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Taste is a constantly evolving thing. I am sure we are actually already in the midst of a shift away from flat design in certain more advanced design circles. Crucifying old styles can be helpful, especially when a new design flavor is explicitly reactionary, but is it not obvious that the trend from a decade ago is no longer trendy?

I am also somewhat doubtful that flat style was tied to specifically iOS 7, as opposed to the general zeitgeist of 2013.

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> I am sure we are actually already in the midst of a shift away from flat design in certain more advanced design circles.

Are we though? This article was written six years ago and designs don't seem to have changed all that much since. Considering this article is complaining about how much design has changed in the 3-4 years leading up to the post, the fact not much has changed after twice as much time has again past suggests that flat design might be inherently desirable and not a trend.

I suspect we will need some sort of technological shift to occur before design languages change dramatically. Perhaps the introduction of something like being able to have real-time 3d models as icons.

That change was a reaction to practices that were built-up on the previous few decades. When you reach a saturation point, change happens fast, but it's not fast overall.

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