Objectives:
Make a wireless lamp that soothes the mind and body
Tools:
-Illustrator
-Indesign
-Rhino SubD
-BambuLab
-Keyshot
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Timeline: Winter 25'
9 weeks
Hue exploration and effects:
To start my design process, I examined the psychological effects of various lighting colors on users, focusing on how different hues influence mood and perception. My objective was to create the most relaxing and comfortable atmosphere possible, ensuring an optimal and soothing environment.
I began by talking with people about the environments where they feel most relaxed and at ease. Across conversations, the same moments surfaced repeatedly, lying in bed, being near the ocean, and watching the sun set. These shared experiences became the foundation for my color exploration.
The Language of Light:
Golden hour became a key reference in my design process. The warmth, softness, and gradual fading of light at sunset informed my color exploration, as well as my form development. Golden hour lead me to this deep orange hue. I was drawn to how this color mimics the feeling of winding down, similar to being in bed at the end of the day or watching the sun disappear over the horizon.
This exploration became a foundation for translating an emotional moment into a physical object. By studying how color, light, and form behave during golden hour, I began to consider how a lamp could recreate that same sense of ease, signaling rest rather than stimulation.
This became the foundation to design a lamp that replicates golden hour in form (the sun setting), in color (the golden hue) and in lighting (a bright, warm glow).
I began then ideating with a strong, intentional direction. I wanted to answer one question: how can I visually capture the feeling of the sun setting creating a golden hour throughout the atmosphere?
That guiding idea pushed my sketches beyond static shapes by giving them a sense of gravity.
The sketches then turned into creating low fidelity mock-ups and experiments.
Testing different shapes, materials, sizes, heights, lighting colors, and more...
After lots of iterations and test, a final form was created and a final hue was chosen
Soothe was designed with a true 360-degree experience in mind, so I intentionally avoided a traditional on/off switch, which implies a “front” and “back.” Instead, power is activated through a gentle, tactile rotation of the sphere
Turn to the right to turn on.
Turn to the left to turn off.
The on and off function of soothe was a meticulously thought out process.
The twist isn’t just a functional gesture, it’s meant to be a physical moment of calm. As the sphere turns beneath your fingertips, there’s a soft, deliberate resistance that feels grounding, almost meditative. The interaction of turning on the lamp becomes part of the soothing ritual itself.
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