Imilab 智能台灯 by Kaining Li and Maofeng Kao

Imilab 智能台灯 by Kaining Li and Maofeng Kao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 银奖 in 照明产品与灯具设计 Competition Category.

银照明· 2021

Imilab 智能台灯

by Kaining Li and Maofeng Kao

Client: Shanghai Imilab Technology Co., Ltd.

A' Design Award 银奖 Winner in 照明 Category

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The Design

About Imilab 智能台灯

Imilab 是一款专为家居使用与护眼舒适而设计的智能台灯。灯具采用极简几何造型，并配备侧向发光模式，可避免直射眩光。工作时不产生蓝光，也无可见频闪。亮度可根据环境光线自动调节，同时支持语音控制或通过手机应用进行操控。内置摄像头与麦克风让孩子与家长可以远距离通话，并配有物理遮挡罩覆盖摄像头以保护隐私。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 银奖

Imilab 智能台灯是 A' Design Award 银奖得主，这是授予顶级、华美而令人印象深刻的设计的极为崇高的认可。银奖得主是极其卓越、极具创造力的作品，展现出其设计师杰出的专业技能、才华与敏锐。预计Imilab 智能台灯将成为一件出色的典范之作，兼具非凡的专业性与深刻的创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 银奖的设计是一项备受瞩目、令人钦佩的发明，造福并拓展艺术、科学、设计和技术的边界。Imilab 智能台灯是一件令人羡慕的创作，它唤起渴望，带来积极的情感，并激发惊叹与赞叹。

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The lamp adopts a minimalist geometric design. As an IoT device, it can improve home safety and convenience. The side-emitting light mode can effectively prevent direct glare. The built-in scene simulation function can set reminders for the beginning or the end of courses on the App. The camera has a built-in microphone so that children and parents can talk to each other long-distance, and the physical shielding function protects user privacy and safety.
Dimensions & Packaging: The weight of this product is 2030g. The dimension of this product is 513mm× 150mm× 463.5mm. The color temperature of this lamp is 4000K.
Tags: Eye-caring, IoT decices, Energy saving, Smart product, Minimalism design,Smart home
Production Technology: The plain shell is made of metal and plastic materials, which is smooth and free of burrs, beautiful and comfortable. Imilab Eye Caring Lamp uses industrial aluminum extrusion and compression molding. Lamp shape adopts the zero draft angle process, reducing the waste of raw materials.
Design Challenge: At the beginning of this project, it is the great challenges how to use cameras reasonably to protect children's safety at home and how to reduce the sense of surveillance brought by cameras. By conversation with users, the usage feelings of security products with a camera are understood further. Therefore, the physical shielding function of the camera is designed as a good way to protect users' privacy. Prototypes are produced at each stage to simulate the actual usage scenarios. According to the tests, the structure and appearance of the product are improved.
Research: Some children have to suspend their classes and stay at home during the epidemic, and their parents who go out to work cannot always stay with them. The starting point of this project is how to ensure children's safety at home from different aspects. Case studies are used to analyze other products in the market besides doing secondary research. Persona, interview, and questionnaire are used to collect user pain points. 100 people including parents and children were invited to take part in this questionnaire. Affinity diagramming is used to analyze key insights.
Inspiration: Some children have to suspend their classes and stay at home during the epidemic, and their parents who go out to work cannot always stay with them. Therefore, this product plays a role in accompanying children remotely and guards children's growth. Lights can be turned off automatically when the human shape disappears, reducing the unnecessary power loss. Followed with the principle of sustainable development, the counterweight block is die-cast by using recirculated metal.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2020 and finished in August 2020 in China.
Operation Flow: This is a household smart desk lamp that can automatically adjust the brightness according to the environment. It can also be controlled by voice or APP through the built-in WIFI module. It will not produce blue-ray and visible flicker while using. And there are bumps and holes on the lamp panel which can effectively prevent the dazzling light. Excellent color rendering and intelligent brightness adjustment make the light softer. So the lamp can better protect people's eyes and reduce the myopia rate as much as possible. And the three-axis design will also save a lot of space on the desktop.
Team Members: Kaining Li
Maofeng Kao
Yajun Wang