Bronż Inġinerija · 2024
Nopales Lampa
by Sebastian Morales and Tiri Kananuruk
- Premju A' Design Award tal-Bronż 2024 in Inġinerija
- CLIENT: Morakana
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 55,863
- Verification code 90EE6093C5 · Verify this award
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About Nopales Lampa
Nopales hija lampa modulari li tinbagħat ċatta bħala Bord ta' Ċirkwit Stampat (PCB) u tista' faċilment tinqasam f'biċċiet bl-idejn. Il-biċċiet li jaqbdu flimkien imbagħad jikklikjaw flimkien biex jittrasfurmaw f'kaktus 3D sabiħ. Ispirata mill-pejsaġġi Messikani, id-disinn divertenti jista' jinġabar f'għexieren ta' modi differenti u jista' saħansitra jikber billi jiġu kkombinati karti multipli. Dan in-Nopal mhux biss idawwal spazji b'dawl ġentili, iżda wkoll iħeġġeġ konnessjoni personali, u jistieden lill-utenti biex isiru ko-kreaturi fil-ġnien luminuż tagħhom stess.
About the Premju A' Design Award tal-Bronż
Nopales Lampa huwa rebbieħ tal-Premju A' Design Award tal-Bronż, rikonoxximent prestiġjuż ħafna mogħti lil disinji eċċellenti ddistingwuti mill-kreattività, l-ingenwità u l-għaqal. Ir-rebbieħa tal-Bronż huma xogħlijiet bi ħila biżżejjed u kreattivi b'mod impressjonanti li jawtentikaw l-esperjenza vasta, l-immaġinazzjoni u l-ħila ta' riżorsi tad-disinjaturi tagħhom. Huwa mistenni li Nopales Lampa ikun oġġett imqabbar ħafna, mammirat u maħbub, notevolment professjonali u innovattiv. Dan id-disinn rebbieħ tal-Bronż jinkorporaw l-aħjar prattiki fl-arti, ix-xjenza, id-disinn u t-teknoloġija u huwa eċċellenti fl-attenzjoni għad-dettalji. Nopales Lampa jissodisfa l-ħtiġijiet b'mod eċċellenti, imiss ix-xewqat, jinċanta s-sentimenti u jattira l-kurżità.
Press Kit
- 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
