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 light was provided by an LED strip. We intended to have this LED strip be switched on and off by a push-button switch that would be pressed as the lamp is compressed – however, the first switch that we bought was faulty, and did not give us consisted results. Other than that slight drawback, our electronics were quite simple, power goes through the switch, into the LED strip, and back out to ground. Initially we thought of adding some more interesting effects via the use of Arduino, but we decided to focus on the physical interaction and form of our lamp as per advice given by the teaching staff.