Sort of off topic, but there are physical examples of "flat" design applied to objects. One notable example could be the Quad 33 preamp: http://en.wikipedia.or

Sort of off topic, but there are physical examples of "flat" design applied to objects. One notable example could be the Quad 33 preamp: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Quad_33_Front.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Quad_33_Front.jpg