Shinto Lamp Rationale
Using mostly JCDecaux polypropylene posters, the Shinto lamp is prime example of an up cycled product. Shinto is the indigenous spirituality of Japan and the Japanese people, my product was deeply inspired by the shrines, temples and pagodas of Japan. Exhibiting a tapering like tower shape towards the peak of the lamp it resembles the traditional pagoda style architecture that can be seen in Japan today. The lamp itself also has a somewhat floral and leaf like structure providing an organic atmosphere. Through this product I have been able to explore the relationship between industrial design and ecological sustainability through the reuse of an otherwise useless end of life product and material to minimize waste generation. As well as using discarded polypropylene posters, I have also recycled another material in my design, for every 2 leaves in my design I have used two spacers to separate the next two, after using many other methods of spacing (including spacers fashioned from the posters) I found the I could reuse old water tubing that had holes or deficiencies in them, these function perfectly as they are the exact diameter needed to fit round the wiring of the lamp. The polypropylene posters and spacers have been up cycled into a flat packable, easily assembled lamp that would be affordable, sophisticated and elegant for the home user. As one entire poster (1800 x 1200) can be used to make one lamp much raw material has been diverted from becoming waste material and ending up in landfill. The Shape used is also quite versatile and can be flipped with ease to reveal the either side of the poster, allowing the user to have crisp, plain white light or an exciting and vibrant light covered with patterns from the original posters.
Well done!! your light looks amazing, the shapes really work together, and the colour really emphasises it, it looks very Chines inspired which is really different from others in the studio, its cool that you worked with the depth, your idea has been really explored, mayby its a bit to lanten light opposed to a light from the repitition mayby some other shapes could have made it flow better
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Nice work on your final design, i really like the different shadows you achieved with this repetitive layout. The colour looks really nice through the light. The design is a bit simple and i feel as though you could have created a more interesting shape to have more of an impact.
ReplyDeletenice design it reminds me of the japanese imperial buildings however you could have explored your design further adding depth to your design good job man!!
ReplyDeleteI like the oriental influence as i can see and the way the colours come out of the actual lamp. I think for my preference the shape of the of the paper cut cuts could be less sharper giving a more calming effect
ReplyDeletefantastic floral shape, the red gives it a very oriental feel, the wire frame could have been red though.
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