These are traditional schoolhouse globes with a modern twist. The side view retains much of the desired (classic) profile where the hammered and plated interior creates interest from underneath. The down light in the middle helps distribute light in all directions.
This concept was meant to be tight against a wall, patterned and protruding no more than 2" using edge lighting. Inspiration for the form comes from the grille of a 1970 Plymouth Barracuda.
The concept centered around expanding product offerings to include a down light focused pendant. The high heat created by the down light's LED gave me inspiration to vent air through the fixture using the form's shape.
Working at a custom centric business like Winona Lighting gives you the opportunity to step out of the box and push boundaries like proposing using aluminum foam as a lens. The acrylic lens' unique form can be revised to something more traditional but the large inner chamfers help this stand out from the ring shaped luminaires in a more sophisticated way.
I imagined the use of a 4-way fabric wrapped metal skeleton pendant after seeing an in-house concept from another design using a similar process. As the rough sketch began, I considered how complex the form could be expanded to for custom work or something using minimal parts/cost in a production run. This leaf shaped option stretched over a central spine began to form.
This image shows the initial foam core model to rough in the form (left). This initial foamcore model was created rapidly. Soon after presenting the idea, I was given the OK to work with a mechanical designer to make a prototype frame (middle) out of aluminum and wrap it with the stretched fabric of what inspired the project and lit with LED's. We later updated the prototype to a slimmer form (right) to accommodate ADA laws as well as sourced a translucent fabric with all the qualities we were looking for after reviewing dozens of factory samples.
Here you can see the stark difference in fabric choice and evolution the (now named) Lotus had gone through.
In this image you get an idea of whats under the Lotus's fabric in the most recent (3rd) iteration and what makes up the metal frame.
This page was shared to create interest and show the Lotus' light shape and opportunities as a product. The images included: the lotus lit up, hand painting/custom colored finish options, used in a cluster to create visual interest when turned off.
This is a foam core model assembled in the way I see a partner Lotus Pendant design to be bump formed and welded together.
This presentation gives a better idea of the estimated appearance of the form fully wrapped. This concept was meant to be presented alongside the lotus wall mount to help round out the family.
Taking ideas from the Lotus I created a foam core mock-up for a fabric wrapped metal frame pendant or ceiling mounted luminaire. The primary goal was to experiment on extending the fabric to an area past what would normally be an undercut if made out of acrylic. Use of formed acrylic was the backup plan for the Lotus if production had too many issues using the fabric.
This concept uses innovative and new at the time square OLED panels in a back to back, mounted at an angle to create interest and an up/down light pattern.
By taking advantage of existing LED boards within Acuity Brands I was able to envision this low profile form. The concept is based on some creative use of power and the cables that hold the light.
The use of cables in a creative way piqued interest in our research. This was a form exploration using a hot air balloon shape feel but in an open cube.
Taking a more airy and open appearance to the traditional bowl shaped pendant. Accent lighting, down lighting and asymmetric up lighting encompass this design.
Image of a 3D Printed mock up/prototype hanging using off the shelf parts (light off).
Image of a 3D Printed mock up/prototype hanging using off the shelf parts (light on).
Utilizing the thin profile of the LED a slight angled chamfer on the inner panels helps hide the thickness of this planar form and reflects the light out potentially in a colorful way.
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Lighting Concepts
These are a few lighting design concepts that never made it into the production phase. A couple of these were prototyped but never made it beyond presentation. All of these concepts were modeled in SolidWorks and rendered in Keyshot.
