Magdalena Milly Assignments Final Project

17 Applications and Implications

This week's assignment is to propose a final project masterpiece that integrates the range of units covered.

Tot be? - a stacking lamp

This week was not only time to scope out the project but also to triage and decide which elements will be part of version 0 still covering: 2D and 3D design Additive and subtractive fabrication processes, Electronics design and production, Embedded microcontroller interfacing and programming, System integration and packaging.

What will it do?

Tot be? is a lamp that grows with a person's life adding shells that tell their personal story. Each shell represents another stage in the life of a person and explores another material and fabrication process. My idea is to create an individual shell that differs in shape and material, but follows the same measurements, but keep the structure, meaning the electronics, the fixture and power supply identical to make it a hidden tech part, easy to reproduce.

Who has done what beforehand?

Lamps are one of the most created projects in the designworld, stacking and with magnetic connections as well as Fabacademy Final Porjects. While I have included the design research in in my Project Development Page, I quickly want to elaborate about two final projects I took inspiration from:

Joris Navarro's Moods lamp:

Eva's Fab lux lamp:

What will you design?

On the one hand there is the identical structure, that I will be designing with Fusion360:

structure

On the other hand I am designing three different individual shells with Rhino and Grasshopper:

shell

On top of that I am designing the PCB that controls the neopixel strip in each piece:

pcb

What materials and components will be used and how much will they cost?

Where will they come from?

During the period of Fabacadmy the materials used will be provided by the Fablab Barcelona.

What parts and systems will be made?

What processes will be used?

What questions need to be answered?

For now the concept is clear but still a few questions need to be answered or adjusted accordingly to the time available:

How will it be evaluated?

Mostly the success of the lamp strikes with the magnetic connection, whether they transfer the VDD, GND, SCL, SDA and each different piece will light up.