Liminal
What if the shelf space left by your abandoned clock became a prompt to pause?
There’s probably a clock somewhere in your home you never look at anymore. It used to matter, before smartphones took over. Now it sits there, collecting dust.
Liminal asks: what if that space became something you actually need? Not another clock, but a single-purpose physical device for breathing, meditation, and reflection. No notifications. No competing apps. No red dots. Just an invitation to pause.
The project identifies a core paradox: most digital wellbeing tools live on the device causing the problem. Opening a meditation app means navigating past messages, news, and social feeds. You arrive more stressed than you left. Liminal sidesteps this entirely by living in physical space, on your shelf, always visible and never demanding.
The device offers three functions: guided breathing with haptic feedback, ambient meditative visuals with gentle prompts, and an AI-powered reflection mode that asks questions rather than giving advice. Everything moves at 800–1200ms, deliberately slower than standard UI conventions. Slowness is the point.
The name comes from the Latin limen (threshold): a liminal space is transitional, neither here nor there. Liminal creates a threshold between digital chaos and inner quiet.
