Zahabu Urumuri · 2021

Obj01 Itara ryo ku Meza

by Manu Bano

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Zahabu 2021 in Urumuri
CLIENT: Manu BaÑÓ
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About Obj01 Itara ryo ku Meza

Obj01 ni itara ryo ku meza rikozwe mu cyuma kimwe cy'urupapuro rw'icyuma kitanoze, gishobora kuba icyuma gisanzwe, icyuma kidafata ingese cyangwa umuringa. Urwo rupapuro rukatwa hakoreshejwe laser rugateranywa n'intoki hakoreshejwe inyundo y'igikoresho cya reberi, nta guhuzwa hakoreshejwe ubusudiro. Imiterere y'ibipimo yoroheje niyo igize iri tara: urukiramende, uruziga n'umuzenguruko ufite ishusho ya silinderi ufashe isoko y'urumuri rwa LED. Uruziga, iyo rumaze gukatwa, ruhinduka igitwikirizo cy'itara. Ubuso bw'icyuma butunganywa n'intoki bugasigwa n'igishashara cya wax. Igikoresho cyo kugena urumuri gikoresha gukoraho cyinjijwemo gikoresha umubiri w'itara utwara amashanyarazi, bityo gukora ku ruhande urwo ari rwo rwose bicana cyangwa bikazimya urumuri kandi bikagena urugero rw'urumuri. Iri tara rifite ibipimo bya cm 38 x 22 x 7.

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Zahabu

Obj01 Itara ryo ku Meza ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Zahabu, ishimwe ry'agaciro gakomeye ritangwa ku bishushanyo biri ku rwego rwa mbere, bitangaje kandi by'indashyikirwa. Abegukanye Zahabu ni ibihangano birimo udushya twinshi, bifite icyerekezo kandi bimurika, bigaragaza impano, ubwenge n'ubuhanga bw'ababihanze. Obj01 Itara ryo ku Meza biteganyijwe ko izaba igihangano gishimwa cyane, gishyiraho imigendekere mishya kandi gitanga agaciro katigeze kaboneka. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye Zahabu ni umushinga utangaje kandi wubahwa ugura imbibi z'ubuhanzi, ubumenyi, ubushushanyo n'ikoranabuhanga. Obj01 Itara ryo ku Meza itera ibyifuzo bikomeye, ikangura ishyaka, ishishikariza guhanga kandi igatwara imitima yacu.

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Unique Properties: OBJ-01 is an understandable simple gesture. At a glance, it reveals its material, its manufacturing process, its function and its use. A plate of raw metal cut by laser and assembled by hand with a rubber hammer. Its size responds to the modulation and format of the material in its commercial standards. Pure geometric figures build the lighting fixture; a rectangle, a circle and a cylinder at the back which contains the LED light spot. The circle, when cut out, adopts the function of a screen.
Dimensions & Packaging: Dimensions: 38 x 22 x 7 cm
Materials: Steel, Stainless steel or Brass + LED light + custom electronics.
Production Technology: OBJ-01 is made out of sheet of raw metal, that can be steel, stainless steel or brass, cut by laser and assembled by hand with a rubber hammer and no welding joinery. Its size responds to the modulation and format of the material in its commercial standards. It is polished by hand and sealed with wax.
Design Challenge: As a product designed and produced during 2020, the biggest challenge was to do everything from home. I am used to working with my hands and visiting many workshops. In this case I had to work with processes and materials I already knew because experimenting became impossible. Eventually I bought some machines to be able to bring the production to my home and to be able to control the quality by myself.
Research: On this occasion, there was practically no research, the design process was an exercise of intuition. I decided to reuse the cardboard from online purchases I made during the pandemic and use it as material for mockups. I started working with this cardboard and a knife cutter making different cuts and folds to the cardboard to transform a 2D sheet into a 3D object with different uses. My intention from the beginning was to achieve a small object that I could send flat packed all over the world, so starting the process from a flat sheet was important.
Inspiration: In my day to day life I visit many workshops. In this occasion, as I could not go out to be inspired due to the pandemic, the challenge was to face a blank sheet of paper. I started with complex designs that I gradually discarded due to the impossibility of going to the production workshops. I ended up stripping away the complexity of the design and keeping the essentials. I decided to work just with one material and one industrial process which I was familiar with; metal and laser cutting.
Project Duration: I designed the first OBJ-01 prototype during the pandemic in Mexico City in 2020 and I have been producing new pieces since then.
Operation Flow: OBJ-01 has an integrated custom touch dimmer. As metal is conductive, this system takes advantage of its properties, so when you touch the lamp in any side it turns on/off. The user can also control the LED brightness by tapping the lamp several times. This makes makes for me the object to look more sculptural as you don't need a black metal box with a dimmer close to the lamp to be able to turn it on, it's just the lamp over your sideboard.