Down Rainbow Road
Product Analysis
2022
Lighting
3D Printing
What if you could power up when you’re winding down?
nintendo.com
Ready, racers?
What’s Inside?
The project prompt was to redesign the casing for a levitating lamp. I took the existing product apart to access the EDS coil so I could measure it for my model.
Details
*furious clicking
Most of my components were straightforward to 3D model as they were more boxy in form. The shell is where I spent the most time as it was more organic and I wanted to stay true to the form.
Form
Base Casing
Item Box Topper
Base Plate
Wahooo!
Ready, set, GO!
Engineering it
Creating my physical model is where I really saw the benefits of 3D printing being a medium for quick prototyping. I was able to test the fitting of the printed parts, and reprint quickly with changes if it did not fit.
Making it a Reality
Final Lap
What made my project stand apart was its finishing. Using other materials like acrylic, and surfacing by painting and sandblasting really helped to pitch my product at finals.
Down Rainbow Road is a levitating lamp. The item box uses electrodynamic suspension to float over Rainbow Road, giving racers the opportunity to launch the dreaded blue shell at the lead racer.
BONUS CONTENT
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BONUS CONTENT •
Take a sneak peek inside my design flow
First place beware!
I'm OBSESSED.
When in doubt, paint it black
Around the block
Learning about tolerances the hard way
If I had a penny for every time I had to resolder...
Not the color I was hoping for :(
Assembling the item box
Trying out fastening mechanisms
Surfacing for rendering in Keyshot
Prepping to paint
Top tier masking