girasole
girasole is a kinetic floor lamp emulating the intricate qualities of natural light for indoor spaces.
The subtle shifts in light aim to impart the essential qualities of sunlight, especially valuable during the harsh winter months.
Compared to other daylight lamp Girasole focusses more on the actual time based qualities sunlight has within our daily life. It considers not only the colour and intensity of the light source but also its movement, the shadows it casts and the relationship of space and time influenced by it. It is also bright enough to adequately illuminate an average sized room throughout the day expanding its use case from a desk or nightstand lamp to the primary light source.
Design Background
Issue
A lot of countries experience winters without many hours of sunlight, depriving their inhabitants from a natural solar rhythm.
Design Concept
We were thinking about what if we bring the quility of sunlight indoor by referencing the movement of the sun, its constant changes in color and intensity and the shadows it casts throughout a day.
We were thinking about what if we bring the quility of sunlight indoor by referencing the movement of the sun, its constant changes in color and intensity and the shadows it casts throughout a day.
Ideation Prototype
The aim was to accurately reproduce all the qualities of sunlight. We began the prototyping process by building a 1:20 scale model of a room and investigated the effects of different light movements within the model. As a result of the process, we developed a combination of vertical and rotational movement that best mimicked the properties of natural light.
Functional Prototype
For the movement of the luminaire, we focused on a physical rather than a digital shift to improve the quality of light. We developed different mechanisms from moving shades to pulley constructions ultimately settling for a lead screw driven mechanism.
For the movement of the luminaire, we focused on a physical rather than a digital shift to improve the quality of light. We developed different mechanisms from moving shades to pulley constructions ultimately settling for a lead screw driven mechanism.
The feasibility of the concept was tested using a functional prototype consisting of a threaded rod and a paper tube.
Final Structure
This series uses light and waterfall-patterned glass to create light effects on the sky and sea at sunset.
By changing the relationship between light and glass, through reflection, refraction, and the combination of the two, we developed three different visual effects.