5x5 Taa Iliyoongozwa by Barbara Princic is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2015 Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Bidhaa na Vifaa vya Mwangaza Competition Category.

DhahabuMwangaza· 2015

5x5 Taa Iliyoongozwa

by Barbara Princic

Client: Sijaj Hrastnik

Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award Winner in Mwangaza Category

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The Design

About 5x5 Taa Iliyoongozwa

Taa ya LED 5x5 huja pamoja na kiti cha 5x5 kilicholetwa na kutunukiwa mwaka uliopita. Tabia ya kipekee ya nyenzo ya mwenyekiti ilihitaji vigae vilivyowekwa kwa takriban 5x5 cm. Kwa hiyo vipimo sawa vilikuwa mahali pa kuanzia kwa taa. Ili kuepuka marudio ya moja kwa moja ya fomu, kwa taa 5x5 cm hutumiwa kwa namna ya rhombus, sehemu kuu ya muundo wa msimu wa taa. Taa kadhaa zilizowekwa pamoja hutoa uwezekano wa kuunda mifumo tofauti ya taa kama zig-zag, mstari wa diagonal, umbo la mshale, au maumbo mengine kwa kutumia ubunifu wao wenyewe.

The Recognition

About the Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award

5x5 Taa Iliyoongozwa ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima kuu unaotolewa kwa miundo ya daraja la kwanza, ya ajabu na ya kuvutia. Washindi wa Dhahabu ni kazi bunifu mno, zenye maono makubwa na za kung'aa kwa umaridadi zinazoakisi kipaji, hekima na ustadi wa wabunifu wao. 5x5 Taa Iliyoongozwa inatarajiwa kuwa uvumbuzi unaosifiwa sana, wa kuweka mielekeo na wa kihistoria unaoleta thamani isiyo na kifani. Muundo huu ulioshinda Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award ni mradi wa kustaajabisha na unaoheshimika unaonufaisha sana na kupanua mipaka ya sanaa, sayansi, usanifu na teknolojia. 5x5 Taa Iliyoongozwa huzua hisia kali za hamu, huamsha shauku, huhimiza ubunifu na hutuvutia.

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