MeScapes

We are on a mission to help people live healthier lives; e.g. sleep better, perform better and increase their wellbeing!

Challenge: Real estate prices are increasing and property owners need to utilize their buildings more efficiently and rooms without windows are becoming increasingly common. Windowless rooms offer interesting design challenges (e.g. feelings of claustrophobia, lack of natural light) that we are solving.

Solution: MeScapes is our solution for improving well-being in windowless spaces. It combines sound and light to create immersive experiences that are adapted to the purpose of the space and the people using the space.

Industry: Hospitality

Psst. What works for windowless rooms, works for rooms with windows too, but not always the other way around.

• Expressen: “Därför mår du bäst i ett fönsterlöst rum”, June 2019 (Swedish).

• Travelnews: “Nu kan du sova gott på ett fönsterlöst hotellrum“, June 2019 (Swedish).

Helsingborg Hospital

How can we provide the right light at the right time for neonatal babies, their parents, and hospital staff?

Premature babies are particularly light sensitive and should be exposed to little light, while staff need sufficient light to do their work. Our answer is dynamic lighting: light scenes that adapt to the different tasks, at different times of day.

• Reports: Part 1 and Part 2 (Swedish).

• SVT: "Satsning på belysning ska ge nyfödda bättre vård", October 2017. (Swedish)

• HD.se: "Nu slipper för tidigt födda ögonbindel", March 2018. (Swedish and for subscribers)

Client: Region Skåne for Helsingborg Hospital
Users: Staff at Helsingborg Hospital, premature babies and their parents.
Project: Lighting Metropolis

The project has been presented at Swedish NIDCAP conference (Stockholm, 2018), Lighting Metropolis (Malmö, 2018), European Healthcare Design Congress (London, 2018), 8th Professional Lighting Design Convention (Rotterdam, 2019).

Moum Design was lighting design project manager, in collaboration with WSP Ljusdesign in Malmö.

Hello Robot!

Robots are becoming increasingly common and will soon play a bigger part of our everyday lives. Alexa, Siri, Google Home have already moved in to our homes and private spheres, but what about public spaces? We have learned that for many of us talking to an invisible voice ai of a brand in the public, can be pretty awkward. And in a near future, the voice of a service might be the only interaction we have with that brand!

There is an increasing body of knowledge around voice and ai out there, but to get it right from start, we felt the need to include our clients in the design journey and therefore we “employed” a Nao robot from Softbank Robotics. We call him Markus and we use him in strategic and creative workshops with clients.

Ljuskultur magazine

Ljuskultur is a trade magazine of the Swedish lighting industry.

Moum Design was commissioned to write a series of articles about new trends and technologies affecting light and lighting. There are six articles under the name “Nytänkande teknik“ (Innovative technologies).

• “En dator i varje ljuskälla” (Swedish) in Ljuskultur, 05 October 2017 (subscription). Text version in English here.

• “En ny verklighet i fickan” (Swedish) in Ljuskultur, 06 December 2017 (subscription).

• “Ljusdesign: Experience design i en digital värld” (Swedish) in Ljuskultur, 01 January 2018 (subscription).

• “Design för att bli avkopplad utan att bli nedkopplad” (Swedish) in Ljuskultur, 02 March 2018 (subscription).

• “Kan vi undvika Panoptikon?“ (Swedish) in Ljuskultur, 03 May 2018 (subscription).

• “Kan en AI vinna svenska Ljuspriset?“ (Swedish) in Ljuskultur, 05 September 2018 (subscription). Text version available here.

Fact articles where new technologies and/or systems are explained for a wide audience with examples from market leading projects.

• “Smart City: Belysning som navet i den smarta staden”, (Swedish) in Ljuskultur, 06 November 2018 (subscription).

• “LiFi–Framtidens trådlösa nät“ (Swedish) in Ljuskultur, 03 May 2019 (subscription).