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Latitude Lamps Change Their Shape Based On Your Location
The Latitude Lamp is an indoor/outdoor solar-powered lamp that emits atmospheric light. It can be fabricated in many different ways according to the user's location or latitude.
Design Team
Nina Edwards Anker - Architect MNAL, Founder of NEA Studio,Michael Edwards - Electric Engeneer, CEO of Avioworks,David Young - Electric Engineer, Young Circuits Design,Nicole Bach - Industrial Design Intern at NEA Studio,Raphael Walther - Architecture Intern at NEA Studio
The Latitude Lamp is a global product customized for specific locations. The lamp's geometry can be automatically updated in a digital file so that the tilt of the solar panel changes according to latitude. By tilting the panel at different angles, the lamp's capacity for electric power generation is optimized in its perpendicularity to the sun's rays for different latitudes. The 3D printed lamp needs to bathe in daylight for eight hours a day, with the solar panel facing the sky. Latitude Lamps light up automatically at dark, glowing gradually brighter from dusk to fall of darkness.
The timeless shape of the lamp, formed by two elemental interlocking cubes, is based on the simple concept of receiving and giving light. The design grows from intrinsic and extrinsic forces in a way that is similar to biological organisms, where form grows where needed. The lamp can function on an optimal level around the globe by adjusting its shape parametrically according to latitude.
Qualities:
- Amorphous thin film solar panel
- 1mm thick and strong flexible plastic
- Two translucent; 3 x 3 x 3 inch intersecting cubes.
- Overall dimensions; 4.4'' x 5.2" x 5.8"
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