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Layer launches LightVision headset to enable "powerful meditation"
Design studio Layer has created LightVision, a headset unveiled at Design Miami during Miami art week that uses an LED light matrix to turn nature videos into biomorphic patterns to help users meditate.
The LightVision headset aims to make meditation easier by combining traditional techniques with vibration, sound and light, which it says helps users relax and change their pattern of thoughts.
It was designed for US startup Resonate by design studio [Layer](https://layerdesign.com/#top-page), whose founder Benjamin Hubert described the headset as a way to make the meditation process more accessible.
The LightVision headset was designed to help users meditate
"It's certainly novel, as physical hardware like this has never been used in this space – we've had digital apps for years, but moving that digital experience to hardware that removes the need to 'learn' how to meditate makes the process more accessible and far more effective," Hubert told Dezeen.
Layer's meditation headset uses an LED light matrix – a grid of small individual LEDs close together – that turns nature videos, including videos of trees swaying in the breeze and films of swimming fish, into biomorphic patterns.
These can be seen through closed eyes and are used together with synchronised vibrations and a soundtrack of monaural and binaural beats and isochronic tones – single tones at regular intervals – to activate the brain's "frequency-following" response.
An LED light matrix shows biomorphic images
The LED light matrix "allows powerful meditation to be attained simply and effortlessly, regardless of level of experience," Layer said. The different visual and auditory effects combine to guide the user's mind to deep meditative states.
"According to studies conducted by Resonate, users report a 51 per cent decrease in stress and anxiety levels after a single 20-minute Resonate session," the brand said.
LightVision has a minimalist design with an exterior casing that was developed to follow the contours of the user's face to create "complete immersion".
The headset is wrapped in textile
Inside the headset, a widescreen LED matrix display shows the biomorphic patterns. Its brightness, as well as the volume settings, can be controlled via an interface at the underside of the headset.
The headset's casing is wrapped in textile, and it features an adjustable strap with metallic branding details.
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"These details bring the tech accessory closer to a piece of fashion," Layer said.
"The design also expresses the product's functionality. Lighting strips, for example, frame the internal edges of the headset casting light on the face to create an outward expression of the meditation experience and acting as a 'do not disturb' signal to others."
Lights on the face create a 'do not disturb signal
Though people might think of and use meditation as a way to escape from our tech-surrounded everyday lives, Hubert believes the solution could be to refocus the technology that we use, rather than avoid it.
"We shouldn't feel the need to get away from tech per se, only what the tech does (or doesn't do) for us, absolutely escape your emails, time your social media, stop binge-watching media, get away from your Zoom calls…. but then why not re-focus tech to help us be better?" Hubert added.
Previous designs by his studio include a collection of smart devices made to increase wellbeing and the packaging and branding for wellness brand Never Go Alone.
LightVision launched during Miami art week and production units will begin shipping next year.
_LightVision launched atDesign Miami, which takes place during Miami art week. _SeeDezeen Events Guide for an up-to-date list of architecture and design events taking place around the world.
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Es Devlin creates labyrinth in Miami to celebrate 100 years of Chanel No.5
British designer Es Devlin unveiled a labyrinth installation encircled by plants and trees during Miami art week to mark the 100th anniversary of the luxury brand Chanel's No.5 perfume.
Named Five Echoes, the installation is formed of a series of symmetrical winding ramps and maze-like passages with a raised circular platform at its centre.
Five Echoes is an installation in Miami that was designed by Es Devlin
"The title Five Echoes is on one level a description of the form: five concentric circuits of a labyrinth 'echoing' around a central platform," Es Devlin told Dezeen.
"On another level, it references the ancient Greek dance from which the labyrinthine form is derived – as if those ancient footfalls still echo within its corridors," she said.
The installation is comprised of a maze-like structure
"The word labyrinth originally referred to a dance, and later the pattern of the marks left by the dancer's feet, which were extruded to become the architectural form we now refer to as a labyrinth," Devlin added.
The installation is located at Jungle Plaza, a concrete park in Miami Design District. Surrounding the structure, Devlin planted 2,000 plants and trees of various shapes and sizes.
Es Devlin planted 2,000 trees and plants around the maze
"The transformation of the concrete heat island of Jungle Plaza into a 2,000 plant forest is a rehearsal for the kind of space it could become if the urban forest were to be installed permanently," said Devlin.
"It's a rehearsal for how people might feel if they spent more time among the phytoncides (essential oils) produced by trees – proven to decrease stress, help resist infection and cancer, and improve sleep."
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Two curving ramps surround the labyrinth and lead visitors to the raised platform at its centre.
Across its floor, the platform is adorned with sundial-like markings that are said to reflect the time it takes for the molecules of the perfume to evaporate while also mimicking the maze-like corridors below.
Markings abstractly represent the molecular make-up of the perfume
Three openings, at the front and sides of the structure, lead visitors inside the building where they can stand beneath the platform and see it from below.
Here, the perfume informed-markings are illuminated by the sun's light above, while additional openings lead visitors through labyrinth paths.
Devlin worked closely with Chanel's in-house perfumer Olivier Polge to transform the molecular language of its No.5 perfume into a soundscape and light installation that is emitted from the structure.
The materials used in the installation, including timber and fabric, will be donated to local arts groups while the trees and plants will be replanted locally in collaboration with Million Trees Miami.
Es Devlin created a light and sound installation to pair with the structure
"This project aims to balance the echo of the emissions inherent in its production by inviting 2,000 trees to work as co-authors of the piece and replanting them so they can grow and sequester carbon for hundreds of years while offering health-enhancing benefits to those who spend time among them," said Devlin.
"My hope is that at least five of the trees' names echo through visitors memories when they leave: South Florida Slash Pine, Live Oak, Dahoon Holly, Ylang Ylang, Wax Myrtle – perhaps the first step towards caring enough about other species to save them from extinction is to learn their names."
Materials and plants will be repurposed and replanted across Miami
"Architecture follows behaviour, then the resultant architecture determines future behaviour. This feedback loop indicates that we can make choices about our architecture, design and city planning that will positively influence our future behaviour," Devlin explained.
Earlier this year, Devlin created an indoor forest titled the Conference of Trees for The New York Times Climate Hub at COP26. At this year's London Design Biennale, Devlin filled the courtyard of Somerset House with trees for her Forest for Change installation.
_Five Echoes is on show at Jungle Plaza until 21 December 2021. It launched during Miami art week, which also involves Design Miami and Art Basel Miami Beach. _SeeDezeen Events Guide for an up-to-date list of architecture and design events taking place around the world.
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Yinka Ilori unveils brightly coloured temporary skatepark in Miami Beach
British designer Yinka Ilori has applied his trademark colourful style to a demountable skatepark at the Faena District in Miami Beach during Miami art week.
Called the Skateable Object Park, Ilori's temporary installation features salmon-pink ramps on a bright yellow floor and was commissioned by the female-founded "nomadic boutique" Unique Design X Group.
The skatepark was designed by Yinka Ilori
It forms part of a five-day programme of art activities called Unique Design X Miami @ Faena District, which takes place at the Miami Beach complex developed by Argentinian property magnate Alan Faena.
Colourful ramps are positioned within a yellow space
Defining itself as "a team of colour-obsessed architects and designers", Ilori's studio is known for its vibrant and often intricately-patterned work.
The Miami Beach skatepark is a large expanse of yellow space surrounded by patches of grass and trees, while quirky-shaped skate ramps are coloured in a mixture of salmon-pink, orange, green and blue.
The skatepark was designed in partnership with The Skatepark Project
Ilori designed the skatepark in partnership with American skateboarder Tony Hawk's The Skatepark Project – a non-profit organisation with a mission to provide accessible places for young people to skateboard in underserved communities.
Each year, Unique Design X Group plans to commission an artist to design and install a temporary skatepark in Miami.
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"A permanent skatepark is a major undertaking both financially, and due to the permanent allocation of a large space," said Unique Design X Group.
"The possibility of being able to assemble and disassemble the skateable obstacles is what makes these [temporary] parks 'kits'."
The skatepark makes use of Yinka's vibrant colours
Yinka Ilori is a British-Nigerian designer based in London. Last year, he transformed a former exhibition hall in France into another vibrantly-coloured skatepark.
Other recent skatepark projects include La Duna in Mexico, the design of which was informed by the undulating forms of sand dunes.
The images are courtesy of Unique Design X Group and Yinka Ilori.
_Unique Design X Miami @ Faena District is on show in Miami Beach until 5 December 2021 as part ofMiami art week, which also involves Design Miami and Art Basel Miami Beach. _SeeDezeen Events Guide for an up-to-date list of architecture and design events taking place around the world.
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