Research:
1. Light
2. Experiments
3. Renowned Works
4. Colour
5. Primary Research Conclusion

1 Light:
I started my project studying light. Light is a form of energy which is an essential element of life without which we cannot exist. It’s the part of the electromagnetic spectrum visible to the human eyes and is the fastest in speed. Light is a remarkable medium that can be exciting, mysterious, magical or terrifying. It’s these features of the light which made me take it up as a medium to be explored in the project.

a. Light and Emotions
b. Light Sources
c. Trends and Future of Light
d. Types of Lighting

a. Light and Emotions:
Lighting can affect the behavioural and psychological well-being of people. It is an essential element of life which can transform life. Lighting also has positive and negative effects on a person’s health. It is a remarkable medium that can be exciting, mysterious, magical or terrifying.

b. Light Sources: Light sources are generally classified into two:
    1. Natural Source
    2. Artificial source

Natural sources include direct sources of light from sun, moon and stars. It also includes indirect light as a reflection from clouds, structures and landscapes. Artificial sources of lighting include incandescent lamps, halogen lamps, fluorescent lamps, HID lamps, fibre optic lighting and LED’s.

c. Trends and Future of Light
- LED:
LED or light emitting diode is the emerging and the new wave in the lighting technology. Its main advantages are that it has longer life, low energy consumption and better efficiency, compact size, flexibility in design, free from UV and IR radiations and resistance to breakage.

- OLED:
OLED or organic light emitting diode is another technology creating ripples in the industries. It’s making revolutions in revolution in laptop screens, mobiles and PDA. Its main advantages are that it draws less power, thinner and lighter than LCD, better contrast than LCD and it does not need backlight to function.

- Frozen Light:
Frozen light is an area where a lot of research is happening in the present days. It’s about controlling the speed of light and the finding says that the speed of light could be brought to even zero. It will be a breakthrough for the electronic industries and can create revolutions in products.

d. Types of Lighting:
    • General Lighting
    • Task Lighting
    • Accent Lighting
    • Decorative lighting

• General Lighting:
Lighting generally used to lit up houses, buildings etc for the sake of visibility is generally classed as general lighting. It is done to provide uniform lighting to a space. Its also known as ambient lighting.

• Task Lighting:
Lighting which is done to enable user to see the critical details of an activity. It is a direct form of lighting.

• Accent Lighting:
The purpose of accent lighting is to highlight an object and thereby get attention to the space. It is generally used in exhibition halls etc to highlight art pieces.

• Decorative lighting:
Lighting which is more like ornamentation for the interior is classified as decorative lighting. It's normally used at the time of celebrations.


2. Experiments:
To study more about natural light some experiments were held in outdoor. Photographs of light at different intervals of time were collected to understand the change in shadows and temperature of light.
 

5:30 am

6:30 am

11.00 am

12.00 pm

1:00 pm

2:00 pm

4:00 pm

Observing the change in light helped me better understand the medium of light.

3. Renowned Works:
As part of the project I also went through the works of renowned designers.
Figure 2.3 A


Works of designers like Ingo Maurer, Ayala Serfaty, Philippe Stark, Karim Rasheed gave me better understanding about the contemporary design and motivation to go ahead with my project.

4. Colour
Colours were the area which i wanted to explore next, as it was very closely associated with light. It's the pivotal part of light which has physiological effects on human beings. Light is no more illumination and making environment present. Colour is certain quality of light that the eye recognizes and the brain interprets.

• Common Effect of Colours:
Red : Studies prove that it has arousal effects on humans. It is also exciting, stimulating, aggressive and passionate.
Orange : Its said to be cheering and blustering.
Yellow : It's a happy and enlighting colour.
Green : It's the most calm colour to the eye. It also has natural and relaxing effect.
Blue : It's said to be sober and calm.
These qualities of colours were something very inspiring and an area to explore.

5. Primary Research Conclusion
From the primary research, it was concluded that the product developed need to have emotional effects on the users by exploring the magical features of light and colour by making use of the recent technologies of light.