Moon La Luz De Mesa by Naai-Jung Shih is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Plata in Diseño de Impresión 3D Competition Category.

PlataImpresión 3D· 2020

Moon La Luz De Mesa

by Naai-Jung Shih

Client: Naai-Jung Shih

A' Design Award de Plata Winner in Impresión 3D Category

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The Design

About Moon La Luz De Mesa

Esta luz juega un papel activo para acompañar a las personas en un espacio de trabajo desde la mañana hasta la noche. Fue diseñado teniendo en cuenta el entorno de trabajo de las personas. El cable se puede conectar a una computadora portátil o un banco de energía. La forma de la luna estaba formada por tres cuartos de círculo como un icono ascendente de una imagen del terreno hecha de un marco de acero inoxidable. El patrón de la superficie de la luna recuerda a la guía de aterrizaje en un proyecto espacial. El escenario parece una escultura a la luz del día y un dispositivo de luz que reconforta la tensión del trabajo por la noche.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Plata

Moon La Luz De Mesa ha ganado el A' Design Award de Plata, un reconocimiento extraordinariamente prestigioso concedido a diseños de gama alta, magníficos e impresionantes. Los ganadores de Plata son obras tremendamente brillantes y sumamente creativas que ilustran la destacada experiencia, el talento y la agudeza de sus diseñadores. Se espera que Moon La Luz De Mesa sea una obra maravillosa y emblemática, notablemente profesional y profundamente innovadora. Este diseño ganador del A' Design Award de Plata es una invención muy notable y admirada que beneficia y hace avanzar las fronteras del arte, la ciencia, el diseño y la tecnología. Moon La Luz De Mesa es una creación enormemente envidiada que evoca deseos, aporta sentimientos positivos y despierta asombro y admiración.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: A light should be designed with people working devices in mind. It needs to play an active role today as a companion from morning to the night. The solution is a sculpture in the daylight and a light device that ease the tense of work at night. This light can be connected to laptop. The metaphor of moon was made by linear pattern that was used as a landing guide of Apollo project. The shape of moon is made of three quarters of circle as a rising icon from a terrain made of stainless frame.
Dimensions & Packaging: The entire set is about 37 by 33 by 19 cm in width, height, and depth. The materials are photosensitive resin for the moon and stainless steel for the supporting frame.
Tags: table light, desktop installation, moon, symbolic texture, 3C devices
Production Technology: The source of light is made of LED strip that allocates on the peripheral ring. The stainless frame was collected from a flea market. The moon was made by applying a thicken function to a thin layer of surface. The curvature was modified by a mathematic equation. This shift of design paradigm offers me a great freedom in opening up a whole new set of vocabulary during the creation process. The complicated pattern can only be made by 3D printer. It makes me believe there is a strong connection between the order of mathematics and the aesthetics of a moon icon.
Design Challenge: The combination of the two layers of pattern changes from different viewing angles. The most challenging part was to create a visual depth and in the meantime allowed partial visual penetration. Uniform thickness was applied. The plate or disk is about 28 mm thick in the center and gradually grows to 35 mm on the edge. It is covered by a skin 8 mm thick. The thickness and the space in the middle create a sense of depth that changes the micro expression of the surface. The final thickness of components was also adjusted with light transmitted without potential damage to the structure in 3D printing.
Research: Researches were made to the image of a moon and how a table light should fit in today working space. The alternation of thin gap and media openings has to be maintained in order to guide a flow of focus along the surface. Researches were also made to the textures of the frame that creates a contrast effect with the photosensitive resin. The thickness of pattern was also studied in order to create a depth effect without enlarging the opening. The aesthetic consideration was applied to make a working space more human.
Inspiration: This design was inspired by the moon. Moon is both aesthetic and philosophical to the symbolization of human imagination. The composition of this light can be considered as the moon rising from a mountain or the sea as it departs from the surface to light up surroundings in the air.
Project Duration: This project started as early as 2018 in Taipei. Various types of configuration were explored in several on-and-off tests before s particular setting was determined. The specific set was finalized in 2019. The duration of last presentation was about two months of intensive works.
Operation Flow: The light performances as an installation in daylight. It illuminates as a table light when night arrives. The skin acts as an interface. People can see through the double layers to interact with background with enhanced depth. The convex and concave sides of design represent the surface and underground parts of the moon. The light is turned on or off using a USB hub with buttons to control four devices. It can be connected to a power plug or even a notebook computer. People work next to this light can use it to charge a mobile phone. People gather around this light can share this hub and the light as well.
Image Credits: #1: Photographer Naai-Jung Shih, Designing and Photographing, 2019.
#2: Photographer Naai-Jung Shih, Designing and Photographing, 2019.
#3: Photographer Naai-Jung Shih, Designing and Photographing, 2019.
#4: Photographer Naai-Jung Shih, Designing and Photographing, 2019.
#5: Photographer Naai-Jung Shih, Designing and Photographing, 2019.