This sculpture, Touch, guides inquiry into the relationship between humans and the objects around us. There are many "hidden metrics" in space that are important to understand and explore with design. How many times has (x object) been used? What does this number tell us about its pertinence to a design? Why does human behavior gravitate towards using certain objects over others, due to the placement of these objects? And, in what ways can we measure an object's usefulness? Touch provides physical markings as an answer to the latter question, but also asks many more.

Above: Process sketches showing the evolution from a block of clay. Visible fingerprints were repeatedly made and numbered to bring attention to the formative aspect of touch. 

Below: Numbering began at the righthand side of the sculpture, and moved to the left. There is a total of 344 numbered fingerprints.