Oasis
A sleep therapy speaker
Designed by Amy FENG
Oasis
Oasis is a sleep therapy speaker that reimagines the moment of switching off. Toggling between ambient light and sound therapy mode, Oasis looks after you to provide better sleep for a brighter day.
Amy
FENG
Amy Feng is a user-centered industrial designer. She is passionate about applied psychology in design, uncovering hidden opportunities through hands-on research with people. Amy’s work focuses on creating products that solve problems while adding a touch of delight, believing in the power of collective small, meaningful moments to make the world a bit better. Her designs seek to connect with users in ways that are thoughtful, impactful, and empowering.
Insomnia impacts billions, leaving many unable to rest, depriving their quality of life, with no effective long term solution. I researched with patients, psychologists, and sleep researchers and found that 2 key challenges to tackle - managing intrusive thoughts, and the invasiveness of current management methods.
These translated into my 2 opportunities, to utilize the leading insomnia treatment cognitive behavioural therapy, localised in a product for the home, and to deliver this through sound feedback – non-invasively and seamlessly integrated into a comfortable experience.
I explored different metaphors to create a meaningful and delightful interaction, since sleep is a deeply personal and vulnerable part of life. The behavioral ritual of switching off the lights stood out—a simple yet symbolic gesture marking the end of the day. This inspired the product’s toggle interaction: as the light switches off, sleep therapy switches on, providing care through your transition to sleep. Further rapid prototyping and user testing helped me understand the form perception, usability, and ergonomics.
Oasis is a sleep therapy speaker made for your home, it is your bedside companion, accompanying you every night, able to be wall mounted or used on the bedside table. To go to bed with Oasis, means to begin your wind down with an ambient light. Softly lit at 2500 kelvins, light is curated to condition you to begin resting with light wind down activities. The output of the device is adjustable through a capacitive touch slider at the rim of the device.
When you’re ready to sleep – push to rock the device into sleep mode.
This was a carefully designed tactile experience – with a satisfying resistance to your hand, the device pivots and softly clicks into its position, utilizing feedback created from ball spring detent mechanism. As the device rocks like a switch, the light dims completely, whilst seamlessly activating sound therapy.
When you switch off for the day, Oasis’s true sleep functions switches on. Borrowing methods of cognitive behavioral therapy, it plays rhythmic breathing guides through nature sounds to you ground your mind and protect against intrusive thoughts. White noise and ambient sound can be customized to your playlist to curate your personal sleep oasis.
​The sound adapts further as you fall asleep, replacing breathing pace with slow wave sounds that match brain activity in phase 3 sleep, promoting deep sleep.
Careful considerations were made when designing for manufacturing. It is a product designed to last, a replaceable magnetic front cover designs for repairs or style updates, and a sturdy internal aluminum structural design allows Oasis still withstand daily use over time.
Overall, Oasis is designed echo the calm dreaminess of falling into sleep. The front is a 2 shot injection molded part, a single shot creating the opaque color, and a cloudy PC surface layer – make this dreamy effect with visual depth and warm tactility.
Better sleep for a brighter day.
In the morning, Oasis wakes you gently with 30min sunrise alarm, transitioning you to wakefulness. Oasis is the last thing you touch before sleep and the first upon waking—a complete system designed to care for you through every part of the sleep cycle, giving you better sleep for a brighter day.
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