Lighting Installation
Glow Globs

Lighting Installation for Virginia Melnyk Designs

Glow Globs is an inflatable lighting installation, made from white nylon fabric a blower fan and lED lights. The inflatables design is to be abstract and spark curiosity in the minds of the viewers. The forms were generated by exploring shapes of smoke and air flow. Like a cloud people engage by guessing and imaging the shapes they see. At night the LED lights change color becoming very playful and joyous. The inflatables are meant to critique and respond to the inflatable holiday lawn ornaments so commonly displayed in suburban yards and turn the cartoonish style into something artistic.

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Unique Properties

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.

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LED, Inflatable, Lighting, Installation, Deployable, PopUp

Production Technology

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.

Design Challenge

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.

Project Duration

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.

Operation Flow

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.

Research

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.

Inspiration

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.

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Photo Credits: Virginia Melnyk

Project Overview

Glow Globs Lighting Installation has been a Bronze winner in the Lighting Products and Fixtures Design award category in the year 2020 organized by the prestigious A' Design Award & Competition. The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.

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Virginia Ellyn Melnyk was recognized with the coveted Bronze A' Design Award in 2021, a testament to excellence of their work Glow Globs Lighting Installation .

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Virginia Ellyn Melnyk introduces Glow Globs, an inflatable lighting installation that brings abstract shapes to life with color-changing LED lights, sparking curiosity and imagination.


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