A relationship with a phone is very tactile and almost sensual. As a person who doesn’t like to be touched that much, the relationship with my phone is the most touchy-feely one I’ve ever had. You touch it, play it, stroke it, throw it away, and take it everywhere.
There is a strange power balance in that relationship. Who is the owner of the device? Is that me? Or am I the slave, since I cannot stop looking at the device and touching it, even though it’s just a bright light, a couple of pixels that, based on how I touch the device, evoke feelings and emotions.
These are the 8 gestures performed on my 8 most used apps, translated into digital and visual outputs using code and Photoshop, and lasercut back into screen protectors, so we'll forever stay together.
