Author doesn't mention it, but the demise of skeuomorphism and slow death of late 00's hipsterism (in the sense of fetishizing historical aesthetics in a modern context) goes hand-in-hand with the disappearance of steampunk.
i think it's tied to skeuomorphism, i.e. giving advanced technology a more tactile sense. the author's neglect of this concept makes these concepts harder to parse, since it what tied the previous and current design eras.
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