To get a grip on the broad field of possible research cases the Light Challenge 2013 Contest included some main topics in their program that we have to integrate in our project: sustainability, innovation and participation with the other parties. Since Marco van Hout is a research designer, we asked him if he could give some advice for our research progress and our research questions. He gave us some ideas to form our main research question. What do the terms sustainability, innovative and participation really mean? And how can you make this terms and the main question testable/measurable? As we also want to include the topic of safety in our project, we should think about what ‘safety’ exactly means. Safety is not only about putting more or less light in a street. Since Marco is specialised in mixing design with emotion, he knows that it is also about giving the people the feeling that they are save. Than you are talking about the meaning that light has for people and the mood that light creates.
The main research question that we formed is: how can an interactive lighting system be meaningful, sustainable and safe for the residents of the Agavestraat?
Above is the presentation about our research phase that we showed to him.
In the link design-emotion.com you can check out the work of Marco.