Have you ever sat somewhere and seen that everyone is talking or texting into their phones, rather than with each other? Technology may have brought us virtually together, but it separates us physically. What if there was a technology that brought us together again?


The Touch-Me-Not is the first screen of this kind. It allows us to collaborate, rather than sit facing our individual screens. It is a giant two-sided touch screen made of lycra. People can interact with the touch screen and with each other, simultaneously. It doesn’t just make interaction between people possible, it gives them a pretext to collaborate and a new set of ways to interact with technology.


Screens become much more engaging when there is someone on the other side. So do walls, meeting rooms, public spaces... Touch-Me-Not asks the question: ‘Could this be an opportunity to engage with someone?’


Simon Bond, Chrysoula Konstantinidou, Damon Millar, Tom Siddall


www.touch-me-not.co.uk