My design work varies from the poetic to the pragmatic. With self-initiated projects, I tend to design for the domestic sphere, at the scale of the individual, and often without a lot of technology. My academic projects involve greater ethnographic research and participatory methods and tend toward systems-, service-, and strategic-design. The images below represents the "making" aspect of my design practice, often in collaboration with Stephanie M. Tharp and our studio, materious.
The Love Lamp provides a symbolic link marking the emotion felt between people. As a nightlight, the warm glow of the "heart" comforts a child separated from his or her parents. It indicates that their love is present even when they themselves are not in the room. In another application it is analogous to the gesture of leaving a candle lit in a window awaiting a loved one's return.
LOVE LAMP
Children's night light
Wool boucle sweater, brass legs, acrylic base, brass armature, 15 watt bulb
1996
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