The inspiration of this project comes from the traditional Chinese Kǒngmíng(天灯) lantern which is also known as sky lantern. At the beginning, the sky lantern was designed in the Three Kingdoms (220-280 AD) for sending messages and as time passes by, flying sky lanterns gradually becomes a way for people to make a wish and bless.
I really like the sky lantern festival especially when people gather and fly the sky lanterns together. That's a super beautiful and wonderful scene. However, in recent years, sky lanterns have been defined as illegal in several countries because the lanterns include many potential risks like widespread forest fires. Therefore, I make an online sky lanterns by p5.js which can make the digital lantern flew by mousePressed. However, I thought it would be more realistic when people can make their wishes physically and fly the lantern. Also, I hoped more people can get chance to play with the sky lantern. Therefore, I discussed the initial idea with Coco and Alexa and finally we decided to make a sky lantern wish box!