SVARA
A triad of lamps for nervous system regulation through guided breath. This light-based tool uses principles of biofeedback to translate breathwork techniques into calming visual cues, supporting users in cultivating a consistent meditation practice — subverting the need for screens or apps.
Svara was exhibited at the London Design Festival 2025 with Kaalchakra कालचक्र
Developed through hands-on prototyping and physical computing, Svara embodies a hybrid design approach: integrating technology into ambient, tangible artefacts to broaden the language of human-computer interaction beyond traditional graphical interfaces - into the realm of felt, embodied experience.
It draws from Hiroshi Ishii’s vision of Tangible Bits and AmbientROOM — extending his call to dissolve computation into the fabric of everyday life. In choosing tangible interfaces for wellness, the aim was not to add technology for its own sake, but to integrate it in ways that genuinely enrich the user’s sensory and emotional experience.