A skeuomorph is a derivative object which retains ornamental design cues to a structure that was necessary in the original. |
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It is more accurate to refer to it as a visual metaphor that calls to mind a physical skeuomorph without really being one. |
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The brown fabric, the smooth finish, and the decoration, all combine to give the effect of a stitched leather vessel, of which this is no doubt a skeuomorph. |
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So what exactly is skeuomorphism? The term skeuomorph was originally coined in 1889 to refer to an ornamental design derived from the structure of an earlier form of a particular object. |
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