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Surface & texture · Simulated material

Soft extrusion

Low-contrast paired shadows; forms push out of the surface.

A design choice in Stylogeny’s vocabulary, under surface & texture: what is the material finish?

styles make it: 2
as a defining choice: 1
as a usual one: 1
now and then: 0
avoid it: 5

Styles defined by it 1

For these styles it is one of the choices that make the style.

Neumorphism2019–2021 · Global / networkedA short-lived interface trend in which controls are extruded from, or pressed into, a background of the same colour and modelled only by paired soft shadows.

Styles that often use it 1

A characteristic choice: usual in these styles, though not essential.

Claymorphism & Soft 3D2020–present · Global / networkedA soft, toy-like 3D look from product design around 2020, given the name 'claymorphism' in a December 2021 article by Michał Malewicz.

It often goes with

Choices that the styles making it make more often than the atlas as a whole.

Cards & bento tilesin 2 of 2
Rounded sansin 2 of 2
App & OS interfacein 2 of 2
Rounded & pillin 2 of 2
Pastelin 2 of 2
Icons & pictogramsin 2 of 2

Styles that avoid it

Styles that deliberately leave it out.

Other choices in surface & texture