TECHNO LUMA
Duration | 5 Weeks
Date | Fall 2025
Design Goals | My main goals were to create a simple battery-powered lamp suitable for a late night study session that the user could access only the batteries and the push button. The main driving aesthetic was modern, futuristic vibe based on modern architecture, and I chose to include the illusion that the lamp was floating to add to the unrealism.
A COMPACT FLOATING DESK LAMP
While researching forms and aesthetics I focused on how the curves wrapped around each other and what materials were seen used together. This gave me a good idea on how to bring unity to this desk lamp.
FORM INSPIRATION
Understanding the relationship between the circuit and the internals was crucial to be able to plan how the space would best fit for the wires, button and light itself.
CIRCUIT ANALYSIS
On the first set of major ideation I focused on grasping a form that I resonated with and felt like demonstrated the flow and uniquess I was driving for I played with many organic and static forms. At this stage I was not worried about button placement or internals.
INITIAL IDEATION
At this stage I started to think about button placement, where the batteries would best be held and accessible, and the rest of the internals. I began to play with the idea of an organic shape wrapping around the light or the light even being placed in the organic form.
FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS
During the final rounds of ideation this form overall made sense with the direction I intended to hit. The form demonstrated sleek and modern. I drew how I began to conceptualize where the button, batteries and light would be placed.
FINAL DIRECTION
The most important thing while 3D printing the first couple rounds was to consider space for the internals and this negative space that I chose to move forward with to really stretch the aesthetic of modernism and futurism. Many of the inspirations I discovered had negative spaces for light to seep into.
FIRST INITIAL MODELS
Multiple iterations were needed to ensure that the physical model clicked together and worked properly. There is a small line going around the internals that would click into the diffuser so that the user is unable to access the wiring.
EXPLODED VIEW
This design includes a lamp cover, a diffuser, LED, a button cover, button holder, an internal piece, batteries, and a battery cover. This exploded view helped demonstrate to my peers how everything clicked together and how my lamp was wired.
This quick physical model took me a little over a week and helped me demonstrate the inner mechanics properly working and helped me construct a size for my peers to visualize
FINAL RENDORS
