intention to mimic the joy of the real world [...] Why do big tech in 2025 needs to persuade users that their services are « alive » and « expressive » ?

psd.bsky.social•17 days ago

- Skeuo 2.0's quirkyness is not at all about personalization, in the sense of configuring a tool so that it fits to my needs. This time, the quirkyness is just about an UI hyping up whatever content that is yearning for the user's attention. To keep the user there longer.

psd.bsky.social•17 days ago

This really is my first like mature serious essay, compared to random micro-blog rambling here on Bluesky. I hope that what I wrote at least resonate with some people and create a wider discourse.

trab.studio•16 days ago

Interesting points, I feel we join on lots of them ! https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/liquid-gooey-glass-benjamin-bartholet-ssjne/

psd.bsky.social•16 days ago

I agree with this: let’s stop redesigning everything every six months. There are so so many users' needs and communities needs that have gone unaddressed, so many areas impacted negatively by big tech that needs mitigation. And they have time & resource for a UI refresh? Scandalous.

kaem.bsky.social•17 days ago

> it’s never been about « oh this aesthetic informs something is going bad so the aesthetic is bad. » It’s about how good intentions are hijacked by profit motivations.

fucking banger holy shit

psd.bsky.social•17 days ago

Damn thank you for reading my stuff! If you have any other thoughts or anything to add in please don't hesitate. I also thought of how the quoted sentence also applies to so-called « far-right » aesthetics yk

azzcatdesign.bsky.social•16 days ago

It’s fashion. Everything old is new again…in order to sell more stuff.

Ie: the cyclical return of ‘the poncho’.

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