DESIGN FOR LUXURY & CRAFTSMANSHIP

Patrick Storey – Design For Rest

by Patrick Storey

Design For Rest is a speculative research project exploring how design can prompt and ritualise rest in an age of constant digital engagement. Through design, writing and experimentation, it questions how we might reframe rest not as recovery, but as an intentional act. It proposes three outputs: Glasses for the Night, red-lens eyewear crafted from 0.5mm stainless steel; Interval, a poetic device using chromatography to signal rest intervals; and Phase, a prompting switch that disconnects Wi-Fi, reshaping night-time routines. Together, they form a system of tools to help reclaim attention, presence, and sleep.