Relaxation therapy: Stress-free living in Moscow

Relaxation is the core concept at Stressless. ‘We’re like a pair of fuzzy slippers after a stressful high-heel day,’ says the venue’s website. Treatments can be incorporated into packed schedules, and customers can fit in a meal and a face treatment during a 45-minute lunch break.

Reis Design created the space to accommodate a variety of services. ‘The various functions are defined in separate zones,’ says director Richard Evetts. ‘The de-stress and beauty therapy area is defined by a suspended ceiling and raised floor, while the café features a higher ceiling with exposed timber joists and natural daylight to create a more energetic social space.’

For increased flexibility, clients can schedule appointments through an app that sends two reminders, first an hour and then 15 minutes before an appointment.

For more on consumers’ growing demand for stress-free oases, read our New Sublimity macrotrend.