Automotive Skeuomorphs and why old things are new again

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A skeuomorph or skeuomorphism is a design term for when a new or updated object or action retains the original design cues from where it derived. We see them every day, especially on our smartphones with things like the clock, showing a traditional analog face (when the thing is digital), the calendar app showing the appearance of a bound paper desk flip calendar and even the email app using an envelope as its icon (when was the last time you put an envelope in the…

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