Wúrà Ìmọ́lẹ̀ · 2021
Obj01 Àtùpà Tábìlì
by Manu Bano
- Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award 2021 in Ìmọ́lẹ̀
- CLIENT: Manu BaÑÓ
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 60,082
- Verification code C40970CD2A · Verify this award
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About Obj01 Àtùpà Tábìlì
Obj01 jẹ́ àtùpà tábìlì tí a ṣe láti inú ewé irin kan ṣoṣo, èyí tí ó lè jẹ́ irin (steel), irin aláìkó (stainless steel) tàbí idẹ (brass). A fi ẹ̀rọ lésà gé ewé irin náà, a sì fi ọwọ́ kó o papọ̀ pẹ̀lú òòlù rọ́bà, láìsí ìsopọ̀ tí a fi iná jóná pọ̀. Àwọn àwòrán jiọmẹ́tírì tí ó rọrùn ni ó ṣe àtùpà náà: onígun mẹ́rin, òbìrìkìtì àti sílíńdà tí ó gbé orísun ìmọ́lẹ̀ LED mú. Òbìrìkìtì náà, lẹ́yìn tí a bá gé e jáde, yóò di ibòjú àtùpà. A fi ọwọ́ dán ojú irin náà, a sì fi ẹpo ìdà (wax) bò ó láti dáàbò bò ó. Ẹ̀rọ ìdinkù ìmọ́lẹ̀ ìfọwọ́kàn tí a ṣe sínú rẹ̀ ń lo ara irin tí ó ń gbé iná kọjá, nítorí náà fífọwọ́ kan ẹ̀gbẹ́ èyíkéyìí máa ń tan tàbí pa ìmọ́lẹ̀ náà, ó sì máa ń ṣètò bí ìmọ́lẹ̀ náà ṣe pọ̀ tó. Àtùpà náà jẹ́ ìwọ̀n 38 x 22 x 7 sẹ̀ǹtímítà.
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award
Obj01 Àtùpà Tábìlì jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí gan-an tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe ìpele àkọ́kọ́, tó jẹ́ ìyanu tó sì yàtọ̀. Àwọn olùborí Wúrà jẹ́ àwọn ẹ̀dá tó ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun gidigidi, tó ní ojú-ìwòye tó jìnnà tó sì ń tàn yòò tí wọ́n ń ṣàfihàn ọgbọ́n, òye àti ìjáfáfá àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Obj01 Àtùpà Tábìlì yóò jẹ́ ohun ìmúṣẹ̀dá tí a yìn gidigidi, tó ń gbé ìtẹ̀sí kalẹ̀ tó sì jẹ́ ìrántí tó ń mú iye tí a kò rí rí wá. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award yìí jẹ́ iṣẹ́ àkànṣe tó yani lẹ́nu tí a bọ̀wọ̀ fún tó ṣe anfàní gidigidi tó sì ń tì ààlà iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ síwájú. Obj01 Àtùpà Tábìlì ń dá ìmọ̀lára ìfẹ́ tó lágbára sílẹ̀, ń jí ìtara, ń gbé ìṣẹ̀dá lárugẹ tó sì ń fà wá mọ́ra.
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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.
