In their publication Tangible Bits: Towards Seamless Interfaces between People, Bits and Atoms, Ishii and Ullmer describe the dual citizenship of a human being between the physical and digital worlds.
Mockup of the fundamental Tangible Media elements in Commodore.
Ishii and Ullmer also describe the existence of "rich languages and cultures which valued haptic interaction with real physical objects" and the degradation of this richness with the advent of digital technologies. By implementing tangible media, Commodore re-explored the analogue realms to produce a digital media.