[dm8]

Skeuomorphism can be horrible if it's not done properly!

[duaneb]

Actually, horrible is pretty much the default.

[fredsters_s]

Designers in the house! I literally could not absorb the content of the 'letter' because the design hurt my eyes so.

[ronaldj]

All the cool kids are talking about skeuomorphic design lately.

[snowwrestler]

It's a technical-sounding word that makes the speaker look smart when they are complaining about design.

[dm8]

Couple of years back, it was all about "modernism".

[dredmorbius]

Modern ain't what it used to be.

[tb303]

http://skeu.it/post/28959935757/square-letter

[armandososa]

how's that skeumorphic?

[HeyImAlex]

It's made to look like a physical letter.

[mitjak]

Except nobody writes in grey ink on low-grade grey paper.

[tripzilch]

You forgot about dot-matrix printers in "draft" mode.

[dredmorbius]

... on 75% post-consumer recycled paper.

[tripzilch]

I was thinking about the old continuous tractor-feed paper, some kinds are really thin, almost slightly translucent, for that extra subtle low-contrast retro design! ;-)