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The Emotion Lighthouse is a transformation and electrification of a project my client did. Her project is about emotions changing from glumness and depression to joy, represented by movement through a colorful forest path. My goal was to capture the essence of that in a new form. In my project, the path takes the form of a spiral staircase up the Lighthouse, adorned by paper, the colors of which represent different places on this emotion gradient. When the user presses a button, lights illuminate the gloomy base of the lighthouse. Then, through the power of Arduino, the light travels around and up the lighthouse, illuminating the present emotion.

Over the course of this studio l learned a lot to do with computers. I learned some about coding, which I had almost no experience with before this studio. Specifically I learned about LEDs and a few different things to make them do and ways to make them do it. I also learned about the 3d modeling software Rhino, and I gained a level of comfort with it. I cut my Rhino sketches out on the laser cutter, and so I learned how to use that. Besides the computers, this studio was also socially great. Working in a client/designer relationship with one of my classmates was fun and interesting. I enjoyed and am proud of the work I did understanding and translation my client's feelings and vision.