Fully equipped 3D workshop, product design studio, video player, OHP, slide / data projector, library, CD-ROM and reader, telecommunications equipment, seminar room

Non-specialist computing facilities for email, internet access, word processing, database, spreadsheet and basic presentations will be available through LLRS/ITS facilities on campus, not from within the Faculty itself - the exception being the Faculty's Student Browsers based in studios which will support email and internet access.

Specific Skills Modulettes may be assigned to this module. A comprehensive listing of the modulettes is available from the Faculty Office, together with the current operational parameters (i.e. group size, time allocation etc) for the modulettes. Some module descriptors will have will have more than one modulette assigned and this information will be held by the Faculty Office initially.

Use Libraries, the internet and other appropriate information resources
Visit museums and exhibitions and visit retail outlets which specialize in contemporary products when available and appropriate
Examine new architectural and interior environment designs via visits and /or current design journals
Experiment with the ability to create variations in mood through different lighting techniques within interior spaces
Attend seminars and participate in group discussions and individual tutorials
Design and build a working prototype for your design solution
Participate in a final group critique or exhibition.

At the end of the module you will submit a portfolio of work which contains
Evidence of exploring different design ideas and moods created by lighting.(Enquiry/Visual Analysis),
Sketch development of design solutions, wiring diagrams and explanatory drawings of your final design. (Application)
You will produce a fully working, correctly wired, prototype of your light fitting (Application)

A single assessment grade will result from the process.

In this module you will explore the way in which lighting creates moods and atmosphere. You will design a light fitting for a particular environment which can be used to alter or enhance the mood of that environment. You will examine current trends in fashion, architecture and interior design. You will experiment with a range of materials and processes and document this experimentation. You will produce a working full-size solution and show it in an appropriate environment.

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Turner, J (1994) Lighting : an Introduction to Light, Lighting and Light Use, Batsford
MyersonJ(1990) Lamps and Lighting, Conran Design Guides ISBN 1850292647
Williamson &Co(1980) Early Twentieth Century Lighting Fixtures, Collector Books ISBN 0891451439
Hopkinson, R (1970) The Ergonomics of Lighting, Macdonald & Co ISBN 0356026809