The graphic design community has been heavily debating the necessity of skeuomorphism as of late. Skeuomorphs are essentially visual metaphors; designers use the look and feel of a known and understood thing to make the use of a new thing easier, such as the bookshelves used in iBooks. Join us for a discussion of skeuomorphism and an entirely new way of looking at the voice user interface design, one that discards skeuomorphism and will quite possibly change how people interact with IVRs.