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3D printed lamp with a plastic cup hanging from the ceiling without being turned on
3D printed lamp with a plastic cup hanging from the ceiling without being turned on
2021 Side project
Product design
Animation
Open Design

The Torch: Customizable, open source lamp from trash.

Context
University project
Contribution
User research
Product design
3D Modelling
Collaboration
Sole Author
Challenge

Design an open source lamp for students, utilizing trash.

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Key insights

Students' (dormitory) rooms look all similiar.
Students need different kinds of light direction and temperature.
Students need a versatile lamp that can be thrown around the room.

The design makes use of trash combining it with 3D-printed parts and a universal light fixture.

Targeted to students, it is designed to be affordable and sustainable. Together with its versatility and customizability, it makes for a great product.
Customization
3D printed trash lamp wihtout customization by trash in a white light.
Assembly
Animated 3D printed lamp from trash

Open source and made to be 3D printed.

The design uses 2 yogurt cups stuffed with other trash to adjust the color, direction and intesity of light to anyone's desire.
Grey rendering of a 3D printd screw - one of two parts of the lamp
Grey rendering of a 3D printed disk - one of two parts of the lamp

Download the .STL parts and print it.

A seemingly innocent object concealing a surprise in its belly that gets revealed once turned on. Besides making use of thrash, the lamp awakens thoughts about the usage of waste materials by constantly posing a question:

Could this trash be used to embellish me instead of getting discarded?

Tea bag package
3D printed trash lamp customized to green light by tea bags
Face mask
3D printed trash lamp customized to blue light by face masks
Post-it notes
3D printed trash lamp customized to yellow light by post it notes
Tea bag package
3D printed trash lamp customized to red light by tea bags
Hand close to a colorful spinning lamp
3D printed lamp customized with colorful trash resulting in disk of all colors on dark background

Learnings

Stimulus control
Be mindful of the stimuli you expose yourself to and when to avoid design fixation.
Encourage unrealistic ideas
Foster the generation of unconventional ideas during ideation, as they can lead to breakthrough solutions.
Push boundaries and explore
Don't be afraid to go off course think from different perspective and forget about the already discovered.