This new design study conducted by the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena has compiled the various new physical habits and gestures that would have been totally alien to us as recently as a decade ago and have only become instinctive due to the proliferation of digital and mobile technology.

Curious Rituals is a compendium of the new behaviour we’ve adopted but probably aren’t even aware it has become second nature to us. Featuring an essay, a design fiction piece and even a script of an accompanying film, the book seems like the most comprehensive account of the new gestures and behaviour technology has forced on us to date.