Light studio for IDE students

Design of the Light studio for IDE students for professional product photography

Master thesis (2019)

Authors

M. Jonker Industrial Design Engineering

Contributors

S.C. Pont Human Information Communication Design - IDE (mentor)
J. Kuiper Human Information Communication Design - IDE (graduation committee member)
Faculty
Industrial Design Engineering, Industrial Design Engineering
Copyright: © 2019 Mehdi Jonker
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Published Date

05-07-2019

Language

English

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Faculty

Industrial Design Engineering

Abstract

While following courses at Industrial Design Engineering (IDE), students learn different steps of the design process. Little attention is paid to the last step of presenting the created product resulting in unprofessional photographs. The light studio is the developed concept and solution for this problem.

A dome-shaped structure with integrated LEDs and camera and a studio background within makes it possible to easily take photos. An interface linked to the camera and lights makes it possible to control the light placement through sliders and change the camera settings within the program. Information about the light placement, camera settings and photo editing is given in the interface.

A user test was conducted with IDE students. Results showed that the concept idea is in line with the design goal to motivate students in taking professional product photos. An element of the design goal which could be refined was the understanding and clarity of the information given in the interface. Therefore, a redesign has been made to target that part of the design goal. Recommendations are given for further development of the concept by conducting a second user test and creating the final design.