Nopales Lucerna ab Sebastian Morales and Tiri Kananuruk

Opus Nopales Lucerna a designatore Sebastian Morales and Tiri Kananuruk est victor maxime honoratus praemii praestigiosissimi 2024 Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Categoria Certaminis Ars Ingeniaria.

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Nopales Lucerna

a Sebastian Morales and Tiri Kananuruk

Cliens: Morakana

Victor praemii Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Categoria Ars Ingeniaria

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Designum

De Nopales Lucerna

Nopales est lucerna modularis quae plana ut Tabula Circuitorum Impressorum (TCI) mittitur et facile manibus in particulas dividi potest. Particulae invicem cohaerentes deinde coniunguntur ut in pulchrum cactum tridimensionalem transformentur. Terris Mexicanis inspirata, conformatio ludibunda multis variisque modis componi potest et etiam pluribus tabulis coniunctis augeri. Hic Nopal non solum spatia lumine leni illuminat, sed etiam nexum personalem fovet, utentes invitans ut in suo horto luminoso co-creatores fiant.

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De Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum

Nopales Lucerna victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aeneum, honoris multum aestimati formis egregiis, creandi ingenio, sollertia et acumine insignibus dati. Victores Aenei opera perita et mire creandi sunt, quae experientiam, imaginationem et solertiam auctorum suorum confirmant. Exspectatur Nopales Lucerna rem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, notabiliter professionalem et novam fore. Haec forma Aeneo victa optimas consuetudines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae amplectitur et in cura minutiarum excellit. Nopales Lucerna necessitates egregie explet, cupiditates tangit, sensus capit et curiositatem allicit.

Post Designum

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Merita, sodales gregis et singula technica a designatore praebita.

Proprietates Singulares: Nopales is a modular lamp designed to be playfully assembled from a single Printed Circuit Board. Unlike typical PCBs that are flat and hidden inside enclosures, Nopales subverts this industrial nature to create a delightful object that is meant to be touched, bring joy, and evoke life into our spaces. It can ship flat as a postcard and can be hand assembled into your own nopal. Grow you cactus by combining cards.
Dimensiones et Involucrum: Variable dimensions
Flat: 84mmx125mmx5mm
Assembled: 50mm x50mm x100
Notulae: PCB, Lamp, Nopales, Cactus, Modular, Mexico, Art, Garden
Technologia Productionis: Printed Circuit Board, LEDs, Microcontroller, CR2032 Battery
Provocatio Designandi: The project looks deceptively simple but a lot of research has gone into the interlocking connections. Even when PCB manufacturing is a mature industry, there is no way to connect two boards in the ways we were searching for. Current solutions require bulky mechanical components "connectors", or to be solder. We have tried multiple approaches and worked with the PCB manufacturer though iterations. Orienting components in different planes, plating surface edges, special routing, springs, and more.
Inspiratio: Nopales was inspired by the landscapes of my Mexican upbringing and our passion for developing creative hardware. We wanted to reframe Printed Circuit Boards (PCB)s beyond their technical existence, to expose the material's beauty and transform it into something tactile, delightful and captivating. We spent months working with manufacturers to create a simple and efficient way to interlock the PCBs both mechanically and electrically. Nopales circuit is designed to shine for months or even years.
Duratio Operis: The project started early 2023 and exhibited at the HeadHi Lamp show in Brooklyn NY from March until July. A new updated version was shown at PioneerWorks Software For Artists Day in November.
Cursus Operationis: Nopales starts as a flat PCB that breaks apart by hand and can be interlocked into your own Nopal (cactus), then you can press the button to cycle though multiple brightness levels. It has an auto sleep timer to prevent draining the battery in case you forget to turn it off.
Membra Turmae: Sebastian Morales
Tiri Kananuruk
Agnitiones Imaginum: MORAKANA LLC