tactile

Whatever subject she’s writing about, Ms. Case tends to return to the sensual and tactile—she has a finely tuned ear for physical details that convey deeper meaning.

An array of emphatically tactile vehicle-control switches and buttons live in the center console—including a fingerprint reader, allowing the car to identify the driver and reset the preferences.

“It’s so tactile and real. No matter how good robots get at a theme park, they’ll never replace the interaction you have with an actor.”

This tactile awareness means I don’t think of percussion as just rhythm or attack.

When Anni Albers published her theoretical magnum opus “On Weaving” in 1965, she was already lamenting the loss of our tactile sensibilities, which have undeniably worsened in the digital era.