Nano Lantern
(2024) Vellum, lasercut plywood, ink, LEDs.
As a designer, I value being able to carry my fine arts practice into my design work and enjoy finding connections between the fine and design arts world. In this lantern, I wanted the light to shine on the ink shapes that I had drawn on the sides. Also experimenting with a simple mechanism, the lantern can expand to become taller, overlapping the designs under the light or emitting more light. The final result became a more refined and simpler form of my low-fidelity model.
Process
Beginning with inspiration boards, I turned to sketching and low-fidelity model-making to find a form for a lantern that I liked. I wanted to combine my two-dimensional painting style with the design side of myself for this work while experimenting with a simple mechanism.
