Final yr, we talked tech. This yr, we tackled wellness. However the two subjects share greater than you may suppose. In any case, the human expertise is powered by electrical currents and neural pathways all housed in some kind of natural machine. At this NeoCon 2025, Design Milk carried out a Designer Wellness Lounge inside SANDOW’s DesignScene, tucked away on The Mart’s eleventh flooring, to function a sensorial escape whereas showcasing the transformative energy of design in selling office well-being. Wellness, sustainability, and biophilia have cemented themselves as necessary to the way forward for design – with neuroaesthetics not far behind.
So the Design Milk workforce leveraged a wealth of suggestions from trade professionals and distributors alike – in addition to our personal commerce present experiences – to style the perfect refuge for weary professionals passing by way of. With the hopes of reenergizing visitors, this immersive house provided attendees a second of respite to pause, recharge, and even replicate on their NeoCon expertise. The bodily lounge was thoughtfully curated as a multi-sensory expertise meant to elicit a visceral response in help of our mission.
The consciously-crafted lounge engaged all 5 senses and thought of the sensible software of every element with a wellness-forward method to our intimate business inside. Passersby first observed our glowing, jewel-box house when turning the nook to flow into by way of DesignScene. Lit from inside, SkyView lighting generated an inviting ambiance with the SkyView 2 and SkyView 2 Professional tables lamps, in addition to the SkyView 2 Pendant Professional. Their fixtures mimic the heat, glow, and rhythms of pure delicate the indoors usually lack. The gently shifting hues had been particularly soothing as they provided a little bit of change and motion all through an in any other case unchanging house.
Upon coming into, visitors had been additionally greeted by a cushioned room perfume with notes of lavender generated from a MUJI Ultrasonic Aroma Diffuser. Ambient soundscapes by Sonocea, utilizing Sonic Augmentation Expertise™, emanated from a Sonos Transfer 2 Moveable Clever Speaker, which complemented the aromatherapy and provided reduction from the din of foot site visitors. These with a bent to fidget or have to self-soothe might discover leisure in our miniature zen backyard and tabletop equipment fairly than resort to display screen time. From art work to floor sample, our curated decor aimed to please diverse tastes guaranteeing everybody would have a spot to relaxation their eyes.
Plush seating from Keilhauer invited relaxation and leisure along with visually anchoring the bodily house. Guests might be social whereas having fun with a round, communal banquet or go for any of the opposite seats peppered across the room for a second of solitude. Up to date, geometric textiles, together with Sonia Graphite Knit Throw Pillow Covers and Sonia Graphite Knit Throw Blankets from Unison House, helped us sink deeper into coziness. However our patrons weren’t the one ones having fun with a recharge. Native Union stations with Anchor Charging Cables saved private units powered up as individuals powered down.
These feeling parched might hydrate at our scorching tea bar that includes Fellow Stagg EKG Electrical Kettles. The ritual of pouring a drink inspired a change of tempo, endurance, and a bit conscious motion. Adjoining to the drink station was a plantscape by Backyard on the Wall. The preserved greens introduced the outside in, reinforcing a connection to nature usually misplaced whereas operating from showroom to showroom.
Partnering with a few of our favourite “Design Milk Authorized” manufacturers was a pleasure for the editorial workforce as we realized our ever-evolving activation by way of this artistic collaboration. What’s extra, it served as an crucial train in specification that provided designers sensible concepts for infusing wellness into business environments. The trade is filled with petite alternatives that supply a excessive return on the funding in very primary human wants. And our Designer Wellness Lounge is proof of idea.
A gigantic thanks to all of our “Design Milk Authorized” manufacturers together with SkyView, Sonocea, Fellow, Unison House, Sonos, Native Union, MUJI, Keilhauer, and Backyard on the Wall!
