With the wellness sector exploding into mainstream consciousness over the past couple of years, it’s no wonder that Wallpaper chose their theme for this year's Salone del Mobile to be Wellness + Wonder. And rightly so, our clients are looking for ways to incorporate wellness seamlessly into their lives, and it’s our job as interior designers to deliver that through their home design.
Just as we’ve seen how technology has become integrated into the fabric of new buildings and this has increased the uptake of these technologies, so too, will wellness need to be seamlessly integrated into our homes so that there isn’t any extra effort from our part.
At Phoenix Interior Design, we see Wellness + Interior Design as the next big wave that developers are going to need to focus on to attract HNWI.
To help illustrate some of the theory into practical examples, these are a few new products that we came across at the Milan Furniture Fair.
Meridian Mettlach Reflexology Path
The designer was inspired by her own cultural heritage and turned to the ancient Chinese art of reflexology. She created this reflexology pathway which is intended to induce a pleasurable feeling of calm and reflection.
Oval Sphere Backbenders
Interested in how leisure and wellness can be incorporated into domestic interiors, Space Copenhagen’s Signe Bindslev Henriksen and Peter Bundgaard Rutzou designed a trio of back benders as beautifully sculptural objects that also serve a fitness purpose. “We treated the pure and spiritual shape of the oval with the same attention to detail and craft as is applied to a piece of furniture,”.
The Meditation Panel
Based Upon is a collective of Artists & Creatives, one of their latest partnerships is with meditation enterprise BeBox, where together they create immersive meditation spaces. This Meditation Panel, together with feature lighting that responds to the viewers' presence, brings about a meditative state, helping the user to calm down without focusing directly on meditation.
Signal blocking Wallpaper
Metapaper was initially designed to keep wifi hackers out by blocking out external signals from penetrating your walls. But metapaper also advertises itself as a healthy alternative, since it claims to reduce a person's exposure to electromagnetic waves. Scientists behind the product point to studies that say the overuse of wireless technology could cause harmful health effects.