MOD. Sleep Ops

The MOD. ‘Sleep Ops’ exhibit explores how sleep affects our ability to perform decision making tasks and how this can contribute to peace within our society. The gallery is an immersive, multi-sensory environment, demonstrating the different aspects of sleep and featuring first-hand accounts of researchers and people who work in challenging sleep environments. The gallery revolves around a central sun which represents the cyclic nature of sleep and the natural rhythms that our society and biology follow. The central, communal sleep pod challenges the notion of sleep being a private activity and visitors can share a nap or simply contemplate the peaceful space around them.

ES worked closely with the MOD team and researchers to develop the concepts and ensure the integrity of the research is communicated in an engaging and intuitive manner. The collaboration process took place through a series of creative workshops to develop the concepts and ES undertook all detail design work along with fabrication, testing and commissioning and final installation.

Awards:
2019 Design Institute of Australia (SA Chapter) – Gold Award – Built Environment (Education)
2019 MAGNA Awards – Highly Commended – Temporary or Travelling Exhibition