DESIGN NAME: Froggie
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Table Lamp
INSPIRATION: Froggie was inspired by "double life" of amphibians between land and water. Frogs have the permeable skin, which allows them to breathe through the skin in water. They also breathe through the nostrils above the water surface or on land.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Froggie is a desk lamp project that inspires playful creativity. It captures the very moment when a frog rises above water. The eyes are represented as lighting sources, and the exposed body above water as a base.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Users are able to manipulate its eye shapes by adjusting their positions, which could render various lighting effects.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project began in January 2021 and finished in January 2021 in Banff, Canada.
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Froggie's eyes are made to be bendable. Each nostril is equipped with a touch sensor button where users can turn on and off each light.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Width 256 mm x Depth 165 mm x Height (max.) 310 mm
*Sizes may vary
TAGS: Frog Lamp, Froggie Lighting, Frog Lighting
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: Froggie is to explore biomimicry in design. It attempts to translate "double life" of Amphibians into lighting design language.
CHALLENGE: The most challenging part was to figure out proper representations for each design element, for example, how big its eyes should be proportional to the body, and how much its body should be shown, compared to the rest of its submerged part.
ADDED DATE: 2021-01-06 04:10:00
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IMAGE CREDITS: Yongwook Seong, 2020.
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