Jake Moss

Before designing my lamp, I first needed direction, an inspiration on which I could design my lamp. I started by compiling images for inspiration by using Pinterest. These images gave me inspiration and a general direction on which to design my lamp on. By looking further at the websites that sell the lamps that I had…

My research showed me that there was multiple different types of customers, each with different age ranges. By looking through the sellers website reviews, I found that there was a vast majority of people that were buying these lamps, all with different purposes in mind. Some people wanted to use the lamps for their bedrooms…

With my research, I started creating basic concept sketches, basing each one on a previously researched design, a starting point to develop the concepts into my own designs. I made these designs to help me narrow down ideas in order to eventually come up with a final design. These sketches were a simple starting point…

With research and feedback from my concept designs I developed the further, I created 3 more developed designs, using rendering techniques in my drawings to get my concepts, that one step closer to the real thing. For this design I developed an existing design, exploring various styles and considering how it would be built in…

Through all my research and feedback, I surmised the choice for my final design and the design that I would eventually make my prototype from. I took one of my existing designs and finally made one final model and render in Autodesk Fusion. This model I would then base my prototype off of, using the…

My first step in making was to laser cut all of the required parts out. To do this, I first needed to create DXF files of all the parts I wanted to cut out. I used my existing CAD files and converted them into DXF file, ready to use on light burn for laser cutting.…

The next stage of my prototype, was line bending. Now that I had the acrylic parts, I needed to get them into shape. To do this I used a line bending machine, which uses heat to partially melt the material and then bend it against a steel plate. Once all the parts were bent into…

After having all the parts cut and bent, I needed to achieve smooth finishes on all the parts. To do this I hand sanded them down with 40 grit Sand paper to start off with to remove any rough edges or sides, I then used a 100 grit sand paper to get the material extra…

Before doing the final assembly, parts needed to be glued together and given time to dry. This was mainly the wooden parts of the lamp. All the tiles needed to be glued together before any assembly could take place. So, using wood glue, I glued all the base tiles together and the top plate with…

The next step of making the prototype was soldering the LEDs. This was a very simple job as I only needed to solder the USB cable to the LED strip itself. I used 16 LEDs on the strip, removing 2 on the strip, and soldered both the positive and negative wires to the strip using…

Once the glue was dry, all that was left to do was finally assemble all 3 sub assemblies together. I glued the lamp shade with the tiles to the base subassembly by using a hot glue gun, creating a likeness of the lamp. With these two parts together I could really see how the design…

In this post, I will show the various photos taken of the prototype in action in a photo booth and the prototype in an in-situ environment. In these photos, I intended to create different visual effects using light and projection of it. Through analyzing these photos I know i could’ve done a better job at…

Overall I think this prototype has gone according to plan. The overall process leading up to the creation of the prototype was all done efficiently and I believe the prototype reflects that. It achieves the goals I set out for it to do, and meets the needs of the target customer. I believe the researching…