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How Apple Quietly Brought Skeuomorphism Back to Life
By now, everyone’s talking about Liquid Glass, Apple’s new design language unveiled at WWDC 2025. At first glance, it looks like another glossy facelift—translucent layers, glowing refractions, and all the visual drama of a perfume ad. But if you’ve been paying attention to Apple’s long love-hate relationship with skeuomorphism, you’ll know this isn’t just an aesthetic refresh. It’s a full-circle moment—a surprisingly…
‘The Wild Robot’ and ‘Flow’ are quietly revolutionary climate change movies
It’s easy to read Chris Sanders’ The Wild Robot and Gints Zilbalodis’ Flow — two of the best films of 2024 — as companion pieces. Both are animated, both feature little to no human involvement, and both center on unlikely animal allies (and one incredible robot) coming together against all odds. But the similarities between…