Nature's Luminous Dreamscape: An illuminating organza sculpture eliciting an awe experience

Awe, the feeling of encountering something greater or more powerful, has been explored in design and the arts. However, the potential of creating awe through the interplay of light and textiles remains underexplored. While the possibilities are vast, the precise tuning of their respective qualities to elicit a sense of awe over time have yet to...

Digital manufacturing in lighting design: Brightening nursing homes with natural and lively wall panels

This master's thesis was completed at Tu Delft in collaboration with Signify, with the goal of providing guidance into the use of digital manufacturing in lighting design by creating a lighting system concept for the context of nursing homes. <br/><br/>The following design goal elements emerged in this context to improve the well-being of...

Lighting up your product!: The influence of retail lighting on product perception

Lighting can have a significant influence on product appearance, and therefore on product perception. Multiple studies showed this influence of retail lighting (e.g. Baker et al., 1992; Quartier et al., 2014b). However, existing research into the influence of lighting on product perception is somewhat insufficient, therefore the goal was to gain...

A retrofit design of a stress-reducing, human-centric lighting plan for an aircraft entry

This is a thesis report in Integrated Product Design, along with STG Aerospace in Cwmbran, Wales. It is a design project centered around the entry lighting of an aircraft galley. The analysis provided possibilities to reduce stress using light. These are showing information from trusted and authoritative sources, enlarging...

Uniform LED Line Application Design

Identify and design a new type of application where uniform LED Lines are a promising opportunity, in a mass production level. Preferably market segments are professional lighting or consumer lighting. Explore this application through creation of product concepts, and value on performance such as costs, efficiency, and so on.