5x5 Led K'anchana by Barbara Princic is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2015 A' Design Award Quri Premiu in Achik Kamay Competition Category.

QuriAchik· 2015

5x5 Led K'anchana

by Barbara Princic

Client: Sijaj Hrastnik

A' Design Award Quri Premiu Winner in Achik Category

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The Design

About 5x5 Led K'anchana

Kay 5x5 LED k'anchanaqa ñawpaq watapi riqsichisqa hinaspa premiasqa 5x5 tiyana nisqawan tantalla hamun. Tiyanaq sapanchasqa material ruwaynin yaqa 5x5 centímetro nisqa dimensionkunapi baldosakunata mañakurqan. Chayrayku chay kikin dimensionkunan k'anchanapaq qallariy punto karqan. Formaq chiqalla kutirichiyninmanta hark'anapaq, k'anchanapaqqa 5x5 centímetro rombo formapi churakun, k'anchanaqa hatun modular estructura rakin. Achka k'anchanakunaq kuska churasqankun hukniraq k'anchay ruwaykunata paqarichiyta atinku, zig-zag hina, diagonal chiruhina, wach'i forma nisqa, utaq huk formakunata diseñadorpa kikin kamay yachayninwan.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Quri Premiu

5x5 Led K'anchana A' Design Award Quri Premiu mishak kan, ancha jatun yupaychay, kayta ñawpak kallari, sumak shinallatak mancharina diseñukunaman kun. Quri mishak kashkakunaka mushuk yuyay achka, ñawpakta rikuk shinallatak achikyaska rurashkakunami, paykunata rurakkunapak yachayta, yuyayta shinallatak ushayta rikuchinku. 5x5 Led K'anchana ashtawan alabashka, mushuk ñankunata churak shinallatak hatun valorta kuk yuyay kanata munanku. Kay Quri Premiu japishka diseñuka hanak, yupaychashka rurashka kan, arti, siensia, diseñu shinallatak tekinolojía ñawpak ñankunata kichuk. 5x5 Led K'anchana munayta kallarichin, yuyayta kallarichin, ruraytapash kallarichin shinallatak kuyaychin.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: 5x5 LED lamp comes together with the 5x5 chair introduced and awarded previous year. The chair's material characteristic required tiles dimensioned approximately 5x5 cm. Therefore this was aslo the starting point for the lamp. In order to avoid the direct form's repetition the 5x5 cm is applied in a form of rhombus, the main modular structure part of the lamp. Several lamps mounted together offer the possibility to create different lighting patterns like zig-zag, diagonal line, the shape of an arrow or of a big rhombus or any other shape by the choice of person who equips the specific place. The curving of led strips together with metal form represent a technical innovation.
Dimensions & Packaging: Length 600 mm x Width 320 mm x High 810 mm
Tags: 5x5 LED lamp, LED diodes, rhombus form, technical innovation, technical experiment, challenge
Production Technology: The lamp's main structure consists of thin, flat, ligtly curved laser cut metal sheet plate, surface nickel treated. All modules in a shape of rhombus consist of white acrylic plate, cut and shaped by a vacuum technology. Rhombus forms ared pasted on a metal plate. Led lighting system consists of 8 led strips with 8 6 Watt diodes attached on the metal sheet plate. The curving of led circuit represented a special technological challenge which finally led to technical innovation.
Design Challenge: The creative and research challenge was focused mostly on a technical part about experimental work with led strips and translucency of the opaque material. Led strips are usually mounted on a flat surface. Here they were at first mounted and then curved together with metal sheet plate. This was a kind of innovative technological process. In addition the challenge was how to find the appropriate material to cover the led diodes enabling them to transmit enough light through the opaque surface. It is acrylic material that fulfilled all performance requirements.
Research: It was all about experimental work with led strips. They are usually mounted on a flat surface. Here they were at first mounted and then curved together with a metal sheet plate. It is definitely a technical innovation.
Inspiration: I was inspired by the idea that one lamp as a product to be used in private space can be a single module for a lighting system in public space. As explained in a project description the 5x5 led lamp in the shape of the rhombus offers several possibilities to create an extraordinary lighting system in public spaces.
Project Duration: The project started in May 2008 and finished in October 2008 in Slovenia. It was exhibited at Month of Design, October 2008, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Operation Flow: With its thin elegant form and with a soft light that is spread through the space the light intends to address the end user’s emotions. The white opaque rhombus forms that cover the led strips enable the spread of soft light.
Team Members: Barbara Princic, designer and Mr. Miran Drac, technologist
Image Credits: Images No.1-5, 5x5 LED Lamp, Andrej Cvetnič, photographer and Gordan Čuka, photoshop expert