Sit down, take a breath and ask yourself: when was the last time you slept really well? What helped you to do it? Going to the countryside, switching off electronic devices or perhaps a proceeding calming meditation? Perhaps your last opportunity to have a proper rest was such a long time ago that you can’t even remember when it was? What did your body think of it?
Good sleep means better life. It’s that simple
In my work on the comfort of life on Earth and in outer space, I tackle the common problem of poor sleep hygiene. Good sleep is important for mental health and physical health, for improving productivity and human relationships. Lack of good sleep hygiene has serious negative consequences.
For years sleep deprivation has been used as a form of torture and yet today a lot of people give up on proper sleep out of their own will. Taking care of the quality of your sleep is one of the simplest ways to improve ones’ mental wellbeing, health and general life contentment. Why is it then that we neglect this opportunity for night regeneration? Why has this basic need become a synonym of luxury in today’s world? What made us humans go wrong and create a system where it’s easier to take a painkiller than to fall asleep and have a rest?
How can we help ourselves: nature or technology?
When I educate about good sleeping, I stress the importance of easy, small and accessible steps. I am eager to share my knowledge with regard to good practices for our sleeping hygiene and rest. I explain the valuable theories about the daily cycle and biological conditioning and inventions for improving the sleeping space. As a product designer, I choose solutions which are responsible and beneficial for our health and comfort. I believe in combining the wisdom of nature with the abilities of modern technologies.
I’m always happy to have an opportunity to discuss in mainstream media the importance of good sleep and what influences it. It is my dream that one day the knowledge about sleep is common, accessible and obvious – as common and obvious as the very need of sleep.
In a short video I have summarised a few key tips which can improve the quality of sleep and regeneration.
What does looking after a good sleep involve?
This is what the exhibition GOOD/NIGHT is about. This exhibition was presented during the Łódź Design Festival in 2022 and during this event one could see selected projects by the students of the School of Form at the SWPS University. The event was part of the course in Project Design, Materials Science and Design Research.
Whilst working on the comfort of living on Earth and in outer space, I am constantly faced with the social problem of lack of sleep hygiene. High-quality sleep is directly correlated with our wellbeing, effectiveness and social relations.
Together with a group of students from the Academy of Fina Arts in Gdańsk (ASP), we designed a Bedroom of the Future. In the creative process we used ethnographic and statistical data on sleep. This data was sourced from infuture hatalska foresight institute. IKEA had the patronage of the project.