Interactive

Research provider WGSN describes certain designs that “…require user interaction to alter or modify the surface of the structure“, and “…interactive furniture, which enhances the relationship between user and object & explores the way the surfaces change over time.“

By exploring the relationship between human touch and materials, we discover a symbiotic relationship. Sensitile, is one manufacturer which utilizes the relationship between light, shadow, material and human touch to enable dynamic shifts in a material's appearance creating kinetic patterns.