Shella LimanDAI 460

Martin Linder Fall 2010

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Table of Contents

Inspiration

Ideation

Scale Model

Full Scale Model

More Ideation

Rendering

Full Scale Model 2

CAD Drawing

Shopbot

Lights

Base

Finishing

Final Model

Inspiration

These are some of the floor lamps that looks

attractive to me. I realized that I am more attracted to

white colored lamps because they seem more clean

and sophisticated. I also like the use of rice paper on

some of the lamps. It makes them look like a lantern.

Most lamps are thin, and they look fragile but slender.

The more slender they are, the less space they take.

I noticed that most lamps have a support made out

of steel. They all look shiny but I like the ones that

are painted matte better. It works with either white or

black.

The design of these lamps vary, but I think I am more

attracted to the ones with the paper cover. They serve

as both lighting and decoration. Another upside of the

paper is that it diffuses the light from the lightbulb and

doesn’t shine in your eyes.

Inspiration

SKIN

The major inspiration for the outer skin of my lamp is lace. There are a lot of different ways lace is used, and I think

it would look great on a lamp when it is turned on as it will cast an interesting shadow. As for the bone, I looked at different

building structures. I found that there are a lot of structures that are not boxy. It inspired me to make something that is more

interesting than just a rectangular box.

BONE

Ideation

These are my sketches for my ideation stage.

Ideation

Scale Model

This is one of the first models I made. It

is a quarter scale, and is made out of three differ-

ent materials for the skin. For the structure, I used

a dowel and wood. I was experimenting on how

different material emits light. It turns out that paper

doesn’t really emit as interesting light as fabric.

As for the strings, it was really hard to work with

although it emits a pretty interesting shadow. The

lace also emits an interesting shadow, but I found

out that this type of lace that I chose didn’t block

any of the light which makes it hard to look at.

Scale Model

This is another quarter scale model that

I made. I used different types of paper to see

the effect they make. The structure is made out

of foamcore. The idea of this model is to make

stacks of different shapes to break out of the usual

rectangular shape. They are also stacked by ran-

dom so they are not perfectly on top of each other.

This is inspired by one of the buildings that was in

my mood board.

Full Scale Model This is my first attempt at making the full

scale model. I used fabric because I decided that I

like the lace better than paper. This full scale model

was really helpful that I got to see the final size. It

was a little bit too short, so I decided to make it a

little bit taller. It also showed the flaw that just one

fabric is too open and it will not cover any of the light.

To help filter the lights, I tried putting

another fabric on the inside. It helped a little but

it was still too bright. At this time, I am aiming

to make a mood lamp so there shouldn’t be too

bright. I have chosen to use LED strip for my

lights because it is flexible enough to be wrapped

around a dowel and it doesn’t emit as much heat

as the other lights.

Full Scale Model

More Ideation After making these prototypes, i realized that having three stages to my lamp is too complicated, so I

tried simplifyling it. These are my ideation for simplifying the lamp.

Rendering

This is the rendering of my lamp. The

fabric will be in lace instead of the cotton that I

currently have. The base would be made out of

four stacks of Applecore plywood, and the top and

bottom of the fabric would only show one plywood.

Full Scale Model 2

This is the second full scale model, made

out of fabric and MDF board. I have decided to cut

down the different boxes to just one to simplify it.

This model really helped me decide which fabrics

to use, because I can stick my lights inside it and

see which ones look better when it is turned on,

and I can also see how it looks when it is off.

CAD Drawing

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Shopbot For the final piece, I used half inch Applecore

Plywood. To cut it, I used a shopbot and a quarter

inch bit. After the shopbot is done, I used a jigsaw

to cut the tabs, then sanded the sides so they’re all

smooth.

Lights

I choose LED strip for my lights because

it is easy to wrap around a dowel and it emits

bright light without as much heat. Total I used 15

feet of warm white LED light.

Base I clamped the base, and drilled a hole in the bottom dowel. Then I sanded all of the surface with

sandaper, from 80 grit to 400 grit.

Then I used tung oil so finish the wood. I

used several coats, buffing and sanding with 0000

iron wool in between coats. I applied more on the

surface than the sides to get to the darker color I

want. I taped the fabric when I applied tung oil to

the edges of the wood to prevent it staining the

fabric. After I am done with the tung oil, I sanded

the surface with 800 grit sandpaper.

Finishing

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