bachelor of design computing & master of interaction design and ...

Claudia Nunez-
Pacheco
LÚCILA, 2011
Interactive jewellery
Device Studio: LÚCILA, Arduino and Jewelry.
“Lúcila” comes from “Lucila”, which is a feminine
Spanish name that means “light” and the word
“Lúcida”, that means lucid, clear and luminous”
Lúcila is a piece of interactive jewellery that by
means of sensors, reacts to user’s heartbeat,
providing an experience in a personal level
and a profound connection with the object.
Based on human’s natural sense of belonging,
this installation wants to dialogue with the user
as well as communicates feelings to others.
This device is inspired by the fact that despite
materialism and its negative messages, there are
some objects with strong personal significance
and meaning. Some of them contain a powerful
narrative, dialoguing with us and evoking diverse
feelings, remembrances and ideas. In that sense,
the aim of Lúcila is to represent that the real
and precious value is our personal experience,
symbolised by the colour and frequency of
flashing, which is always dierent according
to every person.
The central light shows our instant emotions by
the use of colour as a tool of communication.
Every colour represents dierent emotional
stages, associated with the user’s levels of
anxiety and calm. This characteristic change
are constantly challenging other’s empathy,
especially when the colour turns an intense
red, mainly because red is a colour that is
conceptually related to a sort of alert mode in
our social conventions.
This design suggests that from the depth of our
inner self, it is possible to manifest something
really inspiring, unique and priceless.
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