The pragmatic successor to pure flat design: bright flat fills and clean geometric type, but with subtle shadows, faint elevation, and light layering restored so users can tell what's clickable. Card grids, ghost buttons, and one confident accent color over calm neutrals.
Primary actionFlat-filled cards that float just barely off the page on a 0 2px 8px shadow — enough depth to signal hierarchy and affordance, never enough to look skeuomorphic.