Art and Design

Sleep as art: The Nap Gap installation uses pink noise to help induce sleep.

The Istanbul Design Biennial has thrown up plenty in the way of surprises, and one project in particular has been garnering its share of attention for questioningone of life's elemental states.

German architect and designer Jurgen Mayer-Hermann's Nap Gap installation creates a spacefor rest that is more in line with our increasingly "nomadic" work, social and sleep patterns.

The room features a constellation of pink lights with carpet and comfy cushions, and a pink noise (similar to white noise) soundtrack that blocks background noise and is designed to help induceshort stretches of sleep during the work day.

The installation challenges us to break out of solid sleep patterns and reconfigure the sleep cycle, so as to suit what has for many of us a more porous and dynamic work-life experience.

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Jurgen Mayer-Hermann's Nap Gap installation encourages short sleeps at Istanbul Design Biennial 2014

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