Bio Lumi
Category: Interior
Competitions: Home Competition 2026
Imagine a future where we grew our own light… BioLumi is a project conceptualized in my final year of my Industrial Design Masters Degree. BioLumi intends to make safe and accessible lighting, harnessing the same technology designed by nature and intends to put it in the hands of those that need it most. BioLumi began as a fascination with glow in the dark materials and a desire to replicate that process naturally, biomimicking a chemical reaction that nature has already so beautifully designed and harness it as an alternative light source. Bio Lumi is inspired by wonder, simplified by nature & reimagined by science. The need for a portable lighting solution is apparent: kerosene fumes are toxic; disposable batteries are a finite resource and difficult to recycle; solar cells are largely unaffordable. Bio Lumi was based upon the experience that portable lighting is inherently wasteful and often single-use but vital for many humanitarian endeavors, including providing necessary medical procedures in remote areas, disaster relief, and off-grid lighting in Developing Nations. This design supports public health and the relief/disaster aid workers without access to electricity. The goal is to provide inexpensive efficient lighting alternatives that function in a multitude of different environments, climates and circumstances. This is biology, reimagined. This is Bio Lumi.
