LUMINESCENCE - Ideation

The inspiration behind my luminaire is GROWTH.

FINAL DESIGN

This painting was the main inspiration for my second and final luminaire.

SECOND DESIGN


At first I wanted my luminaire to grow down or hang from the ceiling but then I decided the growth was coming from the lower section so it should grow up from a table top.
The first luminaire I designed had intense color and the contrast against the black shapes was beautiful. However, when I came across the painting I posted above, I was inspired by it and decided to change my design.

FIRST DESIGN



MY IDEAS

LUMINESCENCE - Documentation

COMPOSITE DRAWING

LUMINESCENCE - Design Research

Observation
The first thing I did was observe the affect light has in various situations. Below are some pictures I took that show contrast, low light, direction, color, midday, sunset and nightlight.

Precedent Analysis
Then I looked at designers and websites to get inspiration for my luminaire. Of course Google Images gave me endless ideas.

Context
Next I had to decide if I wanted my luminaire to hang from the ceiling, sit on a table, or attach to the wall.

Materials
Finally, we were required to use three materials and one of them had to be one we used in another project this semester.

Contrast

Low Light

Direction

Color

Midday

Sunset

Nightlight

Understanding DIALOG

Create two distinct spaces that relate to one another in a mutually supportive way.When I first started making the Parti for my project, I thought about negative and positive space. The other day in class we discussed that my project had the same rhythm as Classical music and if we were to design a music hall should it "speak" music. I included some of those ideas on my collage. Doesn't the music note resemble my project?

FINAL DESIGN

The lamp posts help define the space in front of the building. The skewers are doing the same thing in my project. Skewers!
SECOND DESIGN
FIRST DESIGN

My first design was inspired by the two buildings below. I thought the stacked cube shapes were interesting and the negative spaces created around them had a unique depth that I do not see on many buildings.

Center for Contemporary Art, Cincinnati

Habitat, Montreal

MY IDEAS

REVIEW OF 2 OTHER PROJECTS

Two projects that incorporate similar design elements as mine are shown below. They use tabs that add detail to the curvilinear lines and they are inspired by the Yin-Yang sign . The plan view is the most interesting way to view both of these and shows the two spaces well.

Unity- Drawings

PERSPECTIVE

PLAN VIEW

FRONT ELEVATION


RIGHT ELEVATION

Structure

Construct a 4"x4"x4" cube positioned 4" above an 8" square base.

The first requirement for the cube was to articulate the edges to aid assembly and design intent.

As I was looking for inspiration for this project, I was drawn to modern buildings and homes that use windows at the corner edges instead of solid walls. I cut tabs from one side of the cube and tucked them into slits I made on the other side of the cube. The tabs are not tucked in tight so there is space to see into the center of the cube. Another requirement was to design an integral structure, using plastic drinking straws, that connects the cube to the base. Unfortunately my straws are not accomplishing that and will be redesigned. They need to be more dominant and bring another design element to this structure. As for the 8" base, I used the same type of cut I did on the tabs. These cuts allowed the paper to curve and mimic the edges of the cube.