Lumiere
“Where the core of the matter is the light itself."
Lumiere - Stationary Night Light | Process
Lumiere is an LED night light designed for the home. The design makes a gentle light from the base, ensuring you can navigate your space safely. Because it’s cordless and portable, Lumiere transitions instantly from a bedside companion to a handheld torch, giving you light whenever and wherever you need it.
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Design Brief
Type: University Project
Time: 2 Months
Team: Solo Project
Design, model, and prototype a 3D-printed lamp. your design must contain at least a fixturing part (to hold/secure the LED) and a shade (way to diffuse/reflect light)
Model at full scale - your overall design should not exceed a volume larger than 4in x4in x4in.
The Problem
Users
Context forming
Nightlights
Portable light
It looks good in any room
Natural light and soft nature
Creation Idea
The mood was to set a small night lamp that children or young adults could enjoy. It had to look fun but should reflect light in a interesting way
Who are the users
People who enjoy a bedside light
People who like soft design and clean forms
People are scared of the dark
Any age range
What the user needs
Durability, and longevity, Sustainable
Fair pricing
Small and portable
good quality
Blends in with home
Goals for Problem
Lumiere Lights is capturing the journey through the dark, a simple approach to ordinary design rooted in childhood incenses. Where we start and how we learn to grow with.
Mood Board
Ideations
Focusing on quick Ideations for the final form, with a emphasis on my original design but moving to expand on that idea
Visual Story
The mood board focuses mainly on the late 1970s, embracing an aesthetic founded on fluid, free-form, and saturated colors. By focusing on a soft, circular form for the final shape, Lumiere moves toward a more approachable.
Products Architecture
By 3D printing the body from a transparent PLA, we’ve created a shell that is a natural diffuser. The interior is completely hollowed out, making the light from the LED travel through the material and fill the entire circular shape, creating a warm, consistent glow.
I wanted to keep the form as simple as possible without sacrificing the light quality. By readjusting the transparency of the shell to make the design truly sustainable, I also made sure the LED module is completely removable so you can easily swap it out or maintain it over time.
Electrical components
The LED is mounted on a discreet internal platform that can be easily inserted through the base. This modular design shows that if the light ever needs to be swapped out, the LED can be replaced in seconds, keeping it out of the landfill.
CMF Design
3D printer / PLA filament
I used a Bambu Lab 3D printer to prototype and produce the final form. By printing with transparent filament, I was able to observe exactly how the light reflects and diffuses through the circular body. The fast printing allowed for rapid iteration, making it easy to make many iterations.
Color Palette
"My color iterations focused heavily on orange hues, but I liked the original transparent prototype. While the orange looked great, the clear material highlights the internal LED and the 'glowing orb' effect much more effectively than the colored versions."
CAD Modeling
First 3D modeling CAD model
Construction and Build
Final CAD model
Final CAD Render modeling
While exploring the colors I chose mainly in the orange and red family, I ended up really liking the transparent color because the light reflects really brightly, but a transparent hue of yellow or orange would also complement it well.
Led Stand
This cap-sized model should fit perfectly snug underneath the model to light it, and the little LED fits nicely in the middle center piece.
Technical Specifications Table
Dimensions: 4 X 4 X 4
Market price: 15
Manufacturing: 3D Printing
Life Span: 2 years
3D slicing on model
When I finished the model, I made it into a 3MF file and imported it to the 3D model slicer and played around with the settings and started the print.
First Print
With the first print, the interior was a bit too brittle and started to break easily, and there were too many loose hairs on the model.
2nd Print / Sanded down
The 2nd print was way better with a solid body and less loose hair. After sanding it, it looked exactly like I had imagined it would be. I glued the two pieces together and tested the LED cap underneath to see if it fit.
Testing With Light
The LED fit perfectly underneath the build and lit up the model perfectly with a bright glow, and the LED cap was removable if needed.
Final Outcome
Reflections
Project Constraints
10 week timeframe - alongside other projects
development for manufacturing
The speaker fits under the 5 × 5 × 5 in. size limit
What I learned
Make multiple prints to test the 3D print.
Make sure my model is well made for print
Create many ideations for the correct idea
If I had more time, I would…
Explore more into colors and different types of PLA prints
Do user testing
Create much more prototypes
Final Print
I’m really satisfied with the way the final print came out; it emitted a very bright light. And was very smooth and clean and the shape was simple enough that it fit into any space i placed it in.
Lumiere
“Where the core of the matter is the light itself."