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Plankton Lamp
Plankton are
organisms include drifting animals, plants or bacteria that inhabit the pelagic
zone of oceans, seas, or bodies of fresh water. They are minute in size and no
larger than 2mm each. In complete darkness they can emit bioluminescence and
are a vital food source for many underwater animal species; one being the jelly
fish. My idea was to design a lamp mimicking the general structure of plankton
but reuse the same design in different scale to introduce additional
functionality. Looking at the main predator of the plankton, the jellyfish, it
is an animal that vary in size immensely from species that are no bigger than a
coin to some that can reach more than 30m in length. Most furniture utilize one
scale to accommodate their primary functionality but few have question the
notion that if the exact same design is scaled up or down, what can we do more
with its usage.
In the case of the Plankton Lamp it
can be a small table lamp of around 350mm in height or it can become a seating
system at 1200mm in height as well as a freestanding lamp. The actual design
and functionality of both are exactly the same but the size change completely
distorts their usage. It is a variance in product designs that are rarely
explored and the Plankton Lamp questions the perception of a user on what is
macro and micro scale!!! Imagine we look through a microscope and observer
bacteria and once we turn around the bacteria has become 4m tall behind us!
what a shock this can bring to our lives; just like the famous story of Alice
in Wonderland!!
organisms include drifting animals, plants or bacteria that inhabit the pelagic
zone of oceans, seas, or bodies of fresh water. They are minute in size and no
larger than 2mm each. In complete darkness they can emit bioluminescence and
are a vital food source for many underwater animal species; one being the jelly
fish. My idea was to design a lamp mimicking the general structure of plankton
but reuse the same design in different scale to introduce additional
functionality. Looking at the main predator of the plankton, the jellyfish, it
is an animal that vary in size immensely from species that are no bigger than a
coin to some that can reach more than 30m in length. Most furniture utilize one
scale to accommodate their primary functionality but few have question the
notion that if the exact same design is scaled up or down, what can we do more
with its usage.
In the case of the Plankton Lamp it
can be a small table lamp of around 350mm in height or it can become a seating
system at 1200mm in height as well as a freestanding lamp. The actual design
and functionality of both are exactly the same but the size change completely
distorts their usage. It is a variance in product designs that are rarely
explored and the Plankton Lamp questions the perception of a user on what is
macro and micro scale!!! Imagine we look through a microscope and observer
bacteria and once we turn around the bacteria has become 4m tall behind us!
what a shock this can bring to our lives; just like the famous story of Alice
in Wonderland!!
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