ping song: 十月 2011

Lamps in one form another have been in existence since our Stone Age ancestors utilized rock depressions to place burning natural fibers in animal fat. And Styles of lamps evolved as much out of necessity and function as aesthetics. More than just a convenient way to illuminate a room, lamp has been used to set tone and mood. The indispensable part of decoration of every house is the lamp, it not only used for lighting, also showed the owner’s taste. A good lamp is innovation and sophisticate elegance.

I have chosen the color blue as research of color increase the confidence, reduce pressure and make people feel happy. And the original idea of the lamp is waves which is multilevel and polydirectional. Both the idea connected easily to associate to the beautiful ocean makes us a peaceful feeling. Tapes around bulb make light are not straight out to stimulate our eyes. When the light on, the shadow of lamp is emit 360 degree. This characteristic promotes an overall good ergonomic of the product reason to establish a pleasurable relationship between the product and costumers.

This table lamb which is made of discarded poster. The aim of this product is “upcycling”, which refers to the process deal with things into something similar use or more value to avoid further virgin material extraction and reduce waste build up. Also lamp is easy to assemble, disassemble and re-assemble, easy to delivery.

This daily essential-lamp is designed for consumer to have a more pleasurable product that enriches and enhances their experience while interacting with it.

2 posters cut like 1 + 1 poster cut like 2 make 12 lamps.

Waste1*2 + Waste2

=217230*2+245300

=679760

Wastage=679760 / 1200*1840*3

=0.1026

=10.26%

ping song

2011年10月17日星期一

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