“Ørb!t6” Group Activity Lighting Device
individual work
3D printed PLA, PETG; Adafruit Metro Mini V2, NeoPixel strip 144/m
April 2024
Design Statement
To design a multi-directional lighting solution capable of adjusting illumination in response to the number and character of individuals, enhancing ease and engagement in group activities, such as board games or brainstorming sessions.
User Journey
Group Brainstorm
Texas Hold’em
Usage Scenarios
Market Research
Color Change
Most of the color changing lightings in the market are emmisive and ambient light, instead of directional light that illuminates a certain area.
Also, the size of the light works well as an individual, yet they will be chuncky and hard to set up as a group of lights.
Modularity
Modularity endows users to customize and adjust the lighting setup.
Some modular lighting panels have high degree of freedom, but will take lots of time to setup. While some modular lighting has a main body that branches out individual lighting conponent. This method saves learning cost and time.
Design Criteria
Must Have
- Movable and adjustable parts
- Modular design or repetition of same parts
- Simplistic form
- Directional light to separate space by illumination and color
- The degree of freedom should be limited for easiness
- Able to change in color, brightness
- Cover lid on top of LED prevent dazzling
Should Have
- Avoid using circular forms, use sharp-edged, straight line forms
- Design include movement, such as rotational, lateral, etc.
- Margin of each light area should be sharp and not blend together
- Be easy to use, assembled/unfolded within 10 seconds, maintaining task as priority
- Smooth sanded plastic finishes
Could Have
- Form creating horizontal expansional movement
- Light should blend in with the form
- Unconspicuous buttons or knobs to not break continuity of the form
Moodboard
Concept Sketches
Selected Concepts
Digital Rendering
Physical Models
Sketch model - round 1:
Material: cardboard
Purpose: Determine scale and rotation
Scale: within 10*10*10in box
Sketch model - round 2:
Material: PLA & Transparent PETG
Sloppy rotation: gap >=0.5mm
Damped rotation: 0.5mm > gap >=0.15mm
Purpose: determine overall mechanism, gaps, and material strength
Final Model & Context Image
