Nopales Lampa by Sebastian Morales and Tiri Kananuruk

Nopales Lampa by Sebastian Morales and Tiri Kananuruk is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Bürünç Baýragy in Önüm Inženerçiligi we Tehniki Dizaýn Competition Category.

BürünçInženerçilik· 2024

Nopales Lampa

by Sebastian Morales and Tiri Kananuruk

Client: Morakana

A' Design Award Bürünç Baýragy Winner in Inženerçilik Category

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The Design

About Nopales Lampa

Nopales, Çap edilen elektron tagtasy (PÇT) görnüşinde tekiz iberilýän we el bilen aňsatlyk bilen böleklere bölünip bilinýän modulli lampadadyr. Birleşýän bölekler soňra şertiň sesi bilen birikýär we gözel üç ölçegli kaktuslara öwrülýär. Meksikan peýzažlaryndan ylham alan bu oýnawaç dizaýn onlarça dürli usul bilen ýygnap bolýar we birnäçe kartany birleşdirmek arkaly hatda ulalýar hem. Bu Nopal diňe bir ýumşak yşyk bilen giňişlikleri ýagtylandyrmak bilen çäklenmän, şahsy baglanyşygy hem ösdürýär we ulanyjylary öz şöhleli baglarynda bilelikdäki döredijilere öwürmäge çagyrýar.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Bürünç Baýragy

Nopales Lampa A' Design Award Bürünç Baýragynyň ýeňijisidir; bu döredijilik, ussatlyk we ýiti akyl bilen tapawutlanýan tapawutly dizaýnlara berilýän aşa abraýly ykrarnamadyr. Bürünç ýeňijileri dizaýnerleriniň giň tejribesini, hyýalyny we tapawutlylygyny tassyklaýan örän ussat we geň galdyryjy derejede döredijilikli eserlerdir. Nopales Lampa uly baha berilýän, haýran galynýan we söýülýän, üns çekiji derejede hünärmenlikli we täzelikçi zat bolmagy garaşylýar. A' Design Award Bürünç Baýragyny gazanan bu dizaýn sungatda, ylymda, dizaýnda we tehnologiýada iň oňat tejribeleri öz içine alýar we jikme-jiklige edýän üni bilen ajaýypdyr. Nopales Lampa zerurlyklary ajaýyp derejede kanagatlandyrýar, isleglere degýär, duýgulary özüne çekýär we gyzyklanmany çekýär.

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