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"Fascination for Light, its quaintness and the urge to know what exactly it is and how to design an unconventional lighting fixture with utmost appeal and function, laid down the first beginner’s stone in the project. The intent was to design a product that was light and airy with a ‘human’ appeal and with the luminescence describing the form."
"Moodboard"
"The creation of MOOD BOARDS took place to act as a working reference and an inspiration spine throughout the design development period. There were values which we didn’t understand at first, but then became clearer. A movement had to exist and be translated. Light and time or rather in other words, passion and transformation were connected."
"Theme Board"
"Color Palette"
"Form Board"
"Inspiration Board"
Concept /
"Can we turn back time..?
A recurring question that leaves many of us thinking about our existence and everything else around us that we relate to. The time and light relationship is something that has always fascinated and inspired me.
The speed of light in vacuum is 3,00,000km/sec. The stars that we see in the night sky are millions and millions of light-years away. They shine so bright each night and to us all they seem to exist, only because we can see them shine. But do they really exist, or they just appear to shine bright even after they’re no longer in existence?
The light leaving these stars takes around 2.5 million years to reach our eyes. Some of these stars may have died a million years ago, but for us they would still shine brightly for another million years. This implies that when we look at the night sky, we are actually looking several years into the past. It’s indeed strange how we perceive a celestial body that was born, that lived for many million years and died; but that we still continue to see and believe as if it still existed.
There is an infinite path that the light follows in this vast expanse / dimension of the universe. This very special relationship between time & light makes us believe in the existence and coexistence of FORMS in a space. The Abstract form of the infinity narrates a similar story; wherein it leaves its’ viewer in ‘precariousness of the subsistence’.
"A delusion of being or not being takes us to the path of infinity, that defines its then finite boundary / space around itself from the very given point of its reference. Meaning, Infinities and finite structures are complimentary.
"Emphasis was laid upon developing the contact points and figure a way out to connect the units together seamlessly. It was now that the concept started taking a desired form. The atributes started reflecting on the surface.
To convert the harsh light leaving the luminaire into gentle and soft light required a reflective surface which served the dual purpose of concealing the glare and that of delivering a calm, soft light at the same time.
The answer lied in the nature itself.!
"They say nature has an answer to everything provided if could understand the very fundamental geometry of nature.
To begin with, the smallest of all the volumes - a triangle. And since everything in nature is in perfect equilibrium, it counter balances all the forces from all the directions and forms the geometry of space.
"Following the geometry of the unified symbol of 'Shiv-Shakti' suggested a creation which possessed a very balanced form and proportion. It was explored during the process that a way to achieve proportionately balanced forms could be by following the method of Sacred Geometric construction, that could prove to be a strong guideline. With couple of iterations during the early stages, one direction was finalised, developed with an arrangement.
"From taking prints to determine the desired shape to developing thermocol models, we tried a variety of mediums which informed us about the form that was taking shape.
It helped us observe the interaction between different surfaces as we tried developing the surfaces by the monolythic nature of material (Paper).
"Aluminum was chosen for its great cooling properties, strength and malleability.
The initial idea did not change greatly throughout the rest of the design, development and production. Our challenge laid primarily in the design. How could we create a product that housed within its very functionality a dual use, yet managed to retain the high design standards? We had to combine innovation with sustainable design, and apply new technologies.
Despite a varied considerations-opportunities and constraints, it was amazing to see a beautiful piece develop out of a pencil sketch, in its purest form, without any discrete changes, through a carefully structured design process.
