FALL 2022
BRASS LAMP

WORK TYPEsolo
CONTEXTfiat lux studio, risd
TIME4 months, ~14 hours/week
in an industrial design studio, I sought to experiment with
manufacturing techniques in making new forms
brainstorming for this project centered around form before to create a truly minimal and seamless design—unlike engineering-first work.
brainstorming for this project centered around form before to create a truly minimal and seamless design—unlike engineering-first work.

WORK TYPEsolo
CONTEXTfiat lux studio, risd
TIME4 months, ~14 hours/week
in an industrial design studio, I sought to experiment with
manufacturing techniques in making new forms
brainstorming for this project centered around form before to create a truly minimal and seamless design—unlike engineering-first work.
brainstorming for this project centered around form before to create a truly minimal and seamless design—unlike engineering-first work.
CONCEPT

I decided on a symmetrical curved design that uses the weight of
the brass itself as the counterweight. all electronics and
wiring would be hidden within the thin frame of the lamp
itself—or separately on the power line.
TEST RUN
after test bends with various metal stocks, the first prototype
was made using 1/8" brass tube stock. the three-part brass was
held with friction at the base joints.

acrylic-welded acrylic pins acting as tubes held an flush
acrylic tube at the top.

a rigid test filament was directly pulled from an bulb. the
filament was too short and required too much power to run, but a
sense of the final product was there.

FULL PROTOTYPE
with some test bends under my belt, I went to work perfecting a
better set of brass parts. acrylic was changed to glass as
acrylic-weld proved unreliable.


in addition to the arms and base, two of each style of pin was
lathed from tube stock. one stepped for fitting the brass to the
glass and one flush for fitting brass to brass.


the parts were soldered together with the joints.


finally, crossbar (shown below), which was used to link the
electronic connections and act as a capacitive switch, was added
via soldering.

ELECTRONICS
a schema was drawn for the electronics, which were housed in a
small, custom box inline with the power. the electronics allow
for the touch-based operation of the lamp.


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