Annelie Berner

Sundial Redux

A kinetic sculpture that moves as the light around it changes - like leaves reacting to the sun.

http://itpabb.tumblr.com/tagged/sundial

Classes
Ideas Taking Shape: Product Design


This project is inspired by a desire to understand the way light affects the spaces around us - something that is so much a part of our daily life that we often ignore it.

I use muscle wire activated leaf-like papers to amplify the changes in light surrounding the object.

The object is meant to sit on a desk or in a household, providing ambient information about the outside world. It is meant to be oriented towards the South so that the object can read in sunlight throughout the day.

For each month, if the