Final Prototype: Night-Blooming Flowers Physical Light Installation

Finalized Flower-Blooming Mechanism Design Plan


3D Printed Mechanism


The finalized printed blooming mechanism seems stable with self-locking nut. I test-run the mechanism and it works fine at this stage.

Blooming Motion without Petals 

5 Output Arms

6 Output Arms

Blooming Motion with Petals



Pulsing LEDs 

Pulsing Light Effect 1

Pulsing Light Effect 2

Both light effects have experimented in the early stage. However, further refinement and debugging will be done to match the art direction of the overall project.

Core Experience Video

The video below demonstrates the core experience of the physical light installation. Current technical production that have been solved are:

  • Connection between Master & Slave Arduino
  • Flower-blooming mechanism [Stepper Motor]
  • LEDs Pulsing Effect
  • Heartbeat Detection


Next Plan:

1.  Exploration on fabrications
     -Design & Evaluate choices of material and art style
2. 3D print all the compartments (5-8 sets)
3. Set up 5 flowers
4. Environmental Setup

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