Maid of Sker

Respect, people. Who cares if your experience differs from someone else's; we're just offering our own theories about cause and effect since we're not on the dev team and can only speculate. Also note that most games get patched on a regular basis, potentially creating differing experiences over time. My experience was this: at first I was "brushing up against" items as I passed them, at a low angle, with no results, but the higher the angle I took, I began hearing a faint thump, almost like something hitting a large wooden object. Finally I decided to just approach items like benches, sofas, desks, etc, perpendicularly and I would get the audible feedback every time. I never felt vibration in my controller when contacting these items regardless, so perhaps that was a change in the game. But I'm fairly sure that as long as you get that audio cue, it counts towards the achievement.

I really wish there was a way to track this, I'm at the end of my 1st playthrough and haven't unlocked it