[jaredcwhite]

I'm not going to say designers should avoid "flat design" as an aesthetic style, but as I've already said here on HN I'm one of the designers who prefers some three dimensionality. Even more than that, I like texture. Always have. When I see a completely flat background color on a page it usually seems dull. There's a reason people build homes with a bit of texture on the wall. A completely flat paint on the wall with no texture at all just feels, well, blank.