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Article: Design as tactile.(Home and Garden)
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- Manila Bulletin
- Article date:
- September 8, 2009
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Though we initially respond to an object of design—be it a furniture, wrist watch or an egg-beater—visually, taking note of its color, shape, size, silhouette and flourish, what will complete our experience of the thing is its tactile dimension. Nothing is more intimate than the sense of touch: an object may look good but if doesn’t feel good (a certain roughness, un-evenness in texture, small nicks and bumps our skin can detect), then we do a double-take on the object, re-considering its value, the experience it conveys. That’s why despite the preponderance of products made from plastic and other synthetic materials—marketed as modern, fit ...