{"68995":{"#nid":"68995","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Students Jump Start Semester With Light Project","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe junior design students in Professor Kevin Reeder\u0027s studio had little time to settle themselves in for the 2006 Spring Semester before jumping into their first project. The task was to design and prototype a light in two weeks.\u003C\/p\u003E \n\t\n\t\t\t\u003Cp\u003EAs you can imagine, the principal challenge of this assignment was its rapid pace. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\n\u0022As their first project, it was constructed to move quickly to see what could be accomplished in a short amount of time,\u0022 said Reeder. \u0022The product forms were wonderfully far reaching with very little duplication of ideas. For their first project of the semester, it was very successful. I found they could bring a concept to fruition in a short amount of time.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\nDesign students are no strangers to working efficiently and quickly.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\n\u0022Within hours, we generated dozens of concepts,\u0022 said Jason Bishop, ID student. \u0022We applied the knowledge we gained as sophomores in the \u0022Singing Lights\u0022 project in which we had to design lights inspired by a song of our choice.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E \n \n\t\t\t\u003Cp\u003EIn this project, students were asked to design ambient or specific task lighting for use in the home.  The students were also asked to design the packaging as well.  Appearance and esthetics were stressed as was defining a theme or meaning of the light.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\nThe final lighting devices included an array of products including sconces, floor lamps, table lamps, and pendant lamps illuminating influences from a variety of different sources.  \u003C\/p\u003E \n\t\n\t\t\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The event was a fun kick-off for 2006 and served as a helpful segues into our semester-long, corporate-sponsored Aqualair project,\u0022 said Bishop.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\nFor more information on Georgia Tech\u0027s Industrial Design Program, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/id\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/id\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe junior design students in Professor Kevin Reeder.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27220","created_gmt":"2006-05-17 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:48","author":"Leslie Sharp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-05-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-05-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"68996":{"id":"68996","type":"image","title":"Student light project","body":null,"created":"1449177214","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:13:34","changed":"1475894602","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:22"},"68997":{"id":"68997","type":"image","title":"Student light project","body":null,"created":"1449177214","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:13:34","changed":"1475894602","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:22"}},"media_ids":["68996","68997"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"926","name":"College of Architecture"},{"id":"13793","name":"light project"},{"id":"167108","name":"school of industrial design"},{"id":"171099","name":"studio work"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["leslie.sharp@coa.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}