Glow Globs Kev Teeb Tsa Duab Ci by Virginia Melnyk

Glow Globs Kev Teeb Tsa Duab Ci by Virginia Melnyk is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Tooj in Tsim Teeb thiab Khoom Siv Teeb Competition Category.

ToojTeeb· 2021

Glow Globs Kev Teeb Tsa Duab Ci

by Virginia Melnyk

Client: Virginia Melnyk Designs

A' Design Award Tooj Winner in Teeb Category

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The Design

About Glow Globs Kev Teeb Tsa Duab Ci

Glow Globs yog ib qho kev teeb tsa duab ci ntsuab pa ua los ntawm ntaub nylon dawb, ib lub cuab yeej ntsuab pa (blower fan) thiab cov teeb LED. Qhov kev teeb tsa no muaj peb daim duab tsis meej pib, txhua daim ntev ntawm 2.5 txog 3 mev nyob rau txhua sab. Cov duab no tau tsim los ntawm kev qauv duab peb sab (three-dimensional modeling) thiab tau txais kev tshoov siab los ntawm pa ncho thiab kev ncig ntawm cua. Txhua daim duab yog xaws los ntawm 80 txog 100 daim ntaub. Cov teeb LED yog dai rau sab hauv, yog li cov teeb kev hloov xim ci mos mos tawm hauv daim ntaub. Cov duab no yuav pib tuag rov qab yog tias lub cuab yeej ntsuab pa raug cig tua, yog li qhov kev teeb tsa no yuav thauj mus thiab teeb tsa rau lwm qhov chaw tau.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Tooj

Glow Globs Kev Teeb Tsa Duab Ci yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Tooj, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom heev uas muab rau cov qauv tsim tshwj xeeb uas txawv los ntawm kev tsim tshiab, kev txawj tsim thiab kev ntse. Cov neeg yeej Tooj yog cov khoom muaj txuj ci heev thiab tsim tshiab heev uas ua pov thawj txog kev paub ntau, kev xav thiab kev txawj ua ntawm cov kws tsim qauv. Glow Globs Kev Teeb Tsa Duab Ci xav tias yuav yog ib qho khoom uas neeg hwm, qhuas thiab hlub, uas tshaj lij heev thiab tsim tshiab. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Tooj no siv cov kev coj ua zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev kos duab, kev tshawb fawb, kev tsim qauv thiab thev naus laus zis thiab zoo heev vim nws saib xyuas cov ntsiab lus. Glow Globs Kev Teeb Tsa Duab Ci ua tau raws li cov kev xav tau zoo kawg, kov cov kev xav, ntxias cov kev xav thiab txhawb kev xav paub.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Glow Globs is an inflatable lighting installation, its unique design is deployable as the light fabric collapse with the fan is off. The Design is abstract shapes to spark curiosity and imagination. The shapes at night are illuminated with color changing LED lights. The lights penetrate through the Nylon material giving them a soft glow.
Dimensions & Packaging: The design consisted of three unique inflatables. Each design was between 3 meters and 2.5 meters in each direction.
Tags: LED, Inflatable, Lighting, Installation, Deployable, PopUp
Production Technology: The design was created in the computer using 3d modeling. Patterns much like those used to make a dress or piece of clothing were generated and sewn together on a home sewing machine. Each inflatable was made up of between 80 - 100 panels. Consisting of over 400 edges to be sewn together. Each peices was numbered and labeled to be able to stich them to the correct pieces. The inflatables were designed to attach to a special air blower fan used for inflatable sculptures. Led Lights were threaded through the interior of the inflated structure and suspended so to diffuse the light before it is emitted out of the fabric.
Design Challenge: Because the installation is pneumatic, it is important to understand how flat pieces of fabric will inflate. The fans blow in a lot of air and it is important to make sure that all the seams are sewn tightly. And that there are no leaks. At the same point the inflatable is under pressure and if the distribution of forces is uneven large amounts of force on one place may cause issues of pressure and seams to rip or tear. Studies done in Clo3D and Kangaroo for grasshopper, were able to give estimated simulations of where extra strain might occur when pressure is applied.
Research: My research is focused on sewing and three dimensional designs. i am interested in approaches to combine sewn forms into the built environment. Often engaging traditional and computation design making methodologies. In this case sewing large scale inflatables with large numbers of pieces methods from parametric computational architecture were adapted. As for the sewing methods from quilting, and dress making were adapted. the combination of making techniques and process of construction resulted in a unique design.
Inspiration: This project was inspired by the character inflatable lawn ornaments so commonly display in many front lawns of American homes during the holidays. But in contrast to the Santa Claus and Frankenstein that we see during the holidays. Glow Globs aspired to create an abstract organic form that would inspire imagination and creative thinking. The design was created in the computer using 3d modeling. Because it is inflated with air the designs were inspired by smoke and animations of airflow.
Project Duration: The installation is traveling. It was first installed for 3 days at Blink Art Festival in Cincinnati 2019, but can continue to be deployed at other locations and events.
Operation Flow: The installation was located in the landscaping in front of the Cincinnati Central Library. Here at night people would engage with the lights and play in the shadows of the colored illuminations.
Team Members: Virginia Melnyk
Image Credits: Photo Credits: Virginia Melnyk