After many weeks of iteration, setbacks, and ideation, we have finally created our final design! The lamp is turned on and off by slightly pressing the top, and compressing it The final iteration of our model has the compression of the lamp limited to a few centimeters – rather than folding the entire […]
After creating the paper prototype with working electronics, the next step was to work with the actual materials that we had to design our lamp with. None of us had ever worked with concrete before (we also kept mixing up ‘concrete’ and ‘cement’ – but now we know better), so having to design a lamp with […]
After much discussion, ideation, and trial and error, we were able to create a prototype which fulfilled our form and function. We fabricated our own custom spring from galvanized wire by wrapping it around a pvc pipe. The rest of the prototype was made from foamcore and paper. For the electronic parts of the prototype, the […]
Continuing in our iterative design process, we tried a few different methods of actually being able to create the design that we had planned. Our sketches and ideas would mean nothing if we couldn’t manifest them into a physical prototype. The interaction of folding and collapsing that we chose made us explore a multitude of different […]
We brainstormed situations and scenarios for potential users of our lamp – and this led us to creating our persona.
Next in the process, we were assigned materials to work with – also assigned by a lottery process. We received: Primary Material: Concrete/Plaster Secondary Material: Paper/Card Along with our low fidelity prototypes, we conducted research on these materials to better understand how to design with them keeping our context in mind
To begin the process of designing our final project, we conducted research in the domain of lighting to get a better understanding of the context that we were going to be designing in. We were assigned an era through a lottery – we received the 1950’s-2000’s. Through our research we found many similar patterns in […]
For this project, we have been given a brief: The university is currently studying lighting resources on the Surrey Campus. Primarily, they are interested in promoting the use of personal lighting to students, faculty, or staff who work on the to mitigate the use of energy consumption (fluorescent lights) and to improve the work/learning environment […]
Welcome to our blog for our iat336 final project! Here you will be able to see our progress as we work towards ideating, prototyping, and finalizing our project. Stay tuned!