Luma

Luma is a calm, visual reminder device that replaces noisy alarms and pings with elegant ambient light.

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Luma began with a simple irritation: every reminder in my life arrived as an interruption. Notifications buzz, alarms snooze, and everything demands attention at the exact moment it fires. I wanted an object that could hold a reminder the way a sticky note does: present, patient, and silent.

Light as language

The answer turned out to be light. Color-coded light. Luma sits on my desk, kitchen counter or livingroom and shifts through slow gradients as deadlines approach, so a glance tells you everything without a single sound. The project covers industrial design, a custom PCB, and the firmware that maps time to light.

Iterations, iterations, iterations…

From start to finish, the project went through many many iterations trying to find the right balances for the type of components, space, and design. One of the hardest but most fulfilling tasks was to always keep in mind Design for manufacturing. With the idea of someday putting the project through it's paces in the real world, every corner I beveled or component I added had to pass a strict filter for price, size, and viability.

Working with such constraints made some choices easier, and others harder.

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Luma is still an ongoing project, and as such I continue to iterate, test and perfect. I'm excited to show more soon, so stay tuned!