Macro/Phage-A light against Covid

Assignment- Make a set of lamps, one for tables and desks, and one for the floor. This assignment occurred right as Covid hit in 2020. This project has a story to it that we were all a part of in recent years. When Covid first hit in 2020, my studio class at CCM was in the middle of a lighting assignment. Given that stores were closed and we lost a lot of time in the semester we were told to improvise and complete the project in the best way we could. In my anger at the enemy we know as Covid, I decided to use my design skills to make a set of lamps for hospitals that could help to "Flatten the Curve".

This is a closeup of the portable "Phage" Lamp, a desk-size lamp with integrated air filters, batteries, and UV lights to help suck in viruses like Covid 19 and destroy them. A Phage is a type of virus that hunts deadly bacteria, which can help prevent disease.

A closeup of the "Macro" Lamp, which is a much larger version of the Phage lamp. It has significantly larger air filters, Charging docks for the Phage lamps, increased UV light output, and UV light Philipodia tentacles to hang things off of. The lamp's name and form come from the "Macrophage" White blood cells that help us fight diseases like Covid 19.

This project got into the CCM Curated Art Show

Sources-

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935121006083?casa_token=tsWhs4autnoAAAAA:xD8eOEN3IEk7zoybtTzszIEY54hhaxN9IMYJT5PFmuXoOlKhuvC21QazT0fFBiZvnCzmhoU5Zw

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2020.616527/full

This project got into the CCM Curated Art Show

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