Winter in Norway
Winter in Norway can be tough, and a lot of people suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder.
This week The Refinement Club is looking back at an idea we had a couple of years ago, and we’re finally putting it into words.
Our insights:
- It’s boring and time consuming to sit in front of a sunlight lamp
- People use solariums to get a boost during winter, not necessarily to get a tan
- A lot of people take vacations during winter to travel somewhere warm and sunny
Our solution:
A place where you can get away from the dark, cold and snowy Scandinavian reality, and get your well deserved sun fix.
It’s a small domelike structure with exterior of frosted glass containing an interactive, therapeutical get-away, placed around in the city at spots where people typically wait. Consists of two parts, a main room and a smaller room to keep the cold out and where you can hang your outer clothes.
- Therapeutical artificial sun light
- Choose between different programs representing different warm and sunny biotopes
- Choose activity level (calm to energetic)
- 3D film on all surfaces (environment, wildlife)
- Sound
- Smell
- Temperature
- Interactivity through motion sensors
With the threats of global warming and the colder winters that it involves for Northern Europe, we think there is a real need for products and services like this. So someone, please invest in this! We Scandinavians are depressed and introvert enough as it is.
So what do you think?
Next week at The Refinement Club: Old People
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