<div class="message"><font face="trebuchet ms" size="3">I have a bit of an issue with the way that a lot of people think of Frutiger Aero... They take a look at the archives and terminologies that were invented well after the aesthetic was prominent, and assume that everything was like that from day ...

It's... fine. What gets in the way of it being a truly appealing aesthetic is the fact that you either go all the way with a 3D feel and zero colors, or else you give it color and make it flat again. If they could find a way to make it colorful without sacrificing the glassy look, I would be more ...

Maybe I'm wrong (I don't have an Iphone), but it still feels minimalistic. The UI doesn't feel "material" enough, it's still a lot more abstract. We didn't get the IOS 6 skeuomorphism back. Liquid glass feels like it's trying to be an in-between design, it's not flat but it isn't skeuomorphic ...

Maybe I'm wrong (I don't have an Iphone), but it still feels minimalistic. The UI doesn't feel "material" enough, it's still a lot more abstract. We didn't get the IOS 6 skeuomorphism back. Liquid glass feels like it's trying to be an in-between design, it's not flat but it isn't skeuomorphic ...

jamesjaysinger wrote: Sun Nov 23, 2025 11:50 am

Side by side, the first one looks terrible. The buttons are just as flat as they were before, apple didn't want to commit 100% to changing the design. Did they do this for performance reasons?

Possibly, but there's no reason they couldn't at least added drop shadows or subtle shading.

it has it's faults.

Me personally, I feel like that Liquid Glass is just Newmorphism with some glassy-like reflections. I'm really not a fan of it, mostly because it's too transparent.


liquid glass is just skeumorphism wannabe


i mean, that could probably be explained by the fact that alan dye (head of apple ...

First thing that comes to mind are some of these proposed 2027 train designs from Singapore. Which feel like they have a similar vibe
https://www.sgtrains.com/img/trains/cr151/cr151-interior.jpg
https://www.sgtrains.com/img/trains/cr151/cr151-exterior.jpg

I swear that one frutiger aero themed ...

wow, those train designs are quite beautiful~ you couldn’t get more frutiger aero in vehicle design unless you added fish decals