Things in the design world seem to be getting flatter! I can produce infinite examples; iOS7, Windows 8 (and everything else in Windows 8), Pepsi, the Dropbox logo, even things outside the computer world; everything is flatter now.  When Windows XP was released, the trend was to give a curve to everything, and it looked better! Now, getting rid of those curves looks better!  Who governs this and why do flatter icons and logos look better now?        EDIT: And a newer trend of making things round is catching up:
I've noticed an interesting phenomenon in the user interfaces of many famous applications, they're moving away from the glossy complex to a more dull and bare minimum design.  Why the sudden change? It also appears that most of these companies have adopted this design around the same time, was that linked to some new study?  Examples:
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