I decided to go with the first shape of kettle but I made slight adjustments. For example, I made the model transparent so that the heating element and light could be seen, and I did some Dyson technology research, discovering that I could use ceramic plates inside of the heating cone. This meant that I could not need a separate heating plate for the kettle.
I then made a physical version of the kettle using tracing paper to mimic the glass of the kettle body, and black sheet plastic for the stainless steel. For the heating cone I used fluted polypropylene so that I could look at the effects of shining light through it. At first, I played around with LED strips but then decided that I should have amore refined idea of where the light would be coming from. Therefore I used a torchlight and shone it from a hole in the bottom of the kettle upwards. This illuminated the kettle model much better, and I was able to apply the colours of the LEDs in Photoshop.
I then made a physical version of the kettle using tracing paper to mimic the glass of the kettle body, and black sheet plastic for the stainless steel. For the heating cone I used fluted polypropylene so that I could look at the effects of shining light through it. At first, I played around with LED strips but then decided that I should have amore refined idea of where the light would be coming from. Therefore I used a torchlight and shone it from a hole in the bottom of the kettle upwards. This illuminated the kettle model much better, and I was able to apply the colours of the LEDs in Photoshop.
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