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Att gestalta artificiellt solsken: En designstudie om hur artificiellt ljus och skugga kan skapa upplevelser av välbefinnande i inomhusmiljöer i mörka klimat
Malmö University, Faculty of Culture and Society (KS), School of Arts and Communication (K3).
2026 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts), 20 HE creditsStudent thesis [Artistic work]Alternative title
Shaping Artificial Sunlight : A Design Study of How Artificial Light and Shadow can Create Experience of Well-being in Indoor Environments in Dark Climates (English)
Abstract [sv]

Detta examensarbete undersöker hur artificiellt solljus kan gestaltas genom

produktdesign för att skapa upplevelser av välbefinnande i inomhusmiljöer under

mörka klimatförhållanden. Studien utgår från ett användarcentrerat och research

through design-orienterat arbetssätt där ljus behandlas som ett immateriellt

designmaterial snarare än enbart en teknisk funktion. Genom teori inom emotional

design, biofilisk design och miljöpsykologi samt genom praktiska ljusexperiment,

användartester och iterativ prototypframtagning undersöks vilka ljuskvaliteter

som bidrar till upplevelsen av naturligt solljus. Resultatet visar att upplevelsen

av artificiellt solljus främst påverkas av ljusets riktning, skuggspel, kontrast och

rumsliga närvaro snarare än enbart ljusintensitet eller teknisk simulering av dagsljus.

Arbetet resulterade i ett designförslag i form av en fysisk ljusprodukt som projicerar

solljusliknande ljusfenomen i inomhusmiljöer och samtidigt fungerar som en

traditionell armatur. Studien bidrar med kunskap om hur artificiellt ljus kan gestaltas

som ett atmosfäriskt och upplevelsebärande material inom produktdesign.

Abstract [en]

This thesis explores how artificial sunlight can be shaped through product design

to create experiences of well-being in indoor environments during dark climatic

conditions. The study adopts a user-centered and research-through-design

approach, treating light as an immaterial design material rather than solely a

technical function. Through theories of emotional design, biophilic design, and

environmental psychology, combined with practical light experiments, user testing,

and iterative prototyping, the study investigates which lighting qualities contribute

to the perception of natural sunlight. The findings indicate that the perception of

artificial sunlight is primarily influenced by the direction of light, shadow interplay,

contrast, and spatial presence rather than by light intensity or technical simulation

of daylight alone. The project resulted in a physical lighting product designed to

project sunlight-like phenomena in indoor environments while also functioning as a

conventional lamp. The study contributes knowledge on how artificial light can be

designed as an atmospheric and experiential material within product design.

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2026. , p. 49
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-87548OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-87548DiVA, id: diva2:2093945
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