LUMINESCENCE. design research.

For our upcoming project, the task at hand is to create a luminaire. By using only 3 materials, 2 of which have to have been used in previous projects, we must "create a field of light that articulates the surface upon which it is cast." After receiving the guidelines, my first thought was to begin to think of what materials I would use. Much of my inspiration comes from using common materials, such as old magazines and books, and recycling them into a new form of an object. For this project, I hope to incorporate old books/magazines to form a luminaire. Whether this will turn out, we will see.

After researching different forms of light, I was inspired by the site starbrick.info. For the light source they developed, they used the idea of stacking. In the light source, three types of spaces were defined. The three spaces are defined by, "the solid structure of the module itself, the negative space at its core in the shape of a ‘cubeoctahedron’, and the polyhedric spheres that appear between the modules when stacked." I plan to incorporate all three of these ideas in my model.

Here are some photos that inspired me. I plan to use the idea of light peering through cracks and crevasses and light reflecting off of color.

Furthermore, here are images of actual objets and lamps that inspired me.