Rest in the press.
Award-winning cooling bedding, born from textile science and trusted by sleepers worldwide. Now keeping Australia cool, clean and dry all night.
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The brand
Not a typical bedding company.
Sleep deprivation is the silent epidemic of our times. Yet almost nobody thinks of bedding as the solution. We do. We are a sleep science company.
Rest started five years ago with three men and a duvet, building for the sleepers the category ignored: hot sleepers, beginning with women waking at 3am to night sweats, for whom no real solution existed. So we created one. Where bedding settled for generic fabrics, we went to the science: material innovation crossed with breakthrough technology, engineered around the specific barriers between a sleeper and a good night. We call it tech-xtiles.
Five years on, Rest is a leader in cooling bedding in the US, commands a premium in a commoditised category, and counts Drew Barrymore as a fan. Now we are building for Australian nights: the heatwaves, the humidity and the 3am wake-ups.
We do it for one simple belief: everyone deserves a rest.
Rest Evercool® fabric is independently tested by SGS to feel four times cooler to the touch than cotton, and its Evercool®+ Cooling Sheet Set is a 2026 Red Dot Design Award winner. Trusted by more than half a million sleepers worldwide, Rest launched in Australia in October 2025 and is available at au.rest.com.
The proof: cool-to-touch, measured.
Qmax contact-cooling score, independently tested by SGS. Higher is cooler.In their words
Headlines we didn't write.
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From Sydney to New York.
Media kit
Everything you need to know.
Brand fact sheet
Who we are, the Evercool®+ fabric story, key dates and figures for Rest in Australia.
The science one-pager
Qmax cool-touch testing (SGS), how thermoregulating bedding works, category comparisons.
Nordic Green
High-resolution lifestyle and product photography, cleared for editorial use. Featuring our newest colourway, Nordic Green.
Natalie Anne x Rest
Our pillowcase collaboration with leading Australian hair expert Natalie Anne, in the limited edition Iced Espresso colourway. Campaign photography and collaboration imagery for editorial use.
Spokesperson bios
Andy Nguyen, Rest Co-Founder: the founder story and using science to create science-backed solutions for a better night's sleep.
Nilanka Weerasuriya, Rest Australia: Australia is investing in rest, exploring sleep solutions for hot climates, perimenopause, athletes and hair and beauty.
Our expert partner
“When night sweats and 3am wake-ups happen night after night, it affects how you cope and function. It's not something women should have to just push through. We need to talk about why it happens and support each other through it.”
Dr Jana Pittman — Olympic Athlete + Doctor + Mum of 6
Available for expert commentary on sleep, women's health and performance. Enquire via our press team.
Story starters
What we can speak to.
The science of sleeping cool
Why fabric, not room temperature, decides how hot you sleep. Qmax testing, thermoregulation and what makes bedding genuinely cooling versus just "breathable".
The 3AM Club
The community naming the 3am wake-up so many Australian women know too well, with Olympian Dr Jana Pittman lending her voice.
Sleep as recovery
What elite athletes know about sleep quality that the rest of us don't, and why recovery starts with the layer touching your skin all night.
Surviving the Australian summer
Hot nights, humidity and the doona dilemma: practical, expert-backed ways Australians can sleep cooler without freezing the whole house.
The Australian story
Meet the woman bringing cool sleep home.
Nilanka Weerasuriya leads Rest in Australia, taking a science-backed bedding brand trusted by sleepers worldwide and building it for Australian nights: the heatwaves, the humidity and the 3am wake-ups.
Available for interview on the business of sleep from hormones to hair, women in leadership, and why the answer to hot nights is the fabric, not the air conditioner.
Nilanka Weerasuriya, General Manager, Rest Australia