Lighting Design

Start with a lamp design

GCSE Design Era Lamp is a useful starting point for exploring how a lighting project can bring several choices together. Its branches include design eras, materials, users and placement. The map mentions Minimalism and Scandinavian design, along with wood and places where a lamp might be used, such as a kitchen or bedroom.

As you read, note how the map groups ideas. You could use the same headings to organize your thinking before looking at the more focused maps on this page.

Explore users and materials

Low-Voltage Light considers a target market, including office workers and creative professionals, alongside ideas for a desk lamp. Light Project also looks at customers, with branches about teenagers, middle-aged users, cost and design. Compare the user ideas in these maps with those in GCSE Design Era Lamp.

For materials and finishes, look at Lamp Ideas. It lists wood, metal and plastics, as well as finishes such as paint and wax. The Lamp map includes materials and equipment alongside safety considerations. Together, these maps offer different ways to organize project ideas.

Use the maps for study

Try reading one map first for its main branches, then return to the smaller details. Write down a few questions based on the branches and use them to check what you remember. You can then compare your notes with another map to see which ideas it groups differently.

This page lists mind maps rather than quizzes, so the maps themselves are the starting point for practice. They can also help teachers find examples of how users have organized lighting project ideas.

Place the topic in the unit

Lighting Design is a section of Design Projects and Coursework in Design and technology. The maps offer examples of how project ideas can be gathered under headings such as users, materials and placement. Choose a map to explore, then make your own set of headings for a lighting project.