DesignProcessCreativityNatureInspirationInnovation

!PresentedbyLouiseLalande

coCreationslightingdesigninc.

Light&Magic

“Thekeyislightandlightilluminatesshapesandshapeshaveemotionalpower.”

LeCorbusier!!

“Theverybeholdingofthelightisafairerthingthanalltheusesofit.”

FrancisBacon

LightingShapesOurEnvironment

ProfoundlyaffectsfeelingsofWellbeingAweandwonderMoodComfortMotivation

Visually Ability to make out detail Understand space Perceive all elements

IESNADefinition:!Radiantenergythatiscapableofexcitingtheretinaandproducingavisualsensation.!The visible portion of the electromagneticspectrum extends from about 380 to about770nanometers.

LIGHTISAMAGICALSYNTHESIS

FORMPROPORTIO

N

COLOUR

SHADOW

SPACE

Themainconnection!

Looking&Seeing

Light,Colour,Contrast&Perception

YellowGoatDesign

TexturesGlowSparkle

DESIGNPROCESSCHAOSTOFOCUS

ARCHPROCESS

2. PLAY, ENTERTAIN 5. AHA (Archimedes’ EUREKA)

6. APPRAISE & VALIDATE

7. IMPLEMENT IT: DRAW PLANS, SPECIFY MATERIALS, PREPARE TENDER, BUILD, FINE TUNE, MOVE IN

1. DESIRE & ACCEPT PROJECT

3. IMAGINE 4. SLEEP ON IT

Capturing&Molding:makingithappen!

LightingLandscapingCooking

Conceptsketchesto66%

Coordinating colour & furnishings

Photometrics&renderings

Details&specifications

Siteclarifications

Fromsimple

…tocomplex

coCreationandcollaboration

WHEREDOOURIDEASCOMEFROM???

inventedin1948bytheSwisselectricalengineerGeorgedeMestral

LearningfromNatureHowtoCreateFlowWithoutFriction

Buildingfanmotors:10-85%energyreductionoverconventional,noisereductionupto75%.

LearningfromNatureHowtoCreateFlowWithoutFriction

90%lessenergyforventilationthanconventionalbuildingsitssizeHasalreadysavedbuildingownersover$3.5milliondollarsinAC

Self-coolingtermitesmoundsArchitectMickPearce,engineersArupAssociates

LavasaHillProject-India

“Designstrategiesincluderooflinesthatcreatethewindturbulencethataidstheevaporation,greenroofsthatpreventsoilerosion,andapolymerproductthatstiffenssoiltocreatethesamestabilizingeffectasacliffswallowmixingsalivawithmudtocreateamortarthatadherestheirneststobuildings”.hok.com

CreationThoughtReality

“ArtofThinking”1926

GrahamWallas,quantumphysics,biologyofbelief

GrahamWallas(1858-1932) Modelofcreativeprocess-“ArtofThought”1926

1. PREPARATIONPreparatory,exploratorywork

!2. INCUBATION

internalizedintounconsciousmindnothingappearstobehappening

!3. INTIMATION

"feeling"ofimpendingsolution!

4. IILUMINATIONorINSIGHTideaburstsintoconsciousness

!5. VERIFICATION

Verification,elaboration,application

RogervonOech(1948-)

Parallelcreativeprocesses

SurprisesIlearnedfrompottery

Molds&Moods

Anothercreativeprocess

FEEDINGTHECREATIVEPROCESSINSPIRATION

STAYFLEXIBLE

REFLECTDAILY–FINDASANCTURARY

TAKEABREAK(orabath!)

Thevalueofincubating“Learntopause...ornothingworthwhilewillevercatchuptoyou.” PoetDougKing

Getawayfromtheproblemyou’reworkingonandturnitovertotheactivepowersofyoursubconscious

DON’TBEAFRAIDTOMAKEMISTAKES!

YouareNEVERtoooldtohavefun!HAVEFUN!

Girlsatheartraisedover10K

BEGRATEFULFORNATURE’SWONDERS

NATURE’SCREATIVEPROCESS

THEREALMAGIC

Phi,Fibonacci,spirals&fractalsPh

i=1.618

Nature’sPhiPatterns

Microscopic,Gigantic,Infinite,Invisible

HumanRelationship

Man’sCreations

TheFlowerofLife

Throughtimeandspace

WEAREONETHEREALMYSTERY

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THANK YOU!!!!!

Louise Lalande!creative director!

Louise@coCreations.net!!