Dear readers,
I’m Sara Core, from PletoStudio, and today I want to talk about the most human sense of all — touch.
In a world ruled by screens and speed, we’ve forgotten the wisdom of our hands. We scroll, we swipe, we consume — but we rarely feel.
Yet design, real design, begins where touch begins.
In our studio, before any sketch exists, we touch the material. We listen to its surface. Wool speaks differently than clay. Paper pulp breathes differently than wood. Each one asks to be treated with a certain tenderness — and in that relationship, form is born.
Touch is the first dialogue between human and object. It teaches proportion, rhythm, softness, resistance. It’s where the invisible becomes visible.
At PletoStudio, we believe that emotion lives in the fingertips. The way a lamp feels — slightly rough, warm, irregular — changes the way you see it. It creates intimacy. It reminds you that beauty doesn’t live in perfection, but in connection.
Modern minimalism often seeks distance; we seek proximity. The handmade surface, the uneven texture, the subtle imperfection — they invite you closer. They ask for your attention not through noise, but through sensitivity.
To design by touch is to trust intuition. To let the hand lead before the mind decides.
And when an object carries that memory — the trace of a human gesture — it never feels cold. It becomes a keeper of warmth, of presence, of time.
Because design, at its core, is not about control — it’s about contact.
With warmth and texture,
Sara Core
Trends & Style Editor at PletoStudio
