Starting as a rebellion against the dominating skeumorphic style, flat design has since come into its own and is not more than just the “option B” that it used to be. Today, and in the near future, the style is expanding and maturing into what Ryan Allen calls “Flat 2.0.” “Flat 2.0 is an evolution, not a revolution,” Allen wrote. “Where flat design was a radical departure from the rampant skeuomorphism of days gone by, flat 2.0 is a playful branch off the flat tree. Flat design is the Christmas tree, Flat 2.0 is the ornaments and candy canes. And
presents. No tinsel though, that stuff is a mess to clean up.”