ILLUMINIGHT

Illuminight is an interactive lighting concept born from the exploration of embodied, intuitive design. Created within the Aesthetics of Interaction course, the project centers around a simple yet meaningful gesture: shuffling sand to reveal light. The design aims to create a calm and emotionally engaging wake-up experience, emphasizing tactile interaction and openness.

Shaped through iterative prototyping, the project draws from design frameworks like Interaction Frogger and Experience Prototyping, focusing on creating intuitive feedback without the need for instructions. Skills in form design, material testing, and experience-led iteration were developed by exploring magnetism, clay modeling, and user testing.

IllumiNight challenges the idea that interaction must be direct or complex. Instead, it proposes that meaningful design emerges through physical play and sensory feedback. With its soft sand movement and ambient glow, the lamp invites personal engagement, offering a moment of slow, reflective interaction in an increasingly fast-paced world.