Nopales چراغ by Sebastian Morales and Tiri Kananuruk is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award برونز انعام in پراڊڪٽ انجنيئرنگ ۽ ٽيڪنيڪل ڊيزائن Competition Category.
برونزانجنيئرنگ· 2024
Nopales چراغ
by Sebastian Morales and Tiri Kananuruk
Client: Morakana
A' Design Award برونز انعام Winner in انجنيئرنگ Category
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About Nopales چراغ
نوپيلس هڪ ماڊيولر چراغ آهي جيڪو پرنٽيڊ سرڪٽ بورڊ (پي سي بي) جي روپ ۾ فليٽ موڪليو ويندو آهي ۽ هٿ سان آساني سان ٽڪرن ۾ ٽوڙي سگهجي ٿو. پوءِ جڙيل ٽڪرا هڪ ٻئي سان ڪلڪ ٿي گڏ ٿين ٿا ۽ هڪ خوبصورت ٽي ڊي ڪيڪٽس ۾ تبديل ٿي وڃن ٿا. ميڪسيڪو جي منظرن کان متاثر، هي دلچسپ ڊزائين ڪيترن ئي مختلف طريقن سان گڏ ڪري سگهجي ٿي ۽ ڪيترن ئي ڪارڊن کي گڏ ڪري وڌي به سگهي ٿي. هي نوپال نه رڳو نرم روشنيءَ سان جگهن کي روشن ڪري ٿو، پر هڪ ذاتي تعلق پڻ پيدا ڪري ٿو، صارفين کي دعوت ڏئي ٿو ته هو پنهنجي روشن باغ ۾ گڏيل تخليق ڪندڙ بڻجن.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award برونز انعام
Nopales چراغ A' Design Award برونز انعام جو کٽيندڙ آهي، تمام گهڻو معزز اعتراف جيڪو تخليقيت، اختراع ۽ ذڪاوت سان ممتاز بهترين ڊيزائنن کي ڏنو وڃي ٿو. برونز جا کٽيندڙ ڀرپور مهارت واريون ۽ نمايان طور تخليقي شاهڪار آهن، جيڪي پنهنجي ڊيزائنرن جي وسيع تجربي، تخيل ۽ ڏاهپ جي تصديق ڪن ٿيون. Nopales چراغ کان اميد ڪئي وڃي ٿي ته اهو هڪ تمام گهڻو قدر ڪيل، ساراهيل ۽ پيارو شيءِ هوندو، قابل ذڪر حد تائين پيشه ورانه ۽ جدت وارو. هي ڊيزائن جنهن A' Design Award برونز انعام کٽيو آهي، فن، سائنس، ڊيزائن ۽ ٽيڪنالاجي ۾ بهترين طريقا شامل ڪري ٿو ۽ ننڍين تفصيلن ڏانهن ڌيان ڏيڻ ڪري شاندار آهي. Nopales چراغ ضرورتون خوبصورتيءَ سان پوريون ڪري ٿو، خواهشن کي ڇهي ٿو، جذبن کي موهي ٿو ۽ تجسس ڇڪي ٿو.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- 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.
- Team Members
- Sebastian Morales
Tiri Kananuruk - Image Credits
- MORAKANA LLC
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