GloDuct
Timeline:
5 weeks (Nov. - Dec. 2025)
Project Theme:
Battery powered lamp for a hypothetical client
The Client
Age: 30 - 50 years
A design collector who wants to has a fascination to industrial transportation (Airplanes, motors, etc.) and needs a variety of desk illuminance.
Working with direct lamp light during late hours hard at work has put stress and strain on his eyes. He still needs bright light during the day to ensure clarity in his works.
Solution:
Allow adjustability of light either through dimmability or directionality
Product Market research
Overall adjustability assessment of lamps and chandeliers currently on the market to show different light outcomes. This evaluation helps narrow the type of light changing I’d like to replicate in my final prototype.
Aesthetic and materiality research
After the function is decided, the form will follow. Machined metal is a core structure of this mood-board as it shows durability and purpose. As aircraft architecture isn’t the most glamorous, the style of precision movement was the perfect vessel for an adaptable lighting fixture.
Initial sketches
Initial portable lamp sketches are based on their ability to adjust to its user’s needs.
Refined Sketch Exploration
One handed simple motions were explored for mobility purposes and overall ease of motion. This lead to an overall theme of rotational movement that mimicked ventilation movement of aircrafts and air-ducts.
To get a better sense of the product in space and the possibilities of design themes, loose and abstracted forms were drawn to make sure all loose ends are met and all more detail shaping found.
Exploration of Abstracted forms
Model 1: full rotation of light movement to any direction of light, shaded section represents an opaque plastic to dim lighting in a direction. Pushing lighting in any direction gives the user unlimited possibilities of dimmability and direction
Trial models of 2 final directions
Model 2: One shield(out of two) is represented to show structure of form. Each shield will rotate in approximately 60 degrees in respective mirrors of each other. Direction of light can be shown directly onto table or mostly upwards for an ambient lighting.
Final Sketches
Before full scale prototyping, sketches of the final concept are completed. While full product architecture will be designed with rendering and prototyping, the main shell and shield forms will be decided here
First Full Scale Prototype
A rough model thats 3D printed is used for overall scaling and proof of function. This model has full product architecture to be fully functioning only lacking CMF properties. An improvement analysis is shown through callouts for the final prototype to include.
Final Prototype Model
