James Fraser

solace (Solo Major Project)

solace is a series of compact, indoor, three-dimensional solar arrays to light home and work environments. Designed as Luminescent Solar Concentrators (LSC), these objects use quantum principles to manipulate light, increasing solar efficiency in diffuse light conditions. Combining fluorescence and optics gives solace a unique aesthetic, drawing the eye away from the solar cell and into the narrative of light. 

re:flex (Final Group Project)

re:flex is a shape memory material that can be programmed to change its form in response to heat. Despite over three decades of research into shape memory materials, they have still yet to be widely adopted and are largely invisible in our everyday lives. They are prohibitively expensive, difficult to obtain and even more difficult to process. Inspired by natural structures where the material is the machine, we developed re:flex as a low cost, widely available and more sustainable shape memory material, which can be manufactured at low temperatures on a large scale. With re:flex we imagine a world where the materials we use are no longer inert, allowing objects to be reshaped by users according to their needs.