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neumorphism

neumorphism noun: a faddish user interface style that is characterized by flat design and monochromaticity, combined with soft shadows, poor contrast (e.g., light gray on slightly less gray), faint highlights, and hiding of UI elements (e.g., controls, menu commands) as Easter eggs.

Noun

neumorphism (uncountable)

  1. (neologism) A faddish user interface style that is characterized by flat design and monochromaticity, combined with soft shadows, poor contrast (e.g., light gray on slightly less gray), faint highlights, and hiding of UI elements (e.g., controls, menu commands) as Easter eggs.
    • Unlike its predecessor, neumorphism makes use of very mild and subtle effects, and does not try to over represent objects in nature, but create a new form that appears like a clay render […] of mostly analog elements from the old world.2020 January 21, David Ofiare, "Neumorphism the right way — A 2020 Design Trend" on Mediumhttps://medium.com/@artofofiare/neumorphism-the-right-way-a-2020-design-trend-386e6a09040a
    • When you boil it down, neumorphism is a focus on how light moves in three-dimensional space.2020 June 25, Jack Koloskus, Apple, Big Sur, and the rise of Neumorphism

Examples of neumorphism in a sentence

  • In this context, we also analyzed the possibility of Neumorphism becoming the new UI design trend.2021 February, Park, Ji-Hye, Na-Yea Oh, and Jin-Wan Park, “A study on UI design trends analysis with neumorphism design”, in The Journal of...
  • Because of this, Neumorphism has hardly ever been implemented in final products.2021 May 2, Rodrigo Osornio, “Tridimensionality: skeuomorphism, flat design, and neumorphism”, in UX Collective:

Origin of neumorphism

From new + skeuomorphism. A Medium posthttps://uxdesign.cc/neumorphism-in-user-interfaces-b47cef3bf3a6?gi=d16d78e27024 on December 19, 2019 by Michal Malewicz credits the name to Jason Kelley (who spelled it Neuomorphism, on December 3, 2019https://medium.com/@jason_kelley/neuomorphism-2c4cbe84caae).

Questions about neumorphism

What does neumorphism mean?
Neumorphism means a faddish user interface style that is characterized by flat design and monochromaticity, combined with soft shadows, poor contrast (e.g., light gray on slightly less gray), faint highlights, and hiding of UI elements (e.g., controls, menu commands) as Easter eggs.
How do you use neumorphism in a sentence?
In this context, we also analyzed the possibility of Neumorphism becoming the new UI design trend.
What part of speech is neumorphism?
Neumorphism is a noun.

Words near neumorphism in the dictionary

  1. Neumeyer
  2. Neumeyers
  3. neumic
  4. Neumiller
  5. Neumillers
  6. neumorphism
  7. neums
  8. neunbein
  9. Neuner
  10. Neuners
  11. Neunubel

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