It’s the end of a long and crazy day and you’re exhausted. You have a lot on your mind; experiences you had during the day, issues that have to be resolved, ideas that have to be generated. And last but not least, barely any free time to do any of these things. Why not utilise…

The DreamCloud App is available for both Android and iOS devices and gives the user the possibility to listen to his latest dream recordings, add titles, notes, tags and categories to them or browse through the archive of past dreams. On the “Detail Page” the user can listen to his or her dream by clicking…

Pillow Design – What had to be considered for Dream Facilitation and Optimisation Factors that encourage dreaming and deep sleep: Training – keeping a “dream-diary” (“Träume erinnern und deuten” von Christoph Gassmann) Recording dreams in as much detail as possible and including all sensory impressions like colors, images, sounds, tastes, people’s expressions, settings, feelings, and…

General Functions of the Pillow and Mobile Prototype The DreamCloud prototype was built with the following components: one Gyroscope, two self-produced soft buttons, one mini microphone (apple headphone remote mic) and one self-produced vibration unit. Max MSP was used to add logic and record files. Max MSP Patch dreamcloud_v9.maxpat In action: Impressions

Stills Some impressions from our concept video. Sketches Storyboard

_________________________________________________________________________________________________ Moods from the Movie _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Illustrator Vector Workflow _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Storyboard Sketches _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Storyboard Text _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Intro Do you know the feeling? You are tired, you want to sleep, but your head is full of lurking thoughts that you cannot let go of. 2. [A] Object There are different meditative concepts like Yoga or…

The prototype is made with Max/Msp and gives a suggestion of the user’s contidition depending on the movement with object. The sound output is controlled from a interface which has midi connections to Ableton Live. Certainly in future it should work fully automated. The object contains an at the moment just an acceleration sensor. It…

Goal was to get an object, which conains the two phases to get to sleep. First: Active movement. you can bend and squeeze the object Second: haptic experience. you can discover the object with your fingers. cold – warm – soft – … In this designs I used a skeletton construction covered with fabric, to…

Goal was to get an object, which conains the two phases to get to sleep. First: Active movement. you can bend and squeeze the object Second: haptic experience. you can discover the object with your fingers. cold – warm – soft – … In this designs I used a skeletton construction covered with fabric, to…

Whats the goal? The user should be pleasantly guided into sleep to release him or herself  from  everyday stresses. The basic idea: Our pillows will relax the user with  rhythmical movements. We believe the rhythm of the breath can be influenced by the movement of the pillow. The pillow will adapt the breathing rate of…