Skeuomorphic Design: Lessons from Apple's Golden Era

Skeuomorphic Design: Lessons from Apple's Golden Era

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The Birth of the Source List: How a Simple Idea Changed Application Design Forever

Setting the Standard for Organizing Digital Workspaces through iLife

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Michael Darius
Oct 17, 2023
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In the early 2000s, while deeply involved in shaping Apple's iLife suite, I found myself wrestling with a fundamental question: How can we make digital experiences as familiar as our interaction with physical objects? It was clear that traditional navigation models were falling short.

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