{"id":2628,"date":"2015-01-15T01:21:39","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T05:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/?p=2628"},"modified":"2015-01-15T01:21:39","modified_gmt":"2015-01-15T05:21:39","slug":"how-to-engineer-a-light-fixture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/2015\/01\/15\/how-to-engineer-a-light-fixture\/","title":{"rendered":"How to engineer a light fixture"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone !<\/p>\n

So in fourth semester interior design studio we are asked to make a light fixture , that’s right a real working light fixture . You have to wire it , make an actual blue print of it , and sketch other ways it can be turned into a different light fixtures . This light will then be placed in your restaurant that you will be designing . You will pick a movie and then base your lighting fixture off that movie .<\/p>\n

My movie was Julie and Julia , most of you may know it . It’s a classic ,one of my favorites . I was so excited when I recieved it I worked harder on it then any other project I have had in the program. After many sketches and ideas that got passed on , I finally got it !<\/p>\n

Overall I spent around 200.00 dollars , there was no limit on what could be used or how much you could spend or not spend . But for mine I went all out .<\/p>\n

\"IMG_0307\"<\/a>First I went to home depot, I knew I wanted a perforated metal but I wasn’t\u00a0sure I was\u00a0going to be able to find one. This was actually\u00a0one long strip of metal that my dad bent for me into this oval and\u00a0drilled holes in.<\/p>\n

Next \u00a0we used metal tubing to hide wires and also keep the oval steady so it would be able to hold its own weight ( this fixture weighs almost 80 pounds) .<\/p>\n

\"IMG_0312\"<\/a>Next in the holes that were created we drilled into spoons I found at a thrift store. True silver spoons, I didn’t realize how hard this would be until I actually did it. There are over 100 spoons of all variations and ages. Serving spoons, dessert spoons, soup spoons, you name it it has it.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_0317\"<\/a>I wish I could post the video but I am not great at editing things yet and its to long. But the inner LED is a flexible band with changing\u00a0colors. I put this on the inside edge of the metal and ran the wire through the top to look like it was apart of the hanging feature.<\/p>\n

Remember I said this fixture weighs a lot? Well I carried this from Penn station to the 5th floor of the D building all by myself. I think the excitement of showing the critiques and my classmates gave me a little boost of adrenalin to carry it that far. ( In heels may I add)<\/p>\n

In the end I got an A on my project, it was truly a project I put my heart and soul into and also something I couldn’t be more proud of in my career in the interior design program.<\/p>\n

is there anything you are excited to do at FIT? Are you excited about the light fixture ?<\/p>\n

Let’s talk about it <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone ! So in fourth semester interior design studio we are asked to make a light fixture , that’s right a real working light fixture . You have to wire it , make an actual blue print of it , and sketch other ways it can be turned into a different light fixtures . … <\/p>\n

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