Presented by Sibling Architecture during Melbourne Design Week, Deep Calm is not just an installation to look at — it’s something to live, to touch, and above all… to feel. The goal? To explore the regenerative power of deep pressure — that enveloping sensation we experience when we’re hugged or gently held.
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In essence, it’s a therapeutic practice that stimulates serotonin production, helps reduce anxiety, and brings us back, if only for a moment, to a state of primordial calm. This is precisely where Sibling Architecture’s research behind Deep Calm begins: transforming furniture into emotional tools.
The Sibling Architecture project
The exhibition path is made up of sensory carpets to lie on, and soft, weighted forms that wrap around you like a deep, reassuring embrace. But that’s not all: a soundscape by Jeanette Little accompanies every movement, every breath, while light filtered through scented films created by Other Matter shapes a muffled, almost womb-like atmosphere. In short, Deep Calm isn’t just an installation — it’s a fully-fledged multisensory experience, the result of a year-long research project on design for the senses, supported by Creative Victoria.
The project is the work of Sibling Architecture, a Melbourne-based practice known for its design approach focused on social needs and human wellbeing. Led by Amelia Borg, Nicholas Braun, Qianyi Lim, and Timothy Moore, the studio works across cultural, domestic, institutional, and landscape contexts, using research as a creative engine to imagine environments that are more accessible, engaging, and fun.
