May 26, 2023
Brief 4, Kreativt Internett
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Brief 4, Kreativt Internett
lamps_06
the final result!
lamps_04
because this light-chain was wired in a way that the positive and negative wires mattered - which was unlike the previous led-diode i used - i had to mark them so that the wiring would be correct, which resulted in a lot of back and forth between the power connection and the light-chain.
testing the two different wires of the light-chain. it is obvious that one of the wires lights the chain up, however i’m not quite sure what the other wire does.
lamps_03
because i mainly used two different existing products - a light-chain (fairy lights) and an umbrella - my focus was how it would light up. after going through the functions of an umbrella, it was obvious that if it was going to be a surprise (for the first-time users) it would have to be the part where the runner hits the top notch, and the lights following the rib to the stretcher.
drawn off of this image
lamps_02
after the testing i went back to the drawing-board to figure out what kind of interaction i wanted to create. what i knew was that i wanted to somehow work with fabrics, and perhaps the element of surprise.
then i had a talk with a t.a. about the lamps. i considered a mini trampoline that when you jump on it the light turns on, as well as a baskeball basket so that when you hit the inner square the basket lights up.
however as i was having lunch and talking with people about something completely different we started discussing autumn. a lot of the people i was talking with said that their only association to autumn was that winter was arriving, or that it was getting dark and depressing. so i thought about making a lamp regarding bringing light to the increasing darkness that autumn brings. the idea of an umbrella lighting up as it opened was a perfect fit for what i wanted to create during this assignment.
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these are some of the mockups/sketches i’ve finished thus far for the fourth brief.
although these are mainly in cardboard i wish to explore how to use fabrics and plastic more.
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we are going to be making lamps. but the design is not the main aspect - although as with everything in design it is quite important.
for this project we first went through how to wire a led diode to a power source - batteries or electrical plug.
then we had to begin making mockups.