Glow Globs Tšebetso ea Mantlha: Tlhophiso ea Khanya by Virginia Melnyk

Glow Globs Tšebetso ea Mantlha: Tlhophiso ea Khanya by Virginia Melnyk is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award in Moralo wa Dihlahiswa le Ditlhophiso tsa Lesedi Competition Category.

BoronseLesedi· 2021

Glow Globs Tšebetso ea Mantlha: Tlhophiso ea Khanya

by Virginia Melnyk

Client: Virginia Melnyk Designs

Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award Winner in Lesedi Category

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The Design

About Glow Globs Tšebetso ea Mantlha: Tlhophiso ea Khanya

Sengoliloeng sa Buka: Glow Globs ke tlhophiso ea khanya e phefumolohang e entsoeng ka lesela le lesoeu la nylon, fane ea moea le mabone a LED. Tlhophiso ena e na le libopeho tse tharo tsa 'mele o sa hlaloseheng, e 'ngoe le e 'ngoe e lekantsoeng pakeng tsa limithara tse 2.5 le 3 ka tsela ka 'ngoe. Libopeho tsena li ile tsa hlahisoa ka mokhoa oa ho etsa mefuta ea 'mele o nang le maemo a mararo, 'me li ile tsa bululetsoa ke mosi le phallo ea moea. Sebopeho se seng le se seng se hahiloe ka liphanele tse rokiloeng tse 80 ho isa ho tse 100. Mabone a LED a fanyehiloe ka hare, e le hore khanya e fetohang 'mala e hasane ka bonolo ho pholletsa le lesela. Libopeho tsena li oela fatše ha fane e timiloe, kahoo tlhophiso ena e ka isoa le ho hlophisoa libakeng tse ling.

The Recognition

About the Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award

Glow Globs Tšebetso ea Mantlha: Tlhophiso ea Khanya ke mohapi oa Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award, kananelo e hlomphehang haholo e fuoang meralo e ikhethang e tsejoang ka boqapi, bohlale ba ho qapa le bohlale. Bahapi ba Boronse ke lintho tse nang le bokhoni ka ho felletseng le boqapi bo hlollang tse tiisang boiphihlelo bo bongata, mohopolo le bokhoni ba ho iphumana ba baqapi ba tsona. Glow Globs Tšebetso ea Mantlha: Tlhophiso ea Khanya e lebelletsoe ho ba ntho e hlomphuoang haholo, e ratoang le e ratehang, e nang le boprofeshenale bo bonahalang le mehopolo e mecha. Moralo ona o hapileng Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award o kenyelletsa mekhoa e metle ka ho fetesisa bonong, mahlaleng, moralong le theknolojing mme o hlahella ka ho tsepamisa maikutlo lintlheng tse nyenyane. Glow Globs Tšebetso ea Mantlha: Tlhophiso ea Khanya e kutloisisa litlhoko hantle, e ama litakatso, e hapa maikutlo mme e tsosa takatso ea ho tseba.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Glow Globs is an inflatable lighting installation, its unique design is deployable as the light fabric collapse with the fan is off. The Design is abstract shapes to spark curiosity and imagination. The shapes at night are illuminated with color changing LED lights. The lights penetrate through the Nylon material giving them a soft glow.
Dimensions & Packaging: The design consisted of three unique inflatables. Each design was between 3 meters and 2.5 meters in each direction.
Tags: LED, Inflatable, Lighting, Installation, Deployable, PopUp
Production Technology: The design was created in the computer using 3d modeling. Patterns much like those used to make a dress or piece of clothing were generated and sewn together on a home sewing machine. Each inflatable was made up of between 80 - 100 panels. Consisting of over 400 edges to be sewn together. Each peices was numbered and labeled to be able to stich them to the correct pieces. The inflatables were designed to attach to a special air blower fan used for inflatable sculptures. Led Lights were threaded through the interior of the inflated structure and suspended so to diffuse the light before it is emitted out of the fabric.
Design Challenge: Because the installation is pneumatic, it is important to understand how flat pieces of fabric will inflate. The fans blow in a lot of air and it is important to make sure that all the seams are sewn tightly. And that there are no leaks. At the same point the inflatable is under pressure and if the distribution of forces is uneven large amounts of force on one place may cause issues of pressure and seams to rip or tear. Studies done in Clo3D and Kangaroo for grasshopper, were able to give estimated simulations of where extra strain might occur when pressure is applied.
Research: My research is focused on sewing and three dimensional designs. i am interested in approaches to combine sewn forms into the built environment. Often engaging traditional and computation design making methodologies. In this case sewing large scale inflatables with large numbers of pieces methods from parametric computational architecture were adapted. As for the sewing methods from quilting, and dress making were adapted. the combination of making techniques and process of construction resulted in a unique design.
Inspiration: This project was inspired by the character inflatable lawn ornaments so commonly display in many front lawns of American homes during the holidays. But in contrast to the Santa Claus and Frankenstein that we see during the holidays. Glow Globs aspired to create an abstract organic form that would inspire imagination and creative thinking. The design was created in the computer using 3d modeling. Because it is inflated with air the designs were inspired by smoke and animations of airflow.
Project Duration: The installation is traveling. It was first installed for 3 days at Blink Art Festival in Cincinnati 2019, but can continue to be deployed at other locations and events.
Operation Flow: The installation was located in the landscaping in front of the Cincinnati Central Library. Here at night people would engage with the lights and play in the shadows of the colored illuminations.
Team Members: Virginia Melnyk
Image Credits: Photo Credits: Virginia Melnyk