We have an ever-expanding toolkit of technologies to augment, visualize, express and experience existing and new emotions. Multidimensional levels of non-verbal communication is the next approach to designing emotions and immersive experiences. Sensory interactions that go beyond traditional touch interactions to create meta-tactilities, bypass logic and rationality which makes them instantly accessible and fully intuitive. Image by Orb.

We are moving into an era of dematerialized aesthetics influenced by procedural artist and algorists through programing proceses such as painting with code. Also, Artificial Intelligence tools are supporting the creative process from the ideation of prompts, to the creation and visualization of new materials with extended or mixed properties. These dematerialized aesthetics create new paradigms for design and new sensibilities that are unconventional, intriguing and fresh. Image by artist Mario Carrillo.

There are multidimensional levels of non-verbal communication. Each individual has a different sensory profile when it comes to experiencing the world. There are technologies that interact directly with our body and our nervous system like those involving the use of weight, pressure and vibration. These tend to be less intrusive, requiring less of the traditional action-reaction as they directly tune in with our sensory system.