Libra
Team
BALANCE YOUR LIFE
2021
Team
Leonardo Federici
Maria Grazia Lamberti
Andrea Lo Curto
Leonardo Federici
Maria Grazia Lamberti
Andrea Lo Curto
Brief
Design a family of lamps for Artemide that can solve a real problem in a B2C relationship and that embodies the concept of simplicity.
1. Context
2. User analysis
3. Functional requirement
1. Context
The project started with the allocation of a flat type and the user. In this case was a three-room apartment with an open kitchen, inhabited by a couple (30-40 y.o).
2. User analysis
This phase was fundamental in order to characterise the sample user and to determine his needs. It was interesting to understand how often in a couple's life, there are parts of the day when different activities require different type of light at the same time.
3. Functional requirement
Flexibility is a functional requirement that emerges as a result of the need to have a type of light that can adapt to the space and to the different types of activities that the user performs.
The project started with the allocation of a flat type and the user. In this case was a three-room apartment with an open kitchen, inhabited by a couple (30-40 y.o).
This phase was fundamental in order to characterise the sample user and to determine his needs. It was interesting to understand how often in a couple's life, there are parts of the day when different activities require different type of light at the same time.
Flexibility is a functional requirement that emerges as a result of the need to have a type of light that can adapt to the space and to the different types of activities that the user performs. Especially in an open space, the ability to adapt to the continuity of spaces and activities, without altering the harmony, is a value that should not be overlooked.
Libra
Libra is a family of lamps that can manage light in a totally free and flexible way. This is possible thanks to the presence of a gyroscope connected to the cables of the lampshade, which, sensing their movement, distributes the intensity of light according to where the inclination takes place.
The user is therefore free to manage the light as he/she likes through simple physical interaction.
Each member of the group worked on the development of a particular lamp in the family. I personally developed the floor lamp.
Flexibility
Flexibility is guaranteed thanks to the combination of gyroscope and lampshade. The gyroscope is in fact connected to the cables that allow the lampshade to tilt during the interaction with the user. Furthermore, the shape of the lampshade is extremely functional. The double inclination of the walls allows the light to reflect according to the movement of the lampshade.
Flexibility
Flexibility is guaranteed thanks to the combination of gyroscope and lampshade. The gyroscope is in fact connected to the cables that allow the lampshade to tilt during the interaction with the user. Furthermore, the shape of the lampshade is extremely functional. The double inclination of the walls allows the light to reflect according to the movement of the lampshade.
Diffuser
The diffuser is made by moulding and is characterised by a double surface finish achieved through PVD processing. This allows only one transparent part of the glass, the central one, to be left, making the rest opal.
Diffuser
The diffuser is made by moulding and is characterised by a double surface finish achieved through PVD processing. This allows only one transparent part of the glass, the central one, to be left, making the rest opal.
Load-bearing assembly
The load-bearing assembly is essential to enable the user to carry out simple maintenance. The assembly consists of a component capable of rotating around a threaded rod through the rotation that the user exerts on it and consequently locking/unlocking the glass diffuser.
Load-bearing assembly
The load-bearing assembly is essential to enable the user to carry out simple maintenance. The assembly consists of a component capable of rotating around a threaded rod through the rotation that the user exerts on it and consequently locking/unlocking the glass diffuser.
Base
The base of the floor lamp is specially designed to make the whole structure stable even when the user interacts with the lampshade. Zamak was chosen as the material because of its weight and the possibility of being die-cast. The power supply is housed inside the base, from which the LED cables depart and reach the gyroscope along the inside of the rod.
Base
The base of the floor lamp is specially designed to make the whole structure stable even when the user interacts with the lampshade. Zamak was chosen as the material because of its weight and the possibility of being die-cast. The power supply is housed inside the base, from which the LED cables depart and reach the gyroscope along the inside of the rod.
Most of the components are made of die-cast aluminium. The lampshade, obtained by cold moulding a sheet of aluminium and then anodised, and some components of the gyroscope assembly made of stainless steel, stand out. The materials and workmanship have been chosen in accordance with Artemide’s philosophy of encouraging a sustainable choice of resources.
Prototype
Diffuser
Lampshade
Internal mechanism
Diffuser
Sandblasted plexiglass.
Lampshade
CNC milling for moulding and thermoforming.
Internal mechanism
3D printing, gyroscope, Arduino Nano and Neopixel LED.
Sandblasted plexiglass.
CNC milling for moulding and thermoforming.
3D printing, gyroscope, Arduino Nano and Neopixel LED.
The gyroscope is able to measure the inclination at which it has been positioned and return an output number proportional to this inclination, measured in degrees.
The programming software reads the tilt of the sensor to make one quarter of the LED strip light up, one quarter leave it dark and make a fade in the middle two quarters.
