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Seeing WinAmp’s skeuomorphic design translated into a physical object — one that could be folded up into a business card-sized MP3 player, no less — was nothing short of mind-blowing.

From The Verge • Aug. 23, 2019

Meanwhile, the traditional desktop experience—which involved opening your hard drive and navigating through a hierarchical series of folders via the Finder—appears headed for the skeuomorphic dustbin.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2014

There has been a ground-swell of opinion within the design community against the skeuomorphic direction of Apple's current interface design.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2013

But most of Facebook's 900 million users have never seen a typewriter, so skeuomorphic representations would be pointless in their case.

From The Guardian • Oct. 6, 2012