Pallino Portable Lamp is a compact, wireless charging lamp designed to bring a beautifully soft, ambient light to any room.
The designers wanted to bring a premium lighting experience to any area of the home without being restricted by power. The living spaces in our homes are becoming increasingly multi-purpose and less strictly defined. Therefore, their products needed to be applicable in a variety of contexts. They wanted to design a lighting product that people can take with them as they move throughout their homes.
To address the brief, the designers determined that this product needs a few key features. They designed a combination of base and wireless chargers that are purpose-made from the ground up with matching surface finishes. The charger can be left in a convenient location. The light can simply be placed on the charger when required. For user convenience, Pallino Portable is also compatible with third-party wireless chargers. The output of the SMD LED board was carefully selected to work with the glass shade to provide the ambient light we were searching for.
The environmental impact of this product is integral to the design. The entire product is designed for disassembly. Even down to the electrical connections that allow the battery, board, and button to be separated. The glass shade and aluminum base are screwed together with a simple threaded collar. This minimizes the size of the packaging and allows for easy replacement of the glass shade if necessary. The commercial impact of this product is it introduces our wireless lighting category to the market. It offers customers a premium lighting product with a unique experience that is adaptable to their life.
The seamlessly integrated button interface on the front of the base also serves as a dimmer. Users can hold the button to dim, release, and hold again to brighten the light output. The sensitivity of this interface was carefully crafted to be an intuitive enjoyable experience. The button can also be ‘double pressed’ to change the color temperature from warm white to cool white.
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The Pallino Portable Lamp is a refined, minimal silhouette, perfectly suited to modern interiors. It is made from premium materials from the ground up. The blown glass shade in a white raw material provides perfectly even diffused light and is cold to the touch. The base of the product is made from an Aluminum extrusion with an anodized finish. This is a strong enclosure for the batteries, SMD LED board, control board, and intuitive button interface. The wireless charger is machined from a billet of aluminum and anodized to match the base of the light. This product sits in the market as a premium offering with materials and components that are more advanced than many of the mainstream competitors. The replaceability of the components means it will be valuable to our customers for many years.
The design team’s most significant contribution to the Industrial Design profession with this product is the consideration of the environmental impact. All the parts from the inside out are designed to be replaceable when necessary and separated at the end of life for recycling. The glass shade can be unscrewed from the base intuitively. The aluminum base screws apart very easily allowing all of the electronic components to be removed. Each component can also be separated by releasing simple electrical connectors. This allows specific components such as the battery to be replaced at later stages in the life of the product. The top of the wireless charger must be plastic to allow for power transfer between the transmitter and receiver. This part can be removed with a knife. The transmitter coil and board can then be removed leaving the aluminum shell to be recycled. This level of design for disassembly advances the profession of Industrial Design by setting a higher standard for repairability.
Category:LightingYear:2023Designer:Mina Bassilious, King Living, Turrella, New South Wales, AustraliaManufacturer:King Living, Turrella, New South Wales, Australia