ZEN BOX
MICRO SPACE FOR MINDFUL MOMENTS
Role: Research, concept ｜Year: 2016
Background
Sound helps you focus
Nature de-stresses
Meditation brings well-being
Research has shown that time spent in nature and even just looking at nature images reduces feelings of stress and accelerates recovery time after surgery.
Certain type of music and sounds are associated with better focus, attention, and even memory.
Meditation has long been seen as a tool to enhance over-all well-being. Some research suggests that meditation helps in making better decisions, i.e., right before an important meeting.
Concept, research
Based on these findings and my own experiences with views and situations that I found calming and conducive to mindfulness, I’ve been filming short sequences of landscapes, light etc. for some time to look at when I'm stressed.
I then started to test the clips with a handful of regular yoga practitioners. The feedback was positive: the short videos provide a sense of calm, and make people take deeper breaths. The shortness of the clips is also experienced positively; like that they can be watched anytime and anywhere.
These are a few of the short videos
Thoughts on development
Prototyping a physical micro-space—a space which you can enter and dive into an audio-visual experience, completely undistracted. The box could be placed indoors, in lobbies or workplaces, or outdoors in public spaces.
Prototyping for VR—an immersive sensory experience to meditate anywhere and anytime. There is research being done in