A calm experience towards the operating room
As a designer, I wanted to design a concept for patients in a hospital. Calm for your moment is an experimental concept that helps the patient to calm down during the exciting journey towards the operating room.
Calm for your moment.
The journey to the OR begins when the patient is lying in front of the bed. As the nurse brings the patient toward the OR, the patient comes into contact with a ceiling that moves, and changes with minimal interaction. This is achieved by using sensors that are integrated into the ceiling. These changes in interactions must be minimal because the design must calm the patient down before the operation.
From observation to prototyping
With an open mind, I went to the hospital to observe where I had the opportunity to design something.
Staring at the (ugly) ceiling.
While walking through the hospital, I noticed that the patient lying in his bed often looks up at the (ugly) ceiling. Turning their eyes to all the visual objects that are there to be experienced, but which are not there. Observing this, humans are looking for entertainment, perhaps also to create...
Touching the wavy wall.
While walking through the hospital, I noticed that people find it interesting when they see different shapes. This difference in form and material attracts the human to touch or look at the object. I wanted to use this phenomenological observation of the nurse within the interaction of the interactive Spatial Design and the user.
Summary
These observations formed the basis for Calm for your moment. Patients lie in bed staring at a ceiling, while I also observe that movement and shape attract people's curiosity, but also distract them in a positive way.
Prototypes
Prototype 1
Using cardboard and wool strings, I wanted to simulate what it would be like to ride your bed under a moving ceiling.
Prototype 2
When you add up these phenomenological observations, you get the concept for 'Calm for your moment'. The video shows the technical operation of the latest prototype.
The movement of the ceiling is done with an Arduino and a distance sensor. The wood can move thanks to cut-outs that are lasered into the wood.