Glow Globs Galuega Fa'avae: Fa'apipi'iga Molī e Virginia Melnyk

O le mamanu Glow Globs Galuega Fa'avae: Fa'apipi'iga Molī e Virginia Melnyk o se manumalo maualuga tele o le fa'ailoga mamalu 2021 A' Design Award Apamemea i le Vaega Tauva Mamanu Malamalama.

ApamemeaMalamalama· 2021

Glow Globs Galuega Fa'avae: Fa'apipi'iga Molī

na mamanuina e Virginia Melnyk

Tagata Fa'atau: Virginia Melnyk Designs

Manumalo o le A' Design Award Apamemea i le Vaega Malamalama

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Asiasi i le Saite Va'ai i le A' Design Award Fa'asalalauga Pailesi o le Fa'ailoga

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Le Mamanu

E Uiga ia Glow Globs Galuega Fa'avae: Fa'apipi'iga Molī

Tusitusiga o le Tusi: O le Glow Globs ose fa'apipi'iga moli faafefeteina e faia i le ie nylon paepae, se fa'aili feulaina ma moli LED. O le fa'apipi'iga e aofia ai ata fa'atusa e tolu, e tofu ma le fua e va i le 2.5 ma le 3 mita i itu ta'itasi. O foliga na fausia i fa'ata'ita'iga fa'atolu-itu ma na maua mai manatu mai le asu ma le tafega o le ea. O foliga ta'itasi e fausia mai le 80 i le 100 fasi ie ua suisui fa'atasi. O moli LED e tautau i totonu, ina ia mafai ona salalau malie atu le moli suia lanu i totonu o le ie. E pau'u ifo foliga pe a tape le fa'aili, ma e mafai ai ona si'itia ma toe fa'apipi'i le fa'apipi'iga i isi nofoaga.

Le Fa'ailogaina

E Uiga i le A' Design Award Apamemea

O le A' Design Award Apamemea na manumalo ai Glow Globs Galuega Fa'avae: Fa'apipi'iga Molī, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu ese e iloga i le fatufatuaʻi, le atamai ma le poto. O ē manumalo i le Apamemea o mea e iai le tomai atoa ma fatufatuaʻi mataʻina e faamaonia ai le poto masani tele, le mafaufau ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Glow Globs Galuega Fa'avae: Fa'apipi'iga Molī e avea ma mea e vivii tele, ua pelepelea, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Apamemea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili i le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi ma e sili ona lelei i le mataituina o mea itiiti. Glow Globs Galuega Fa'avae: Fa'apipi'iga Molī e faamalieina matagofie manaʻoga, pa i manaʻo, faalataina lagona ma faaosofia le fia iloa.

I Tua o le Mamanu

Pepa Fa'asalalau

Fa'amaoniaga, sui o le 'au ma fa'amatalaga fa'atekinisi na saunia e le tagata mamanu.

Uiga Fa'apitoa: 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.
Fua & Fa'apipi'i: The design consisted of three unique inflatables. Each design was between 3 meters and 2.5 meters in each direction.
Fa'ailoga: LED, Inflatable, Lighting, Installation, Deployable, PopUp
Tekonolosi Gaosiga: 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.
Lu'itau o le Mamanu: 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.
Su'esu'ega: 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.
Fa'aosofia: 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.
Umi o le Poloketi: 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.
Fa'agasologa o Galuega: 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.
Sui o le 'Au: Virginia Melnyk
Fa'aaloaloga o Ata: Photo Credits: Virginia Melnyk