LED / Sensor
I made an ‘if/else’ statement with setting different values of the brightness of the LED(green/red/blue) depending on the sensor pressure.

Midterm Plan:
Concept and design goal

Before the last leaf falls
‘Never give up, I will pray for you, grandma.’

Whenever I remind the regretful moment, I conjure up the novel ‘Last leaf’.
This story is about giving a hope by drawing a leaf which deceives a person to think it real, on the wall to a person coming down with pneumonia, and being close to death.
Referring to this story, I will make a tree with a leaf, and attach flower origamis as a metaphor for a hope. Even if the leaf falls, there are still flowers which never fall even with bright lights on.

Design Process
1. Make a structure of the tree by woodcraft
2. Cut the middle of the top of the branch to divide into two in order to    construct a part of a ‘switch’.
3. Putting a copper tape on the each inside of the separated parts.
4. Make another part of a switch which link the two divided circuits (On/Off)
5. Make flower origamis
6. Install the LEDs (Parallel circuit) liked with conductive threads
7. Link to the arduino (LED fade in/out)

Materials
Wood
Copper tapes
8 LEDs
paper
Conductive threadsNeedle
Arduino

Prior art and  precedents that inspired your design and direction
The novel ‘Last leaf’