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Luminous Lamps
manufactured acrylic table lamps
Design Objectives:
• Design a lamp using mass-manufacturing methods
• Manufacturing methods to focus on:
• Laser-cutting machine
• Vacuum forming machine
• Make 10 pieces of final design
• Sell all products at studio marketplace
 Initial concept sketches for clear, laser-cut lamp. Test model using clear acrylic revealed that even low wattage light bulbs are too bright for a transparent acrylic shade. |  Refined concepts with a polystyrene shade. Melting and draping the polystyrene produced inconsistent results; vacuum forming polystyrene over a ribbed acrylic structure resulted in disaster. |
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 Revised concept with a vacuum formed polystyrene bulb cover for partial masking of the bright light and a clear acrylic shade for transparent form. |  Multiple models tested for functionality and form |
 Manufacturing process to make ten lamps: vacuum forming machine used to create the bulb cover, drill used to bore holes in bulb covers to release heat, laser-cutting machine to cut acrylic and precisely cut slotted acrylic for quick assembly. |  Small and large lamps made using clear and white acrylic |
 Lamps |  Lamp Details |
 Final Lamps |
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