Me and my business partner Roland Everson are enthusiastic festivalgoers. We've worked backstage - and had fun - at various events. But getting a decent night's sleep is always hard. Partly because when you say a 'night's sleep' at a festival, that's actually a loose number of hours, usually between 6am and 2pm, so traditional tents are hopeless - they're too light and too hot at that time - and we think Winnebagos are too corporate for the festival spirit.

So in 2004, Roland had the idea of building a flatpack wooden house to cut out heat, noise and light, with proper beds to let you sleep. Once we got the idea we played with it: add a carpet! Put a lock on the door! Windows for ventilation! As soon as we were happy with the design we decided to call it a Podpad and hire them out. We sent emails to people we thought would be interested, and within 24 hours they were fully booked. They were even sturdy enough to survive the flash floods at Glastonbury in 2005.

We've developed them since then, though. Now they come with a light, a socket for your phone charger or iPod, and we've even invented the eco-friendly Podpad with a solar-panel sunflower on the roof. We hire them out at festivals all over the UK and across Europe: you book them, then we erect them for you. We have wistful plans for a two-storey model, but for the moment we're just concentrating on enabling whacked-out festivalgoers to get a peaceful night's sleep.

For more information, go to www.podpads.com.

Interview by Alice Fisher