Week11-12: Project Brief
2020-1-17 / Rain
Brief: Design a way to enhance working life using light
Partner: Melanie & Aarushi & Lee
Introduction
This semester we will be working with fjord on a six-week project. Fjord is a global design and innovation consultancy. They use the power of design to create services people love. On Monday, Michael from fjord first introduced us to the background of Fjord and then introduced us to the topic of the project -- light. How to improve the use of light in the workplace. This space is far from a traditional office. Instead, it incorporates a variety of uses, including a space for work, socializing, networking, learning, and experimentation. It also compares the differences between the former cubicle environment and the open office environment.
THE GLOBAL: I will be conducting research on the new nature of working from the perspective of light, including the implications this has on our health and wellbeing. Outcomes will involve developing speculative physical and digital concepts related to the design of the new working environment.
My team members and I were very excited to get the title. We thought it was a very open and interesting topic, and there was a lot of room for us to play. Our task this week is to do research. We decided to do separate research related to light that we were interested in. Although the light to me is every day besides sleeping, it will certainly produce the connection thing. But I don't know much about light. I decided to start with the basics of light.
About Light
“Usually we see light as informing us about something else than itself,” —— James Turrell
The function of light is illumination
The function of light is defining the space
The function of light is to shape the character
Different colors, different levels of shade
Natural And Artificial Light
With a basic understanding of light, we will conduct a literature survey next week.