FIG
2024
Product Design
For Yellow Goat Design
Design a small to medium size pendant light around a single or several sources of light. The design should take into consideration the current manufacturing capabilities of Yellow Goat Design or other local fabricators, as well as ensuring the design is suitable for a larger quantity to be produced.
Ideation
I wanted the feeling the light provides its contextual environment to dictate the form
Personally, I gravitate towards warm, diffused lighting and organic materials.
I drew inspiration from a fig tree to dictate the form. I love the calming effect I feel from their presence and I wanted to emulate this energy in my pendant light.
As seen in my sketches, the top view reflects the shape of a fig leaf, and the body of the design, the trunk of a fig tree. Three lights are then hung at varying heights inside the design.
Modelling & Production
Tolerances presented the greatest challenge throughout the production process. process.
The modelling was completed in Fusion360. The final model is a 1:2 scale model of the proposed pendant light at 600mm tall, featuring 41 identical wooden slats with specifically designed clips that attach to two identical 3mm clear acrylic plates located at the top and bottom of the design.
Lightburn was used for the laser cutting process. The wooden slats were cut from 7mm plywood and the acrylic plate from 3mm clear acrylic. The total cutting time for these pieces was 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Before cutting the pieces, I created tests of the clip mechanism to account for the tolerance of the machine which was found to be +0.25mm.
Final Product
