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DESIGN EVOLUTION
WA K E BY TA L A X H E AT H E RW I C K STUDIO
Heatherwick Studio has joined forces with Tala, the British lighting brand renowned for its precision engineering and sustainable design-led approach, to launch Wake, a new kind of sleep light. Part 1 of Design Evolution looks at the team’s inspirations for the new product.
Bringing together natural materials, careful craftsmanship and cuttingedge sleep science, Wake offers a serene way to wind down and wake up. Its advanced LED system simulates sunrise and sunset, shifting gradually from warm to bright light, while curated soundscapes such as rhythmic alphorn tones and rainforest recordings replace jarring alarms. “We were inspired by the rhythm of sunsets and the rising sun over rippled water, that feeling of light gently filling a space,” says Josh Ward, Co-Founder at Tala. “In conversations with circadian neuroscientist Professor Russell Foster, he described morning light as a “photon shower,” a cue that resets our internal clocks. Wake sets out to embody that sensation, a beautiful volume of light rising in your room.”