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Design Process Creativity
Nature Inspiration Innovation
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Presented by Louise Lalande
coCreations lighting design inc.
Light & Magic

2. “The key is light and light illuminates shapes
and shapes have emotional power.”
Le Corbusier
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“The very beholding of the light is a fairer thing
than all the uses of it.”
Francis Bacon

5. Lighting Shapes Our Environment
Profoundly affects feelings of
Wellbeing
Awe and wonder
Mood
Comfort
Motivation
Visually
Ability to make out detail
Understand space
Perceive all elements

6. IESNA Definition:
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Radiant energy that is capable of exciting the
retina and producing a visual sensation.
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The visible portion of the electromagnetic
spectrum extends from about 380 to about
770 nanometers.
LIGHT IS A MAGICAL SYNTHESIS
FORM
PROPORTIO
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COLOUR
SHADOW
S PA C E

7. The main connection!

8. Looking & Seeing

9. Light, Colour, Contrast & Perception

10. Yellow Goat Design

11. Textures Glow Sparkle

12. DESIGN PROCESS
CHAOS TO FOCUS

13. ARCH PROCESS
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: making it happen!

14. Lighting Landscaping Cooking

15. Concept sketches to 66%

16. Coordinating colour & furnishings

17. Photometrics & renderings

18. Details & specifications

19. Site clarifications

20. From simple

21. …to complex

22. coCreation and collaboration

23. WHERE DO OUR IDEAS COME FROM???

24. invented in 1948 by the Swiss electrical engineer George de Mestral

25. Learning from Nature
How to Create Flow Without Friction
Building fan motors: 10-85% energy reduction over conventional, noise reduction up to 75%.

26. Learning from Nature
How to Create Flow Without Friction
90% less energy for ventilation than conventional buildings its size
Has already saved building owners over $3.5 million dollars in AC
Self-cooling termites moundsArchitect Mick Pearce, engineers Arup Associates

27. Lavasa Hill Project - India
“Design strategies include roof lines that create the wind turbulence that
aids the evaporation, green roofs that prevent soil erosion, and a polymer product
that stiffens soil to create the same stabilizing effect as a cliff swallow mixing saliva
with mud to create a mortar that adheres their nests to buildings”. hok.com

29. Creation Thought Reality
“Art of Thinking” 1926
Graham Wallas, quantum physics, biology of belief

30. Graham Wallas (1858-1932)
Model of creative process -“Art of Thought” 1926
1. PREPARATION
Preparatory, exploratory work
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2. INCUBATION
internalized into unconscious mind
nothing appears to be happening
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3. INTIMATION
"feeling" of impending solution
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4. IILUMINATION or INSIGHT
idea bursts into consciousness
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5. VERIFICATION
Verification, elaboration, application

31. Roger von Oech (1948- )

32. Parallel creative processes

34. Surprises I learned from pottery

35. Molds & Moods

36. Another creative process

37. FEEDING THE CREATIVE PROCESS
INSPIRATION

38. STAY FLEXIBLE

39. REFLECT DAILY – FIND A SANCTURARY

40. TAKE A BREAK (or a bath!)
The value of incubating
“Learn to pause . . . or nothing worthwhile will ever catch up to you.”
Poet Doug King
Get away from the problem you’re working on and
turn it over to the active powers of your subconscious

41. DON’T BE AFRAID TO MAKE MISTAKES!

42. You are NEVER too old to have fun!
HAVE FUN!
Girls at heart raised over 10K

43. BE GRATEFUL FOR NATURE’S WONDERS

44. NATURE’S CREATIVE PROCESS
THE REAL MAGIC

45. Phi, Fibonacci, spirals & fractalsPhi = 1.618

46. Nature’s Phi Patterns

47. Microscopic, Gigantic, Infinite, Invisible

48. Human Relationship

49. Man’s Creations

50. The Flower of Life

51. Through time and space

54. WE ARE ONE
THE REAL MYSTERY

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THANK YOU!!
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Louise Lalande!
creative director!
Louise@coCreations.net!
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