Aveo

Project Information

Challenge

Stress, chronic illness and mental health disorders are rising at alarming rates. Despite cutting-edge advances in modern medicine, conventional healthcare systems remain largely reactive, focused on treating symptoms with pharmaceuticals rather than addressing root causes. For people with chronic conditions, this means years of navigating uncertainty, side effects, and emotional exhaustion—often feeling helpless, frustrated, and abandoned in a maze of trial-and-error solutions. Treatments are fragmented, expensive, and rarely provide lasting relief or clarity.

Potential 

What if healing didn’t only lie in external treatment, but in activating the natural intelligence of the human body?

At the heart of this project lies the aim to unlock our innate potential for health and well-being by bridging the gap between ancient wisdom and modern science. It aims for a holistic, non-invasive and self-empowering approach to treating chronic health conditions from the comfort of our home.

Ancient traditions understand health as a dynamic state of harmony between body, mind, and spirit. Today’s research affirms the potential impact of mindset, perception, and frequency-based tools in supporting well-being and healing. What if these methods weren’t just alternative, but complementary? Might we be able to design tools that utilise modern technology to help us attain the state of balance sought by the wisdom of ancient traditions?

Relevance

Aveo is relevant to anyone navigating chronic health conditions, but also to healthcare professionals and designers shaping the future of wellness. As healthcare systems strain under rising demand, there is a growing need for preventative, self-directed, and awareness-driven solutions that promote resilience and autonomy.

Method

This project explores how a synergy of sound, light, guided meditation, breathwork, and therapeutic reflection can support lasting well-being. Insights from scientific studies, expert interviews, and a user-centred design process shaped the concept into a practical, emotionally resonant experience. A field trip to explore wellness technologies in Stockholm offered valuable input on feasibility, user perception, and therapeutic potential.

Result 

What is Aveo

Aveo is a smart wellness companion designed to support people experiencing stress, depression, or chronic health conditions on their journey from a state of bewilderment, helplessness and pain to one of clarity and relief. Aveo supports users in identifying and treating the roots of their personal health challenges, and in developing healthy habits for lasting well–being.

How it works

Aveo supports users in activating the body’s natural capacity for healing by combining science-based frequencies with the transformative potential of mindfulness practices.
Light and sound therapies offer an easy entry point—regulating the nervous system, harmonising brainwave patterns, and stimulating cellular repair through specific frequencies that affect body, mind, and consciousness. Mindfulness-based tools like meditation, breathwork, and therapeutic journalling work more deeply over time—fostering emotional release, self-awareness, and long-term neurophysiological change. Together, they create a holistic shift—meeting users where they are, and guiding them towards sustainable, self-empowered healing.

This multi-sensory experience is tailored to each user’s individual needs. With bio- and brainwave sensing technologies and AI-powered guidance, Aveo provides real-time insights to help users understand their internal states—mental, emotional, and physiological—and how these interact. It teaches them how to initiate shifts towards well-being and explains how their daily practices benefit their health. Aveo brings clarity, guidance, and effective tools—transforming passive treatment into active, user-initiated transformation.

Design

Aveo is more than a device— it is a fusion of art, technology, and ritual.

It was designed to convey the trust, precision, and reliability of a smart medical device, while feeling as natural, calming, and personal as a well-being companion—something that creates a personal wellness space and naturally integrates into the home, both functionally and emotionally.

What sets Aveo apart

As an alternative to a fragmented collection of individual health gadgets, Aveo provides an all-in-one toolkit to explore what works. It brings together ancient and modern healthcare approaches—inviting a shift from dependency to confidence, from confusion to clarity, from helplessness to self-trust, from surviving to thriving.