SENTIO

Sentio is a piece of speculative design, an observation on habitual action and object culture.

We evolved around a natural light cycle. We evolved co-ordinating our biology and behaviour with 24hr light fluctuations. Your internal clock makes adaptations to varying light intensities attempting to gauge where you are in the day and oscillate accordingly. We now have constantly varying light sources creating chaos with our circadian rhythm, from interior lighting to screens. An example might be watching a movie in low light and directly after brushing our teeth in a bright white mirror lamp. This symbol of human progress i.e. electrification, is also a symbol of the plethora of unforeseen by-products of that same progress. Everything we do has an effect internal and external. This object is intended to critique the cyclical way in which we live as well as poking fun at the ridiculousness of fetishised design objects. The intention is to reimagine the good life without the false pretense solutionism of production. Lights affect the body. We are able to centre the object both around electronics and work. Electronics shine a bright light into our faces almost constantly throughout the day. This occurs in work at your computer screen, at home watching television or while at work on the computer. The average worker works 8.4 hours a day. Legally work is not allowed to fluctuate the lighting therefore you are stagnantly forced to be in this environment, making up for it by engaging in media on your breaks. The watch acts as a reminder to the current light source you're in. If the lightings strength is below the environment's strength, only then, does the watch's light therapy work and alter your circadian rhythm according to the time of day it should naturally be.

It is essentially an artificial light source wearable that attempts to replicate natural lighting to create a discourse surrounding the systems we interact with daily outside of nature.

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