Final Project

For the final project I want to reuse an artwork I made before and turn it in to an interactive product. The artwork is a light sculpture that makes light patterns in the surrounding. In the student bootcamp week Þórarinn Bjartur Breiðfjörð of the Fab Lab Ísafjörður, Iceland gave us a presentation about different types of emotion, tiredness and rest. To make u aware of your emotion wellbeing during the course and also the type of rest you need instead of just going on. His presentation sparked my idea!

The idea

I think we all have experienced that moment that you want to go to sleep and lot of thoughts pop up in your head. I want to make a nightlight that can help you unplug. That gives u a nice warm and cozy feeling and is calming and soothing. I want it to react on the input of the user. And I want the user to be able to use the nightlight when laying in bed. So right now I’m thinking of using a touching input (soft input) like a pillow to squeeze and pet. The nightlight will shine a light pattern on the ceiling, that will move and change depending on the input from the pillow. I would like it to be a product that can be used by everyone who would like to unplug and slow down thoughts before going to sleep. It could be children, elderly and of course myself!