Personal Displays
Each bedroom in Haven House and each apartment at Cloud Nine Studios has a 55-inch digital art display with a custom frame handmade from birdseye maple.
While these displays also function as televisions, their art display capabilities can substantially reduce television viewing habits. encouraging other more (inter)active pursuits instead. / distracting less from reading or socializing
This is because
A normal television, when off, is not only a bland eyesore, but also a temptation.
When we see the large, dark, blank screen, we see an object in its unused and unrealized state, knowing that it can be "fixed" and replaced with color and visual interest at the press of a button.
When in art mode, thanks to the natural wood frame, the illusion is very convincing and the screen registers to the eye as a framed work of art, which is a fully realized and functional object as it is. (When you see a work of art, that's it. You look at it and that's the end of the process.)
functional object left in its current state, not
not a television begging to be turned on.
Encourages healthy habits, does not look wrong or tempting when off
Digital Triptych
Furthermore, the living room at Haven House has a digital triptych—a collection of three screens that can display coordinated art images. This is a major component of the Curated Spaces modality, as changing such a large and complex piece of art brings a dramatic change to the room.