Sleeping Pods, the new rest trend that you will love

Its origins arise thanks to the growing awareness about The benefits that sleep and nap have for healthby the hand of the Japanese architect, founder of the metabolist movement, Kisho Kurokawa In 1979, with the Capsule Inn Osaka project, influenced by the Japanese practice of the INEMURIwhich consists of sleeping at work, as a cultural sign of dedication and loyalty to the company.

Current products and designs are used especially for professionals whose races have complicated schedules and for travelers, people who spend much of their days at airports. These specialized furniture or facilities foster short and structured naps during the day. Following the postulates of the Specialists like James Massoutstanding international authority and consultant on sleep and performance, and author of the term «Power Nap.»

The main intention of these facilities is alter existing work culture In the West to improve concentration, productivity and energy. This is aligned with cultural practices such as The nap in Spaina break in mid -afternoon where work and activity stops.

In the same way, businesswoman Arianna Huffington advocates a Cultural change in the workplace that Emphasize the need to sleep and restas well as leave behind «the idea that the dream is somehow a sign of weakness and that Exhaustion and sleep deprivation are signs of strengthit is particularly destructive, so changing the way we talk about sleep is an important part of culture change».