Project description
Even though we are living in large and crowded cities, it seems we are losing the sense of face to human interaction and rely mostly on social media outlets. In this final project, students will work in groups of three or four and will be responsible for designing a light installation-art, which will allow human interaction with each other and the surrounding space.
The methodology of the structure: Thinking about how you can produce small components that come together to form something that is larger than the sum of its parts. Students will research Biomimicry and constructed habitat in nature. How the ecological approach is related to design. How the structure and materials in nature and used by animals/insects.
Mind Map: 
Research
Whom you are designing this installation for?
Since our design is inspired by the ocean, we design light installation-art for an organization that promotes clean sustainable water system. Our design inspired by the ocean suggests coexistence and interaction between nature and human surrounding space of the artwork.
The Form & Function of Lighting
Lighting is the foundation to our vision, the most powerful of our senses. Light is visible radiant energy, revealing our world in all its shapes and colors to us. Electric light came into existence around 1880 with the development of the carbon filament light bulb. Advances in lighting technology in the early twentieth century led to the development of luminaires, or light fixtures. Light fixtures provide a path for electricity to power a light bulb and our fixtures allow for visual activity day or night, enhance our décor, create a mood, and even provide safety in otherwise hard-to-see environments. While initially light fixtures were utilitarian, over the past 125 years they have evolved into the cornerstones of all built environments. Light fixtures not only allow us to see, but they also provide character, charm, and ambiance in our spaces.
- Natural Light: The most important source of light is the sun and perhaps the most under-appreciated use of this abundant light is architecture designed to take advantage of it
- Torches: the first attempt at man-made lighting occurred about 70,000 years ago. The first lamp was invented made of a shell, hollowed-out rock, or other similar non-flammable object which was filled with a combustible material (probably dried grass or wood), sprinkled with animal fat (the original lighter fluid) and ignited.
- Candles & The Introduction Of The Wick: Wicks in combination with early candle materials like beeswax or tallow (a derivative of animal fat) then represented the most significant technological lighting advancement since the discovery of fire itself. According to author Patricia Telesco “candle holders dating to the fourth century B.C. have been found in Egypt.” She credits the Greeks and Romans with introducing the wick to the Egyptian idea of wickless tallow lighting. Asian societies were separately making candles out of whale fat as early as 200 B.C.
- Gas lamps: Developed in England in 1790 and introduced to the United States shortly thereafter by William Murdoch. Only a few decades later gas fuel was being used for street lighting in major eastern cities of the United States. Different types of gas have been used over the years to include methane, acetylene, butane, propane, hydrogen, and natural gas. The growth of gas lamps and the infrastructure to support them in cities and suburbs mirrored the advancements of the era in hydrocarbon fuel production (coal and petroleum production and distillation).
- Electric lamps: The first electric light was created by Englishman Humphry Davey. According to the US Department of Energy Davy “demonstrated the first incandescent light to the Royal Institute in Great Britain, using a bank of batteries and two charcoal rods.” His invention was what we commonly refer to as an arc light.
PARLEY FOUNDATION
“If the ocean die, we die” – Captain Paul Watson
PARLEY IS THE SPACE WHERE CREATORS, THINKERS AND LEADERS COME TOGETHER TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR THE BEAUTY AND FRAGILITY OF OUR OCEANS AND COLLABORATE ON PROJECTS THAT CAN END THEIR DESTRUCTION.
Since we and Parley foundation promotes clean sustainable water system, we create the light installation using recycled water bottle, bubble wrap, and air pads that we throw away unconsciously in our daily life and it will release on World Oceans day at UN ocean conference as a lighting decoration.
What is a chandelier?
A chandelier (also known as girandole, candelabra lamp, or least commonly suspended lights) is a branched ornamental light fixture designed to be mounted on ceilings or walls.[1] Chandeliers are often ornate, and normally use incandescent light bulbs, though some modern designs also use fluorescent lamps and recently LEDs.
Classic chandeliers have arrays of hanging crystal prisms to illuminate a room with refracted light, while contemporary chandeliers assume a more minimalist design that does not contain prisms and illuminate a room with direct light from the lamps, sometimes also equipped with translucent glass covering each lamp. Modern chandeliers have a more modernized design that uses LEDs, and combines the elements of both classic and contemporary designs; some also equipped with refractive crystal prisms or small mirrors.
Look into the history or Eastern and Western evolution of lighting, what is the difference in the use?
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Natural Light: The most important source of light is the sun and perhaps the most underappreciated use of this abundant light is architecture designed to take advantage of it
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Torches: the first attempt at man-made lighting occurred about 70,000 years ago. The first lamp was invented made of a shell, hollowed-out rock, or other similar non-flammable object which was filled with a combustible material (probably dried grass or wood), sprinkled with animal fat (the original lighter fluid) and ignited.
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Candles & The Introduction Of The Wick: Wicks in combination with early candle materials like beeswax or tallow (a derivative of animal fat) then represented the most significant technological lighting advancement since the discovery of fire itself. According to author Patricia Telesco “candle holders dating to the fourth century B.C. have been found in Egypt.” She credits the Greeks and Romans with introducing the wick to the Egyptian idea of wickless tallow lighting. Asian societies were separately making candles out of whale fat as early as 200 B.C.Candles & The Introduction Of The Wick: Wicks in combination with early candle materials like beeswax or tallow (a derivative of animal fat) then represented the most significant technological lighting advancement since the discovery of fire itself. According to author Patricia Telesco “candle holders dating to the fourth century B.C. have been found in Egypt.” She credits the Greeks and Romans with introducing the wick to the Egyptian idea of wickless tallow lighting. Asian societies were separately making candles out of whale fat as early as 200 B.C.
- Gas lamps: Developed in England in 1790 and introduced to the United States shortly thereafter by William Murdoch. Only a few decades later gas fuel was being used for street lighting in major eastern cities of the United States. Different types of gas have been used over the years to include methane, acetylene, butane, propane, hydrogen, and natural gas. The growth of gas lamps and the infrastructure to support them in cities and suburbs mirrored the advancements of the era in hydrocarbon fuel production (coal and petroleum production and distillation).
- Electric lamps: The first electric light was created by Englishman Humphry Davey. According to the US Department of Energy Davy “demonstrated the first incandescent light to the Royal Institute in Great Britain, using a bank of batteries and two charcoal rods.” His invention was what we commonly refer to as an arc light.
Materials
Glowsticks: https://www.amazon.com/Lumistick-AUTHENTIC-Inch-Glow-Sticks/dp/B000IZ9N78?th=1
Works Cited
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandelier
http://blog.rabdesign.ca/the-five-most-common-electric-light-sources
https://www.stouchlighting.com/blog/the-historical-evolution-of-lighting
http://hosting.zkm.de/lightart/stories/storyReader%247#
https://www.artsy.net/artist/dan-flavin
Mood board:
Timeline:
Monday 4/22/2019 Phase ONE- Research + design concepts
Wednesday 4/24/2019 Phase Two – designs, development + sketch models
Monday 4/29/2019 Phase Three – Mockup 1
Wednesday 5/1/2019 Phase Four – Mockup 2
Monday 5/6/2019 Phase Five – Start to work for final artwork
Wednesday 5/8/2019 Phase Six – Take artwork picture & Finish process
Monday 5/13/2019 Phase Seven – Final & Presentation
Concept development
Materials:
Plied wood & MDF – the Main structure of our art piece
Plastic water bottle – reflect lights from projector and bulb
Projector – goes on the top of the light as a bulb role
Nuts and Bolt – To connect woods and cardboard each other
Metallic Spray Paint – To cover cardboard and wood evenly and express metallic nuance
Electric Tea Light Candle – For the small pieces light resources
Wire – To connect light and ceiling
Office Pin – To cover the chipboard on the light’s edge
ChipBoard – To make flat and clear on the edge of the light
Final idea:
Technical drawing for Projector holder
Working process for the mockup:
Working process for the final project:
Logo for the project:
Final Product:
Eunsu “Kylie” Chun
River Wildmen Marquardt
Litong “Johnny” Chen (Mine)
Presentation:
Reflection:
This is a really fun project, this is the first we have a teamwork project in Space class. My team members are hard workers and all kind person, so we have a good working environment. We have different strength for making product, it is a nice participate to achieve our goals on the Timeline. We can make mockup together, test the product together and each of us add some details and give advice to improve our product.
We started the brainstorm about the concept, we decided to use ocean as a main idea to find inspiration. And then we all draw the different sketch from key words. At that time, we discussed and choose 5 concept light installation. I drew the details for each one. When we told the concept to Aviva, she gave us lots of suggestions and helps. So we thought a simple and meaningful product that is we want.
About the research, our team decided to use a plastic water bottle or glass bottle and express ocean’s character in a way whether wave or color. As you can see the mockup picture, we were supposed to create wave shape of parallel water bottle light, but we thought it’s too complex and big to display in the classroom. About other concept, some of them we thought we didn’t know how to create the shape, the others we thought we need a simple and meaningful ideas to develop our product. Thus, we decided to create three different heights and size of pendant lightings have a water bottle under the object as a bulb and reflective function. We also asked Aviva for advices. Finally, three different sizes of round shape are inspired by water drop mark when waterfalls on the water, and decided to use a projector as a light source with showing the ocean’s image through the biggest piece of the light hole in three of them.
Making a mockup with cardboard was not easy to cut and connect them together. We started to create our product. For the biggest piece, we wanted it have a high quality of design, we chose wood, and for the smaller two-piece, we use cardboard from the result considering weight to hang on the pipe in the classroom. We also drew technical drawing to create a projector holder. After we create all the body of the three lights, as our instructor recommended us, we apply blue metallic paint spray to look more professional and also reflect the ocean’s image — shining blue. We also use mechanical connector, nuts, and bolts support three piece cardboard to one. Rest of cardboard, I used wire to connect them and create the lines looks a bulb and inside use electric tealight candle fits for the hole.
I think this is a good experience and foundation for me before in product design. I knew the participate in a team and hard-working in the working process for our project. I am a person really focus details about my product, so our project have a good quality and texture. And, fortunately, I really like my team members, they are perfect and hard-work to create this product and we share the ideas, fix the problem and share the sources what we can do on our project. I feel proud of our artwork. The Space class is end. I really like and thank our professor Aviva very much, she tough our lots of skills and different ability that we can use in the future. Thank you Aviva.
