Reinforced with the successive lockdowns, consumers are looking for a new 'douceur de vivre', expressed by fluid, rounded shapes, tactile surfaces in furniture designs bringing more comfort into home, and a boom in homewear with loose, fluid, runny materials so pleasant to touch.

Designers are proposing solutions that address the absence of physical touch, the 'skin-hunger'. Designers are showcasing various products that stimulate hugging or other actions that bring comfort such as the hug-simulating vest or the BlanQuil Weighted Blanket, designed to stimulate deep-pressure touch therapy, a technique that releases oxytocin into your body and mimics the effects of hugging and cuddling. 

With the PS5 Dual Sense Controller, SONY is exploring the sense of touch in games thanks to unprecedented haptic precision. This technology has been created to reproduce the impression of tactile sensation, in particular through the different adaptive controller buttons and trigger, designed to recreate a vibration feedback adapted to a variety of situations. The sensation of different textures underfoot, or various physical movements, is therefore felt more acutely from palm to palm, making for a more immersive on-screen experience.