3.12.2007

Take and Go Lighting

In keeping with our idea, I have been playing around with the design of a space that used a take and go lighting system. In the renderings you see a simple home with several nodes, some of these are fixture points, others are outlets. A user may only have one or two lights but carries these with them or moves them from point to point as necessary. This is similar to the idea of track lighting but should be more task and design oriented. We aren't simply thinking of lights as a functional piece of hardware but also as an aesthetic piece of the overall design.

I've also been toying with the idea that light you take with you could possibly be an attachment onto clothing. Either in the form of an insert of something that wrapped or attached to existing fashion. I also, have been wondering about a type of light that would be peel and stick, similar to wall stickers but made of OLEDs. See sketches:

I like the idea of some sort of tentacle like light that could either be stuck to the wall or wrapped/inserted into a piece of clothing. (especially a biking jacket, etc.) I like this idea of a parasite that is cultivated at home and then released into the wild when you leave the house.

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