1. Soundtrack of the day
Baby Alpaca - Sea of dreams
2. People to meet
Anne Bronte - bio
3. Places to go
Our dreams
4. Question of the day
5. Inspiration
“I love the silent hour of night, for blissful dreams may then arise, revealing to my charmed sight what may not bless my waking eyes.” - Anne Brontë
Here’s a fascinating article about what happens in your mind when you sleep.
Surrealist artists Salvador Dali, Joan Miro and Rene Magritte - Some of their most important works were inspired by their dreams.
Vincent van Gogh once said “I dream my painting and I paint my dream.”
The Science of Sleep - movie
Inception - movie
Lucid dreams - design your own dreams
Stephen LaBerge - LaBerge’s team was interested in developing ways to enter the Lucid Dreaming state. This technique is easy — you just need to practice!
1. Before bed, decide on a problem you would like to solve while in a lucid dream. Frame your problem in the form of a question. Focus on the question for a few minutes – set your intention to dream about this.
2. Try a yoga nidra meditation or some exercises to help you get into a state of deep relaxation. Yoga relaxation routine here.
4. Lay down (if you can, in a bed designed by Mathieu Lehanneur, or in the Bubble, or the Dream Downtown Hotel, or just in your own bed).
5. Fall asleep and realise you are dreaming (pinch yourself or use DreamStalker or notice the vital signs – is there a purple monster flying around? Then you are probably not awake...)
6. Once you realise you’re asleep, bring up your question again. Seek the solution.
And if you want to explore further, here are some more techniques! And here.
Stephen King used the art of “creative sleep” to stay focused on the writing process.
1. Before bed, decide on a problem you would like to solve while in a lucid dream. Frame your problem in the form of a question. Focus on the question for a few minutes – set your intention to dream about this.
2. Try a yoga nidra meditation or some exercises to help you get into a state of deep relaxation. Yoga relaxation routine here.
4. Lay down (if you can, in a bed designed by Mathieu Lehanneur, or in the Bubble, or the Dream Downtown Hotel, or just in your own bed).
5. Fall asleep and realise you are dreaming (pinch yourself or use DreamStalker or notice the vital signs – is there a purple monster flying around? Then you are probably not awake...)
6. Once you realise you’re asleep, bring up your question again. Seek the solution.
And if you want to explore further, here are some more techniques! And here.
Stephen King used the art of “creative sleep” to stay focused on the writing process.
“Our work is without limits, full-time. There is no schedule, day and night. I
translate my dreams into reality, whatever I do” - Piero Fornasetti, an Italian designer, artist, interior decorator, and craftsman.
And he worked in dreams indeed. He woke up at night and sketched his ideas - baroque furniture, Palladian-style architecture or a modern variation. Or look at art works on the exhibition at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art. It was called “Dreams For Those Who Are Awake”. These works are also records of dreams.
Try Design by Randomness. Ideas start small so it is important to create an environment where you can nurture them and try them immediately before they disappear, where you can experiment and discover new ones. Find tools to develop the ideas from your dreams.
Dream books? They existed already in ancient Egypt and even Lord Byron wrote one. There are some other really remarkably designed dream book covers:
dream books from the 19th century, beautiful art nouveau dream books. Nowadays, you can always consult an online dream book.
In 1962, Bruno Munari, one of our favourites, published “Men on the Moon,” a special foldable book for kids with two LP records. Munari also used this motif in
“Good Design” (1963), where he portrayed the moon as an orange.
Verner Panton, the father of design. The moon inspired him to make this amazing moon lamp.
“I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart for so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time”, said Winnie-the-Pooh, the
wisest bear.
6.Homework:
Tonight, sleep deep and sweet! And in the morning, start recording your dreams. Use a notebook or a blog. Call the entries ‘dream whispers’. In a week, you will have 7 dreams whispering to you about things you want to do. In a month, at least 28. Quite a collection of dreams. Isn’t it nice? You can draw, design, write, paint...document you dreams in any way you please. And tomorrow, will you share with us a picture?
This Video and Letter were created by a group of Design101 students. Congratulations! A well done job!
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