Skeuomorphic art: the art of taking a previously functional item and turning it into a purely visual attraction. The expression that I like is "eye candy". It must be sweet to the eye. The piece that is being used must at some previous time been used for a practical purpose and not an aesthetic one. For example: a kettle that was used to boil water in the past may now be used a a side lamp. True the side lamp now has a practical purpose but the way that it have been designed to attract attention rather than shine light. If you look at a electronic circuit board, don´t you find it fascinating? There is a lot of design elements taking place at the same time, there is the technical aspect and to appreciate that you would have to understand computer science. These days the boards are getting smaller and smaller and the variety of of coloured circuit boards is on the increase.
