Sleep Symphony

Sleep Symphony is a design-led practice that translates raw data into enduring physical artefacts, offering calm, intelligible representations that can be held, exhibited, and preserved over time.

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Physical

Data deserves to be held, not just seen.

Transforming data into matter provides clarity, resonance, and permanence. Subtle variations in the source—such as the difference between eight and nine hours of sleep—become visible in form, scale, and texture, prompting reflection that conventional graphs rarely achieve. These artefacts serve as lasting records of personal and organisational moments, intended to be kept, revisited, and understood in the everyday.

Foundation

Clarity

Each series applies a single, consistent visual language so differences in the data are evident at a glance. Legibility is achieved through disciplined mapping of values to form, ensuring the intent is immediately clear.

Permanence

By materialising information, the work establishes a durable archive beyond digital fragility. The outcome is a physical record designed to endure handling, display, and time.

Intimacy

When data is embodied in a physical object, it becomes a meaningful possession. The result is a personal keepsake that invites touch, fosters reflection, and supports long‑term connection to the memory it represents.

Collections

Each collection applies the same method to a distinct data source, demonstrating how a shared system can reveal different patterns, scales, and narratives in material form.

Sleep data

Sleep Symphony

Sleep data is translated into a series of forms where duration and quality become tangible. The difference between nights is purposefully legible, encouraging healthier habits through material comparison.

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Biometric data

Graduation

Biometric readings from a significant day are rendered as a coherent series, preserving the rhythm and intensity of the occasion in a permanent, tactile record.

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Organisational data

Company rhythm

Operational metrics are transformed into objects that communicate tempo, stability, and change over time. The series makes organisational patterns accessible for presentation and ongoing reflection.

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Process

Data sourcing

A suitable data source is selected—sleep, biometric, or organisational—followed by definition of the characteristics that will remain consistent across the series. This establishes a clear framework for comparison.

Translation

Values are mapped to material parameters—dimension, weight, proportion, texture—so that differences are both visible and intuitive in physical form. The mapping is documented and repeatable.

Realisation

The series is fabricated with attention to finish, consistency, and longevity. Each artefact is produced as a durable record, intended for display, archival, and everyday engagement.

Contact

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