Hacker News Reader

It is actually an old, old, old, design term. "Flat design" isn't new to the designers I know who were designing back in the 1960s.

Just like everything else, software has fashion trends. Right now, flat is in. Once people get used to flat, something else will appear with the "innovative" look.

View on HN

I am also a designer and my style is also pretty much flat. However we all know its not new, I never knew it was called flat, I thought it was minimal design or whatever.

In last few months all I see is FlatUI in news & the way its changing everything. It is all hype, without understanding some associate it with anything they see "minimal" now, to the extend of saying iOS7 is flat design.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com