Monday, May 11, 2015

Charles Person Lamp

For my lamp project I went through several design ideas, eventually settling on one derived from my flashlight model from the first project.  The model was scaled in two dimensions and tapered slightly to give it a new shape with a wider interior that would lend itself better to fitting a hand to change a bulb. when adding the contours to modify the model I wanted to emphasize the ridged pattern on the bottom, so I applied more vertical contours on the lower half. I also wanted to have an open front, which led to some problems on the printed prototype in conjuncture with slightly too small slots that made it difficult to assemble the model correctly. I also missed the flat base when unrolling the planes, necessitating some modification on the prototype to allow it to stand. Future iterations of the project would have the radial planes moved forward to better balance the structure.





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