Gangsa Kejuruteraan · 2024
Nopales Lampu
by Sebastian Morales and Tiri Kananuruk
- A' Design Award Gangsa 2024 in Kejuruteraan
- CLIENT: Morakana
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 55,863
- Verification code 90EE6093C5 · Verify this award
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About Nopales Lampu
Nopales ialah lampu modular yang dihantar dalam bentuk rata sebagai Papan Litar Bercetak (PLB) dan boleh dipecahkan kepada kepingan-kepingan dengan mudah menggunakan tangan. Kepingan-kepingan saling berkunci ini kemudiannya diklik bersama untuk berubah menjadi kaktus 3D yang cantik. Diilhamkan oleh landskap Mexico, reka bentuk yang menyeronokkan ini boleh dipasang dalam berpuluh cara berbeza dan malah boleh berkembang dengan menggabungkan pelbagai kad. Nopal ini bukan sahaja menerangi ruang dengan cahaya lembut, tetapi juga memupuk hubungan peribadi, menjemput pengguna untuk menjadi pereka bersama dalam taman bercahaya mereka sendiri.
About the A' Design Award Gangsa
Nopales Lampu ialah pemenang A' Design Award Gangsa, pengiktirafan yang amat berprestij yang dianugerahkan kepada reka bentuk cemerlang yang dicirikan oleh kreativiti, kecerdikan dan ketajaman fikiran. Pemenang Gangsa ialah artifak yang amat mahir dan sangat kreatif yang membuktikan pengalaman luas, imaginasi dan akal budi pereka bentuknya. Nopales Lampu diharapkan menjadi objek yang sangat dihargai, dikagumi dan disayangi, sangat profesional dan inovatif. Reka bentuk pemenang A' Design Award Gangsa ini merangkumi amalan terbaik dalam seni, sains, reka bentuk dan teknologi, dan cemerlang dalam perhatiannya terhadap butiran. Nopales Lampu memenuhi keperluan dengan indah, menyentuh keinginan, memikat perasaan dan menarik rasa ingin tahu.
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- Unique Properties
- 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.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Variable dimensions
Flat: 84mmx125mmx5mm
Assembled: 50mm x50mm x100 - Tags
- PCB, Lamp, Nopales, Cactus, Modular, Mexico, Art, Garden
- Production Technology
- Printed Circuit Board, LEDs, Microcontroller, CR2032 Battery
- Design Challenge
- 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.
- Inspiration
- 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.
- Project Duration
- 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.
- Operation Flow
- 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.
- Image Credits
- MORAKANA LLC
