Residential Lighting Solutions | Plant Chandelier

Course: Studio with Professor Raquel Velho (MS, PhD) 

Group Members: Eileen Beres | Alex Brush | Bruno Morgado | Nampoina Randrianarivelo

Project Theme: Working Forwards: “The Future”

Project Learning Outcomes: Introduction to industrial design, problem definition, ideation, concept selection, and prototyping

Problem Statement |

“How can we as designers of the future provide luxury products for our users who seek comfort and a connection to nature in an underground residential environment?”

Ideation |

Early stage group mind-mapping session to collect ideas for future development

Outcome: Navigated creative mind-mapping while virtual

Concept Selection |

Outcome: Learned how to utilize Pugh matrices and create pin-ups to gather feedback from instructor and peers

Prototype |

Goal: To test the basic form and aesthetic quality we envisioned for our product

Materials: Carboard, paper, hot-glue, thumbtacks

Outcome: Prototyping while virtual