Project 2: Research &Ideas

Universal Object

Lamps, Light Fixtures, Lighting
Three Artists Designing Light Fixtures

Andres Kudless

http://matsysdesign.com/category/projects/chrysalis-iii/

 Chrysalis III -Laser cut cherry and poplar wood

- Forming flat plains into three- dimensional objects

- Sculptural, statement piece, functional and effective in its function. 

Marco Stefanelli

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/08/lamps-made-from-sawmill-waste-and-tree-branches-embedded-with-resin-and-leds/

Lamps made from sawmill waste and tree branches, embedded with resin and LEDs

-encorporating lighting into organic, found objects

Elisa Strozyk

http://www.elisastrozyk.de/seite/woodtex/lamps.html

Miss Maple Pendant Lamp- wooden textile, and steel

                   

-Shows the use of familiar materiasl in an unconventional way

- wood is usually a plain surface, but here it is broken into a grid of triangle to make a flexible lamp shade. transformed manually. 

-Light by night sculptural object by day

History of Lighting

-Sun

Hallow rocks or shells or other natural materials filled with moss or similar material that was soaked in animal fat then ignited. 

Architecture structure to let in day light

Oil lamps

Gas lighting

Incandesent lighting

Fluorescent lighting

LED technology lighting

Modern Lighting Designs

Possible Materials

-Cardboard

Plexi

Steel

Wood

Paper

Felt

Concrete

Glass

Vinear

Resin

Poly urethane

Organic materials..

Recyclables..

Rough Ideas/ Sketches..