Glow
Fall 2019 - 4 weeks
RISD school project
it's easy for parents to feel burnout and exhausted
how can we harness the healing power of light
to design a portable lantern that helps parents relax?
design considerations
ideation
Enjoy by yourself and with the family.
Use the glow lantern to catch a breath during the day, light the way on evening outings, or unwind with a nighttime read.
Reflection
I had so much fun with this project! My favorite part was doing user interviews and research with the community around me. One of the parents I interviewed was a Professor, whose lab I work for at Brown University, and it was so lovely to get an extra chance to chat and connect.
This project helped me grow and realize the balance in finding ways to be invested and excited about ideas without believing they are the only and best solution. If I could do things differently, I probably would have spent more time in ideating with more models, exploring the forms in my thumbnails. As this is only a "looks like" model, a great next step would be to find a light with a breath pulse feature and further test this on some of the parents I had interviewed.
