Aluminium Ring

The process

Brief

• This project explores the concept of aluminium extrusions and how it can be applied to a product, in this case, a pendant lighting product.

• The chosen lighting design is commercially driven as the idea of the product is that it can be used in a sequence of LED linear hubs (extrusions) stretching for many metres. The user would choose how many sections of the light they want. This is suited for the working environment. 

• Another method of using these extrusions is to create a shorter section length (e.g. a metre) but by adding a ring, which the aluminium extrusions run through, makes the product more visually interesting. The extrusion looks like it is floating, inspired by gymnastics and acrobatics, causing it to be more of a feature piece (this idea is shown in the pictures above). This is suited to the dining environment.

• The mechanics are centred around the extrusion which allows the extrusion component to rotate to a maximum of 55 degrees, this rotation revolves around the central rod going through all the aluminium extrusion components. This allows the user to direct the light to suit the environment. This idea allows the light to be directed during the installation stage, not after.

• This final light incorporates the aluminium extrusion sections combined with LED strips and a ring. This design is a feature piece and would be suited to the dining environment. Developing this concept, customisable features such as the type of light (cold or warm), the type of wood used for the separating components (beech, ash or walnut) and the length of the alluvium extrusion components would be revised.