During Week 1 of this new semester, I have done some sketches of the how the lamp could look like. I started by drawing some different shapes of the base (made on iPad using Apple Pencil), as I was looking to find a better design for it, even more minimal and better connected with the glass sphere.

Above you can see two new ideas for the base, including a comparison with the one I created last time (on the right side of the page). I thought to make it bigger this time as I would need to insert the ElectricImp technology into it.

I also tried to rethink the base by using a different geometrical shape, a square, but it didn’t look quite right..

I was thinking to work with wood this year, instead of copper, but still, use this last material to create a rounded button as a switch to turn the light on/off with a simple touch of a finger.

Not happy enough with the design of the base in this last sketch, I decided to completely redesign it… and I came up with the idea of creating a base that follows the shape of the glass sphere. This would look very minimal and beautiful to look at.

The first drawing above shows the ideal lamp design I will aim to create, but since I need to implement some technology in it, the base might end up being a bit taller.

Meeting up with Chris at the start of Week 3 for my first tutorial of the year with him. Looking forward to hearing his thoughts about this.. in the meantime next week I will start creating some prototypes with foam.