Liora : Battery Powered Lamp
Date: September 2025
Project Length: 5 Weeks
Inspiration & Research
The goal of this project was to design and make a battery-powered lamp that provides ambient light. The primary focus was on using light as a design element, product architecture, multi-part assembly, and form-giving. I wanted to design something beautiful that I'd personally use.
Ideation
Concept Refinement
Mid-Fidelity Model
3D Iteration
High-Fidelity Model
I halved the diameter of the tube and shrunk the diffuser sphere down, changing the lamp's proportions to be more elegant. I focused on designing around manufacturability, so I redesigned all of the joinery, no longer using any pegs (which didn't work well anyways). The diffuser sphere used an annular joint to snap together, the diffuser connected to the legs with a wire, and the rest were press fit together.
Process
For the base and poles I filled all the major imperfections with milliput, primed, sanded, coated with copper spray paint, and clear coated every piece. The paint booth constrained me to laying the poles on their sides, which caused a lot of issues. For the clear pieces I step-sanded to 600 grit, sprayed 3-4 layers of clear coat, then wet-sanded to 2,000 grit.
Final Prototype
