Glow Globs Ọrụ Isi: Nrụnye Ọkụ by Virginia Melnyk

Glow Globs Ọrụ Isi: Nrụnye Ọkụ by Virginia Melnyk is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz in Nhazi Ngwaahịa Ìhè na Ihe E Kwụnyere Competition Category.

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Glow Globs Ọrụ Isi: Nrụnye Ọkụ

by Virginia Melnyk

Client: Virginia Melnyk Designs

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz Winner in Ìhè Category

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The Design

About Glow Globs Ọrụ Isi: Nrụnye Ọkụ

Ederede Akwụkwọ: Glow Globs bụ nrụnye ọkụ nke enwere ike ifụnye ifụ nke e ji akwa nylon ọcha, ngwa igbufe ikuku (blower fan) na ọkụ LED wuo ya. Nrụnye a nwere ụdị ihe atọ na-enweghị ọdịdị doro anya, nke ọ bụla dị site na 2.5 ruo 3 mita n'akụkụ ọ bụla. E ji imepụta ihe atọ n'akụkụ (three-dimensional modeling) wuo ụdị ndị a, ndị e si na anwụrụ ọkụ na mmụba ikuku nweta ozi maka ha. A na-eji ndabere na 80 ruo 100 mpempe akwa e dụkọtara ọnụ wuo ụdị ọ bụla. A na-akwụsa ọkụ LED n'ime ya, nke na-eme ka ọkụ na-agbanwe agbanwe agba gbasaa nke ọma site n'akwa ahụ. Ụdị ndị a na-adaghachi mgbe akwụsịrị ngwa igbufe ikuku ahụ, nke na-eme ka a pụọ ibugharị ma guzobe nrụnye a n'ebe ọzọ.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz

Glow Globs Ọrụ Isi: Nrụnye Ọkụ meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị pụtara ìhè nke a ma ama maka nzụlite ihe, ọgụgụ isi na nghọta. Ndị meriri na Bronz bụ ihe e mere nke ndị nwere nka nke ukwuu ma dị mma n'imepụta nke na-egosi ahụmahụ buru ibu, echiche na ọgụgụ isi nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Glow Globs Ọrụ Isi: Nrụnye Ọkụ ga-abụ ihe a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz na-agụnye ụzọ kacha mma n'ime nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ, ma dị mma nke ukwuu maka nlebara anya ya n'obere ihe. Glow Globs Ọrụ Isi: Nrụnye Ọkụ na-emezu mkpa nke ọma, na-emetụ ọchịchọ aka, na-adọrọ mmetụta obi ma na-adọta ọchịchọ ịmara.

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