Muse is a statement lamp created as an ode to MIT, a place where the best minds are brought together and great ideas are born. The lamp showcases the vibrant ambiance of the MIT campus through seasonal flora preserved in resin. Our exclusive Keepsake edition features leaves from a special tree on campus, a descendent of the apple tree under which Isaac Newton discovered gravity.
 
Handcrafted with maple wood reclaimed from the floor of Rockwell Cage, the lamp allows you to bring back a piece of history while embodying the ethos of reuse in a beautiful design. Let Muse fill your home with the air of wonder and inspiration that many of us experienced at MIT.

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Keepsake

Muse was created as part of the Manufacturing Project at IDM (MIT IDM - Integrated Design & Management). For this project, we are tasked with designing, building, and selling 50 pieces of something. We started off by brainstorming numerous ideas, then down-selecting based on Desirability, Feasibility, and Viability. We then built mutiple prototypes, before settling down on a final design and coming up with a manufacturing plan. Next, we spent countless hours collecting leaves and flowers around campus, preserving them in resin, and building the wooden frame and base. The wood we used was repurposed from gym flooring, so there was a lot of processing that needed to be done. Last but not least, we added life to the lamps by wiring in the electronics! We also prepared the branding and marketing materials in for the IDM Sales Gala, where our team achieved the highest profit!

Rockwell Cage

Production

At the Sales Gala

Behind the Scenes

See all the hard work that went on behind the scenes.

Meet the Makers