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Heimtextil 2019 News

presenting

better sleep

with ‘Sleep! The

Future Forum’ view, we already know a great deal about our night’s accommodation offers of this type and they don't

come with quality guarantees’, says Löhnert. With her
sleep. The big problem is that we don’t sleep enough
and don’t give sleep the importance it deserves.’
sleep cube, she wants to make sleep experiences
with a high standard of amenities possible for the first
The upcoming Heimtextil (8-11 January, Frankfurt) will In order to improve our night’s sleep, there are now a time. In the Sleep Cube, the user lies on a
supply solutions to the qualitative regeneration number of smart gadgets available: intelligent comfortable 1.60 metre wide and 2 metre long
process with the new ‘Sleep! The Future Forum’. pillows, noise-reducing high-tech earplugs and sleep mattress, while three large panoramic windows and the
Here, international experts will present the latest trackers – these are all designed to help banish bad roof provide a view of the surroundings and the sky.
findings and textile innovations for a restful night.
sleeping habits and consolidate healthy ones.
Even classic hotel stays have now become a focus of
The world’s leading trade fair for home and contract Sleep like a (sports) professional research. Vanessa Borkmann from the Fraunhofer
textiles brings together around 800 producers of Another speaker knows the sleeping habits of Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO will talk about
textiles in the bed segment. Of these, 140 international professional athletes very well: Nick Littlehales, sleep the importance of sleep in hotels in Frankfurt am
industry leaders will be represented in the ‘Smart coach of five-time World Cup footballer Cristiano Main in January (‘The importance of sleep during a
Bedding’ segment alone in hall 11.0, which will be Ronaldo and four-time Formula 1 world champion hotel stay – a special experience thanks to
presenting the latest sleep systems, mattresses, Lewis Hamilton, will present his findings from his 22 innovation’). ‘Healthy sleep is particularly important in
bedding and smart sleep technology. In addition, the years as a sleep coach for top athletes (‘Redefining hotels’, says Borkmann, who wants to show how the
new ‘Sleep! The Future Forum’ in the foyer of hall Sleep in Elite Sport’). ‘Athletes and professionals in effect of rest in the hotel bed can be improved, for
11.0 will provide a platform for knowledge transfer, world sports are facing the growing demands of a example through the design of the sleeping environ
exchange of experiences and networking relating to a globalised 24-hour society’, says Littlehales. This is ment, the behaviour of the guest themselves or
good night’s sleep. International experts will provide also increasingly true for non-athletes, says Little technical innovations.
an overview of the current state of research and the hales, who is certain that his sleep tips for
latest findings on the ‘Future of sleep’ in the four professionals will also be useful for normal mortals. Sustainable sleep
subject areas of digital, sport, hotels and sustainability. More and more people are using natural materials
The night's rest as an experience and sustainably produced textiles in their bedrooms.
‘We sleep too little’ Sleeperoo founder Karen Löhnert will show that you The lecture block ‘Sleep & Sustainability’ is therefore
It is not without reason that many experts are declaring can sleep comfortably in the most unusual places dedicated to the material properties of textiles and
sleep to be the latest lifestyle trend after nutrition during her lecture ‘Sleeperoo - The Night, The Place the quality of their processing as well as the
and fitness: numerous current studies prove that we and You’ at the ‘Sleep!’ forum. She will be introducing auditability of sustainable procurement and
are sleeping ever more badly despite increasing the world’s first ‘Design Sleep Cube’. The sleeping production standards. Mr Hedderich says, ‘In the
knowledge. capsule known from the start-up TV show ‘Höhle des past, criteria such as weight, moisture wicking and
Löwen’ is currently nominated for the German filling power has played an almost exclusive role in
Prof. Ingo Fietze, Head of the Interdisciplinary Sleep Innovation Award 2019. It allows the user to spend the choice of bedding, but now the ethical component
Medicine Centre at the Berliner Charité and chair of the night in exotic places such as a museum, a is increasingly coming into play’. Consumers are
the German Sleep Foundation says, ‘You don’t bunker or a pier in the Baltic Sea. ‘I'm a big fan of placing ever greater importance on certificates and
always notice sleep deprivation straightaway but you adventure nights, from tree houses to tepees; but seals which prove that the processed down and
do become less attentive. From a scientific point of unfortunately I've only been able to find a few local feathers did not originate from live plucking or
foie gras production.

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