2024 - FIREFLY

In the educational context of East Asia, children and teenagers are often scolded by their parents, teachers and other elders. While children lack a sense of identity, it is also difficult for them to gain a sense of accomplishment. Invisible pressure brings suppressed emotions to them, and as the night falls, the negative impact of this emotion on children will gradually amplify.
Drawing and doing crafts are activities that we often do during our childhood. We integrated these two behaviors into the project and designed a solar desk lamp that can be painted and disassembled and assembled. Children relieve their inner stress by painting during the day. In the evening, they will be free to assemble a lamp and place stickers on the surface of the lamp. Children will feel a strong sense of accomplishment when the light illuminates their paintings and independently assembled table lamps. We hope that through this process, children will feel less sad and return to their innocence.
We provide each child with a material pack containing square building blocks with a side length of 15 cm, photovoltaic panels and light bulbs. Children can freely design the assembly shape and placement. Finally, the children will paste the drawings on the card board and complete all the assembly steps of the desk lamp.
As for the material, we choose TPU. This material can maximize the light range while ensuring children’s safety.
For the color of the bulbs, we chose yellow, pink and blue as the main colors. These lights can provide children with warmth, relaxation and other emotions.
At the same time, this desk lamp can move. Children can not only place it on the table, but also walk outdoors with the lamp in hand.
In addition to assembling their own components, children can also assemble with other children’s works in the outdoor space. We will provide a square bottom frame with a side length of 3 meters and a number of brackets in targeted areas. Children can gather together to assemble this space at will, and after assembly, their works can be fixed on the bracket. The solar panels will be embedded in the bracket, and the children will assemble the bracket during the day. At night, they will install the works on the bracket. When the area is illuminated by the works, on the one hand, we hope that the children can experience their own sense of accomplishment and the interaction with their peers. On the other hand, we hope that this device can cause the whole society to think and reflect, thereby promoting society to pay attention to this phenomenon.