Lamp
Humor As A Strategy For Design
Light
2020
Lamp is a play on expectations. It’s a questioning of the unsurprising predictability of furniture, which never confounds us, slavely residing wherever we place it.
What if your furniture would astound, astonish, even startle you? What if your chair sobbed uncontrollably every time you stood up? What if your sofa snored through your favorite film? What if your lamp… laughed?
This Lamp is a lamp of its own. It's a humorous lamp, a well-humored lamp and a light that laughs with you, at you or amongst you, depending on the interpretation you decide.
Built from concrete, metal, steel, fabric, light, and sound, its body is as hybrid as its personality. A microcontroller and motion sensor act as its nervous system, allowing it to react, disrupt, and delight. It’s not furniture. It’s a houseguest with questionable manners and excellent timing.
Hardware
Concrete, Steel, Fabric, Arduino UNO, MP3 Player, Servo Motor, Relay Module, Passive Speakers
Software
Arduino IDE
Concrete, Steel, Fabric, Arduino UNO, MP3 Player, Servo Motor, Relay Module, Passive Speakers
Software
Arduino IDE