"As machine learning progresses tactile design becomes ever more important"

That means no pointing, counting, or chef's kiss: the robotic hand symbolises how even advanced technology cannot hope to speak to the totality of human experience. Indeed, there are so many aspects of human experience – especially in the context of design and creativity – that will never be replicated by any technology. As technology and machine learning progress, a tactile, human approach to design becomes ever more important. Think skeuomorphism – digital design in which items mimic their real-world counterparts, such as early iPhone calculator designs. YuJune Park and Caspar Lam are co-founders of New York digital design consultancy Synoptic Office and associate professors of communication design at Parsons School of Design.