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Nopales Lampe af Sebastian Morales and Tiri Kananuruk

Nopales Lampe af Sebastian Morales and Tiri Kananuruk er en højt anset vinder af den meget prestigefyldte 2024 A' Design Award i Bronze i konkurrencekategorien Produktteknik og Teknisk Design.


BronzeIngeniørkunst· 2024

Nopales Lampe

af Sebastian Morales and Tiri Kananuruk

Klient: Morakana

Vinder af A' Design Award i Bronze i kategorien Ingeniørkunst

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Om Nopales Lampe

Nopales er en modulær lampe, der leveres fladt som et printkort (PCB) og nemt kan knækkes i stykker i hånden. De sammenlåsende dele klikkes derefter sammen og forvandles til en smuk 3D-kaktus. Inspireret af det mexicanske landskab kan det legende design samles på snesevis af forskellige måder og kan endda vokse ved at kombinere flere kort. Denne Nopal oplyser ikke kun rum med et blødt skær, men skaber også en personlig forbindelse, der inviterer brugere til at blive medskabere i deres egen lysende have.

Anerkendelsen

Om A' Design Award i Bronze

Nopales Lampe er vinder af A' Design Award i Bronze, en højt prestigefyldt anerkendelse, der tildeles enestående designs, som udmærker sig ved kreativitet, opfindsomhed og skarpsindighed. Bronzevinderne er rigeligt dygtige og påfaldende kreative artefakter, der bekræfter deres designeres store erfaring, fantasi og snilde. Nopales Lampe forventes at være en højt estimeret, beundret og kær genstand, der er bemærkelsesværdigt professionel og innovativ. Dette design, der har vundet A' Design Award i Bronze, indarbejder bedste praksis inden for kunst, videnskab, design og teknologi og er fremragende på grund af sin sans for detaljer. Nopales Lampe tilfredsstiller pragtfuldt behov, rører længsler, charmerer følelser og appellerer til nysgerrigheden.

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Credits, teammedlemmer og tekniske detaljer leveret af designeren.

Unikke Egenskaber
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.
Dimensioner & Emballage
Variable dimensions
Flat: 84mmx125mmx5mm
Assembled: 50mm x50mm x100
Tags
PCB, Lamp, Nopales, Cactus, Modular, Mexico, Art, Garden
Produktionsteknologi
Printed Circuit Board, LEDs, Microcontroller, CR2032 Battery
Designudfordring
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.
Projektvarighed
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.
Driftsflow
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.
Teammedlemmer
Sebastian Morales
Tiri Kananuruk
Billedkreditering
MORAKANA LLC

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