Development
Interactive modular Light display
Fall 2013
Series 1: Product 1
I asked myself a simple question...how can I get people to interact with their walls more often?
I viewed walls as less of a divide, separation, or bare space, and more of an opportunity for interaction--especially because the future might involve screens and applications as big as walls one day.
Instead of designing a big screen, or a projection system, I wanted to focus on an analog solution--something more familiar and approachable. I design a modular frame display that is hung on a wall, and encourages social interaction--not just individual interaction (since walls otherwise are meant to separate.) To do this, I picked product categories: lighting and wine, that encourage social interaction.
For the first product in the series, I built a modular lighting frame--one frame would suffice as an artistic piece in an apartment, or fill an entire wall with frames and hex-lights. In this way, you could imagine half of the room bright, and the other half dimly lit. You adjust the lights, the way you need them throughout your space, and simply touch to turn on, or move to direct the light.
For the second product in the series, I built a modular wine rack with a simple peg system, that lets you design the way you want your wine to be displayed. Wine bottles can rest on their side, or can be cantilevered heavily to one side for a more dramatic display. One frame would be great for an individual wine display in an urban apartment, or since it is meant to scale, a restaurant wall could be covered in wine frames and let the wine itself be an artistic display.