tactility
noun
tac·til·i·ty
tak-ˈti-lə-tē 
1
: the capability of being felt or touched
2
: responsiveness to stimulation of the sense of touch
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Broadly speaking, the focus is less on silhouette (though there were shoulders of Claude Montana–ish proportions) than on materials and tactility.
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Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2024
Here, midcentury Brazilian and American furniture sit amid African statuettes and masks, Abstract Expressionist canvases, contemporary sculpture and clashing textures that give the house an unusual tactility.
—Hanya Yanagihara, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
Displaying stapled photocopies meant to be subterranean and anti-institutional behind glass, in a museum, will always feel a bit strange, particularly when the original appeal of zines was both their tactility and their disposability.
—Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2024
Optional haptic feedback adds tactility, and the keyboard kept up with fast input better than expected.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 23 June 2023
But if the lattice-free keyboard lacked distinct tactility, capacitive touch buttons are only worse.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2024
Still, their strain of minimalism has some inherent warmth, mostly because of the grain of the various woods, the tactility of the few pale fabrics throughout and the way that every surface seems to absorb and capture light in a city that’s famous for being dark.
—Kurt Soller Alexis Armanet, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2023
One way to read the sculptural tactility of the spring collections—such as Glenn Martens’s wired pieces and Junya Watanabe’s collages—is as a response, or riposte, to the glossy perfection of AI.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2023
On the need for carmakers to strike a balance between touch and tactility, Mohr believes there is no definitive right or wrong answer.
—WIRED, 6 Sep. 2023
Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2024
Here, midcentury Brazilian and American furniture sit amid African statuettes and masks, Abstract Expressionist canvases, contemporary sculpture and clashing textures that give the house an unusual tactility.
—Hanya Yanagihara, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
Displaying stapled photocopies meant to be subterranean and anti-institutional behind glass, in a museum, will always feel a bit strange, particularly when the original appeal of zines was both their tactility and their disposability.
—Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2024
Optional haptic feedback adds tactility, and the keyboard kept up with fast input better than expected.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 23 June 2023
But if the lattice-free keyboard lacked distinct tactility, capacitive touch buttons are only worse.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2024
Still, their strain of minimalism has some inherent warmth, mostly because of the grain of the various woods, the tactility of the few pale fabrics throughout and the way that every surface seems to absorb and capture light in a city that’s famous for being dark.
—Kurt Soller Alexis Armanet, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2023
One way to read the sculptural tactility of the spring collections—such as Glenn Martens’s wired pieces and Junya Watanabe’s collages—is as a response, or riposte, to the glossy perfection of AI.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2023
On the need for carmakers to strike a balance between touch and tactility, Mohr believes there is no definitive right or wrong answer.
—WIRED, 6 Sep. 2023
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“Tactility.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tactility. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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