Lumie.
Designing Lumie's most sophisticated wake-up light.
WMP worked with Lumie, pioneers in light therapy, to design the Luxe 750D Bodyclock, a premium bedside product built to help people wake more naturally. A simulated sunrise helps regulate the sleep-wake cycle and lift mood, energy and productivity. From concept through to a full manufacture-ready specification, we balanced premium materials with a genuinely complex set of technical demands.
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Background.
Designing a premium wake-up light with conflicting technical demands.
Lumie has been a pioneer in light therapy since 1991, helping people wake, sleep and manage seasonal affective disorder through daylight-simulating products.
We were tasked with designing a bedside product that could help users wake up more naturally, using a simulated sunrise shown to regulate the sleep-wake cycle and boost mood, energy and productivity. The design needed to reflect Lumie's premium positioning, with features like a glass globe and cloth-covered speakers, alongside a DAB radio, Bluetooth speaker connectivity and phone charging ports.
The Solution.
Solving three conflicting engineering challenges in one small housing.
Engineering premium sound from a compact speaker box.
To achieve exceptional sound quality, we had to maximise the internal speaker box volume, ensure adequate acoustic sealing and finely tune the bass port geometry, all within a small, tightly packed housing.
Balancing an even sunrise glow with zero light bleed.
An even dispersion of light from the glass globe was essential, but so was preventing any unwanted light bleed from elsewhere in the product, which would be obvious at night in a darkened room. Powerful LEDs generate considerable heat, so we designed a ventilation solution based on natural convection that kept the product cool without letting light escape through the vents.
Fitting complex electronics into a stable, compact footprint.
Bedside table space is limited, so a compact yet stable footprint was a priority, along with ensuring the internal components caused no electromagnetic interference with the radio. Numerous prototypes and rounds of testing confirmed the product performed well and could be assembled easily at scale. We designed every part, including draft angles and tolerancing, backed by a full drawing package and specification for manufacture.
The impact.
Recognised as the UK's best wake-up light, and trusted by elite athletes.
The Daily Telegraph ranked the Luxe 750D the UK's number one wake-up light, and Lumie Bodyclocks are used by the British Swimming team to help athletes wake for early winter training sessions. Real-world proof that a premium, technically complex product can also be genuinely easy to live with.
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