A massive, versatile, theatrical LED video wall on a budget
Together with LITES, we built an inexpensive, modular LED video wall to be used in a variety of activities from concerts, to theatrical productions, to art installations. The wall is made up of 50 4’ x 4’ panels for a total assembled size of 20’ x 40’ and an effective resolution of 200 x 100 pixels. Additionally, this project led to a paper published in TD&T.
Design Goals: The helical form was inspired by the waves of the Narragansett Bay to which I would fall asleep. More than that, I wanted the product to adapt to its surroundings, thus I incorporated a ambient light sensor which changes the brightness of the time, and allows for the user to interact with the product.
A tactile, metamorphosing lamp to control light flow
Course: ME 318
Design Goals: Inspired by blooming flowers, glowing fabric, and the iris mechanism, I wanted to create a soft, tactile, dynamic lamp that could control how light flowed in a room. The result became 12 white shells around a ring that can rotate in unison to change the aperture out of the top and bottom of the lamp. The light can either directly light the room below as a focused pool of light, could be bounced upward and off the ceiling to create a soft glow throughout the room, or could mix the two together in a spectrum of positions.
