I think that's to be expected as flat and largely minimalist is the style du jour.
Re:IBM Design Language
by wodenokoto on Friday September 02, 2016 @09:12AM
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I think it is much closer to Microsofts Metro design (which I think they renamed)
But it really depends on wether you are looking at this as a comparison of different flat designs or as flat design vs non-flat.
Compare:
https://www.ibm.com/design/language/inspiration/
https://material.uplabs.com/