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Alex Cochrane Architects designs shops to "embrace the elegant proportions" of National Portrait Gallery

Dezeen

We repeated the shape of these soaring arches around the room creating a rhythm so all the arches, both old and new, became of a singular and familiar language," Cochrane said. They have a roughness, a texture that compares well with our metallic finishes." We love how they are framed in the arches," said Cochrane.

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The Internet of Senses and the retail sector

CAAD

We’re talking about tools that allow us to control our sound environment and experience smell, taste, textures, and temperature digitally. Beyond the vibration of the controls or video game equipment, it is believed that smartphones will be able to reproduce shapes and textures, or the emulation of aromas in a movie.

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