Skeuomorphic Design

You might say that the footwear industry is largely skeuomorphic. Not because of any outward detail, but because footwear is made on a last, and lasts are derived from and evolved from old world cobbler’s techniques, not on foot shapes, with few exceptions (Birkenstocks, Nike Footscape, some of the original Nike Frees and many other attempts from other brands). When brands try to create a shoe around the foot, it is typically rejected by consumers as not being shoe like enough, fast, sleek, and sexy enough and as a consumer, I don’t disagree. Sometimes it so heavily effects the way we perceive things.

That was a more positive example, a negative would be non movable shutters on tract home houses. The home is loaded with examples of this.