France Télécom-Orange · Lyon

(calm) SPACE, nap pod

A micro-space for napping, where light and sound guide you to sleep and back to wakefulness.

In June 2009, France Télécom-Orange began looking into rest at work and called on designer Marie-Virginie Berbet through the Cité du design. Carried out at the Vivier Merle call centre in Lyon, the study aimed to give employees ways to relax or rest at their workplace. From the graduated rest space imagined by the designer, France Télécom-Orange selected the most innovative installations for trial, including the (calm) SPACE.

The (calm) SPACE is an individual micro-space designed to create a physiologically suitable environment for short naps. Based on recent scientific and medical advances, it incorporates NightCove technology, which offers sound and light sequences for 10-, 15- or 20-minute naps.

The light is calibrated to the secretion of melatonin, the sleep hormone: at the start of the sequence, its wavelengths encourage falling asleep; at the end, they block melatonin, stimulate the body and prepare it to resume activity.

Client

France Télécom-Orange

Location

Lyon