Interactive Flower

A flower that physically reacts to light by changing petal position and core illumination.

Role: Sole Product Designer
Timeline: 2025.11 (1 week)
Responsibilities: Interaction
Tools: Arduino

Interactive flower object lit up on a desk

Coursework and personal work from Carnegie Mellon, originally published on a separate Framer site.

Background

An object that responds to its environment

I started with the intention of creating an interactive object inspired by nature that responds to its surrounding environment. Based on the ambient light level, the angle of the petals and the color of the inner core of the flower change, creating the impression of a flower gradually blooming.

Detail of the flower’s petal mechanism and core light

Sketch of the flower’s petal and sensor mechanism

Demo

Blooming in response to light

Interactive Flower0:12 · Watch on Vimeo

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