In the video that would make her famous, Makenna Kelly sits in a bedroom next to a microphone the size of her head. The 13-year-old has braces, red hair, and speaks only in a whisper. For a minute, ...

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Does listening to a whisper send a tingle through your scalp? Do you find watching the snip of scissors around your ears at the hair salon soothing? How about the sound of nails clicking softy, the ...

A camera points towards a flower arrangement before a pair of hands enters the frame, sparking a match and lighting several candles. Sounds of birds chirping can be heard outside as the shot fades ...

Coined in 2009, the term autonomous sensory meridian response – ASMR for short – describes a tingling yet calming sensation triggered by audiovisual stimuli. For more than a decade it existed only on ...

Inside Sweden’s national architecture and design museum in Stockholm, ArkDes, the first-of-its-kind exhibition Weird Sensation Feels Good investigates autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR)—a ...

A woman with a Russian accent gives you a bath. A lady in a bathrobe asks permission to touch your hair. A man with a long beard quietly pretends to sell you “the potent remains of those turned to ash ...

WEIRD SENSATION FEELS GOOD: The World of ASMR exhibit curated by James Taylor-Foster is an all-immersive exploration of the popular multi-sensory experience. Created and presented in collaboration ...

Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of knitting. There’s a great deal of satisfaction to be had in wearing a wonky jumper that you’ve made with your own fair hands but just as seasoned travellers say it’s ...

As part of its takeover of Virtual Design Festival today, ArkDes is giving Dezeen readers a guided video tour of its current exhibition exploring the phenomenon of ASMR. Hosted by its curator of ...

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Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) is an intensely pleasant, tingling sensation that some people feel when they see or hear certain stimulants. We meet the creators behind the current ASMR ...