As technology invades the bedroom, jumbling our body’s natural rhythms, many of us are failing to get a good night’s sleep. In addition, the blurring of boundaries between work and home life mean that even when we are on down time, we rarely fully relax.
The architecture of sleep
On view during Clerkenwell Design Week the multi-sensory, interactive exhibition entitled “Hypnos: The architecture of sleep” conceived by Sto Werkstatt, HASSELL and Draisci Studio.
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- 21 May 2015
- London
“Hypnos: The architecture of sleep” is designed to help even those most reticent to switch off, to retreat and tune out. Engagement with the exhibit lies in inactivity.
A creative collaboration between Sto Werkstatt, HASSELL and Draisci Studio, “Hypnos” consists of colourful felt hammocks – or sleeping pods – that cloister visitors from the busy world outside while whispered stories, dimmed lights, warm textures, smells and colours ensure a true experience of withdrawal. The team behind “Hypnos” set out to explore the architectural spaces needed for short-term physical and mental rest and ask the question, if daytime napping is becoming more socially and culturally acceptable, then could “sleeping parlours” become a reality in our future cityscapes?
until June 30, 2015
Hypnos: The architcture of sleep
Sto Werkstatt, HASSELL and Draisci Studio
7-9 Woodbridge St, London