Trigger Point Mouldings by touchy-feelyTrigger Point Mouldings are rounded fibrous plaster forms that can be integrated into a wall surface. As suggestive protrusions, the mouldings encourage heightened, physical interactions between bodies and architectural surfaces, and suggest that buildings can assist in self-massage, stimulating trigger points or overused muscle groupings in the body. Heating elements inserted into the backs of the plaster protrusions warm the forms to body temperature and assist in muscle tension relief.
Designer: Touchy-Feely / Davidson & Rafailidis (Germany)
found space tilesmuch like appropriating found objects, these tiles are made using the found spaces between bodies and architectural surfaces, and turned into positive forms. the design process is incidental; the forms happen, they aren't sculpted or orchestrated. the resulting tiles are a formal hybrid between two very necessary and basic architectural elements, the body and the wall. part body and part wall, the tiles echo the presence of a person, a posture, and literally reach-out to be touched.
Designer: stephanie davidson & georg rafailidis (Germany)
Statusarchitects LocationBerlin, Germany SpecialtiesArchitecture, Industrial Design, Interior Design LinksWebsitestephanie davidson and georg rafailidis founded touchy-feely in 2006 as a platform for haptic design in architecture. as a specialized branch of the architecture practice davidson rafailidis, touchy-feely has a specific orientation toward haptic design, objects and spaces, investigating how the built environment can offer bodies more heightened sensory experiences or “sensory conversations.” CONTACT
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