Development of smart garden lighting

Abstract

This project is done at a company that develop and manufactures smart electrical components, for indoor purposes today. Due to the lack of smart outdoor fixtures, this company wanted to explore garden lighting and its possibilities. This project therefore investigates garden lighting and the main goal was to result in a design proposal and to create a prototype of a garden spotlight luminaire. The report refers to a complete product development process for the development of smart / connected garden lighting. The process began with a research phase including a literature study on theoretical information and garden lighting in general. A customer needs analysis was made based on interviews and a survey to reach the user’s behavior and what the garden luminaire needs to achieve. A market analysis was done through store visits, patent research, benchmark analysis, product testing and a disassembly session to understand what the user wants and what is on the market today. Later, a product specification could be made and these requirements and functions were created to begin the concept generation process. The concept generation process was done through inspiration, creative concept generation and systematic concept generation. These concepts were reviewed and later evaluated through matrices, expert reviews and lists of pros and cons. One concept was further developed in an iterative process to end up in a design proposal. This design was 3D printed and later tested and redesigned to meet expectations and be functional. The final concept could later be printed, assembled and polished to become the final prototype. The result shows a functional design, with new innovative solutions to reach more customers’ needs. The prototype can roughly show how the functions will work and how the lamp will behave in reality.