PANTOFOLAIO
Pantofolaio is a lounge chair that helps with sleep related issues using psychotherapy methods. The design is inspired by the ambience of nature, dedicating to help user immerse themselves into nature with the help of advanced technology.
The lounge chair is envisioned to be designed for people living in urban areas, who are having busy and stressful lifestyle, seeking for a temporary escape from the reality, and desires a good night sleep after a full day work.
LIGHT THERAPY
The light therapy feature on Pantofolaio plays a very important role in helping the user to improve their sleep quality. By emitting long wavelength lights surrounding the user, a biological visual reflect will occur on human body, which will trigger the urge to enter sleeping stage.
The light compartments focuses on the visual surroundings of the user, most notably around the upper torso. The lights can be adjusted based on different sleeping stage, as well as different health condition for different users.
AROMATHERAPY
Aromatherapy helps in stimulating the sense of smell of the user. By releasing aroma surrounding the senses involved, user is able to receive the most efficient effect while staying in an enclosed environment. Same as light therapy, the aromatherapy feature can be adjusted according to users' requirements or preferences.
SOUND THERAPY
Stimulating the sense of hear is significant to improving sleep quality. By listening to preferred sounds or music, user is able to enter a psychological mindset that is familiar and comforting to themselves. This helps user to temporarily escape reality and immerse themselves into a stage where noting matters but only their sleep quality.
The sound bar is embedded seamlessly around the user, pairing with the light therapy and aromatherapy feature, forming the main three output stimulation features for the user to improve their sleep quality.
TACTILE THERAPY
The input feature from user is achieved by having this tactile therapy. The tactile therapy consists a digital sensor, where user's biological health condition can be recorded to determine the user's sleep condition and quality. By calculating the heart beat rate and blood oxygen level, the user's condition can be used as a reference to create an algorithm which will become the guideline to determine how to adjust the output features' settings.
The overall outlook resembles a combination of light and dark, pairing with a reflective surface, which shows a strong character line while having extremely minimalistic styling.
