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Design website of Daniel Fitzgerald
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Cicader Nightlight Concept
( Styling/Technical Exercise
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When looking at a
nightlight the majority of users are children. The
nightlight is therefore styled accordingly, be it a big
illuminated red ladybug, or a colourful cartoon
character. The aesthetics are styled in such a way that
it engages the child. And when the child sees it, it is
a familiar and friendly light from the terrifying dark.
An adult would see it a different light, in some cases
opting for a nightlight that is more in style with the
surrounding home.
The Cicader Nightlight concept is a styling exercise
aimed at investigating the use of aesthetic styling to
appeal to two different target markets.
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Technical
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- Illuminated by an electroluminecent strip.
- Device is turned on/off when clipped onto wall. The
unit is activated when the clip that it is plugged
into completes the devices circuit.
- A light sensor activates the Passive Infra Red
Detection sensor (PIRD) at night.
- PIRD sensor detects movement activating the light.
- Light will stay illuminated for 30 seconds after no
detectable movement.
- Nightlight units can be clipped into a four dock
solar powered recharging board to recharge the device.
- The unit is charging when the clip on the recharging
board completes the nightlights recharging circuit.
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Target Audience Show / Hide
- Current market includes lights that use
electroluminescent strips or other methods to produce
soft diffuse glows.
- Aesthetically nightlights either are styled towards
playful characters for children, or aesthetically
minimal styling towards parents. With a style that
could be pleasing to both markets would be beneficial.
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Development Show / Hide
- For this exercise my initial approach was to look
into suggestive forms that a child could (with a bit
of imagination) relate to a more elaborate object,
with the hope that this design could be tweaked to a
non obtrusive form the will appease the parent.
- The theme of a bug was chosen as it would be
suggestive of something that would be hanging on a
wall.
- Top Priority was not to make this object a choking
hazard to the child, therefore all proportions were
scaled up to avoid this.
- Components that were specific to the operation of
this nightlight (PIRD sensor, Light sensor) had to be
incorporated into the form. So the head became the
PIRD sensor, and the wings became the lights.
- The original intent was to have a solar cell
incorporated into the light itself to make it entirely
independent, but was rationalized to a clip system
that plugs the lighting unit into a solar recharging
board. as you could not guarantee best performance if
the nightlight was positioned in a dark corner.
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