Apple Design Part 1: Skeuomorphism
Part 1 of 2: a video essay about Scott Forstall and Apple’s skeuomorphic era of design.
Watch part 2: https://youtu.be/8XjuE-2k1z8
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:07 Fishes
02:23 Lickable
03:33 The First iPhone
04:36 Skeuomorphism
05:50 Case Study: The Floppy Disk
06:52 Time Travel
08:21 The Case Against Skeuomorphs
09:18 Fall From Grace
10:09 Outro
Sources
Adam Lashinsky – Inside Apple: How America’s Most Admired—And Secretive—Company Really Works
Apple, Big Sur, and the rise of Neumorphism – https://www.inputmag.com/design/apple-macos-big-sur-the-rise-of-neumorphism
Scott Forstall, the Sorcerer’s Apprentice at Apple – https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-10-12/scott-forstall-the-sorcerers-apprentice-at-apple
Skeuomorph Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeuomorph (September 2020)
Scott Forstall Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Forstall (September 2020)
Code Break 9.0: Events with Macklemore & Scott Forstall – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bcO-X9thds
Screenshots sourced from
https://www.versionmuseum.com/history-of/mac-os-x
https://guidebookgallery.org/screenshots
https://512pixels.net/projects/aqua-screenshot-library/
https://www.versionmuseum.com/history-of/microsoft-word
Music
Dyalla – Help Me, OP-1
Ugonna Onyekwe – Destination Unknown
Asher Fulero – Night Snow
Geographer – Synth Wind
Future Mono – Long Road
Future Mono – Sun Awakening
The Tower of Light – Stuck In The Air
The Tides – Dream Escape
Wayne Jones – Resolution
Blue Wednesday – Dusk https://chll.to/cc0f37b7
Setup
Camera: Canon 60D w/ Magic Lantern
Lens: EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Microphone: AmazonBasics Desktop Mini Condenser
Software: Final Cut Pro X, Motion 5, Pixelmator Pro, Logic Pro X
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