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# The Roundup: Making real things in an unreal world
- URL: https://adjacent.media/signals/the-roundup-making-real-things-in-an-unreal-world/
- Published: 2026-03-28T15:29:42.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-02T09:57:51.000Z
- Description: Design // Better The resurgence of tactile creation and analog processes as a counter-signal to digital saturation reveals a deeper anxiety: makers are seeking authenticity not through innovation but through resistance, suggesting that tangibility has become the new luxury marker for a creatively...
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #signal, theme-culture, design, media

Source: [Design Better](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kmsh3nb88q566xsg8zzasep8?ref=adjacent.media)

The resurgence of tactile creation and analog processes as a counter-signal to digital saturation reveals a deeper anxiety: makers are seeking authenticity not through innovation but through resistance, suggesting that tangibility has become the new luxury marker for a creatively exhausted audience skeptical of frictionless digital experiences.