OLED Design Contest CombOLED Edition
Contest Admission For Project no. 4256251
EU founded FP7-Strep project CombOLED, 215934 Date: 08.09.08 – Revision: Final Template author: PPML - Riccardo Gigante Dissemination level: Public
OLED Design Contest – CombOLED Edition –
Abstract
Go Green. GlowGreen. GlowGreen and OLED are joined in a common vision of sustainable design in our urban landscapes. We believe in the essential need to provide people opportunities to strengthen their communities through interface and collaboration. GlowGreen is street furniture that rethinks these needs in a multifaceted approach. A combination of trash receptacle, ambient lighting and interactive street element, GlowGreen promotes recycling on a civic scale by bringing people together through communication and experience. GlowGreen has the ability to become an iconic part of the streetscape by creating public art out of trash collection and recycling. GlowGreen is an exciting urban element: its playful and interactive qualities invite participation by everyone. It’s versatile and functional design can be incorporated into many different spaces and successfully engages the community at large. Drink, plug, and glow! The atmospheric glow of the structure is designed to attract users. As a glass bottle is plugged into the honeycomb shell and through the latex skin, the glass is lit from within by the illuminated frame. A decorative stepped light sequence plays after a random number of deposits, with bubbles of light chasing up the corner panels and informational pictograms running across the top. As additional bottles are inserted, GlowGreen becomes a testimony for collective effort - transforming into a dramatic illuminated column of bottles that invites interaction day and night. Each kiosk is made of three stackable units: the top segment for informational display, energy capturing photovoltaic panels and battery, the main unit is an OLED lined frame with central bottle receptacle, and the third is a stabilizing water filled base with exit door, which allows the bottles to slide out the slanted floor into a receptacle for recycling. GlowGreen is designed for easy maintenance and routine care including collection, washing and relocating. Innovative OLED technology makes GlowGreen’s unique form and function possible. The thin, lightweight material allows the rectangular OLEDs to contour to and highlight the sculptural frame providing long lasting, low voltage, ambient light. The circular shapes make up the decorative bubbles, and the square shapes constitute the informational element. As important, OLEDs are made from organic materials and so, enhance GlowGreen’s commitment to utilizing resources that reflect the principles of environmental sustainability.
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OLED Design Contest – CombOLED Edition –
Technical and functional description OLED: modules for form, function & fun
Atmopsheric Display : honeycomb frame in section
from cell to hive
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The Question : the bottle 235
32.5
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157 Each cell is formed by 4 rectangular OLEDs & connected by flexible corners, power wires run along back edge of frame
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The Answer : GlowGreen
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Decorative Display : bubbles at corner panels Ref. 4
Circular OLEDs create a dancing bubble effect behind translucent panels at corners of structure - the bubbles are wired along frame, set with colored gels & programmed for varying stepped displays
Informational Display : pictogram & logo at top Ref. 5
Square OLEDs create a series of playful pictograms along the top panels - these logos are etched in surface, set with colored gels & then programed in a simple stepped sequence to enhance product recognition & understanding 500
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Outline drawings (ISO Standard) GlowGreen : pieces of the puzzle from segment to structure
Honeycomb frame provides glowing light & receptacle for recycling
Scored latex skin minimizes light until pierced by bottle
Photo-voltaic panel, battery, lighting controls & sensors
Informational pictograms & logo run across the top
Water tank for stability & mobility Bubbles of light chase up corner panels
Slanted floor allows bottles to slide through exit door
Base
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Column
Top
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OLED Design Contest – CombOLED Edition – 1360 566
Photo-voltaic panel provides power source
Section plan :
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view from above
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Top unit contains battery, wiring & motion sensors OLED informative light sequence & logo
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OLED decorative stepped light sequence
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OLED frame imbedded with wiring
Recycled plastic shell
Base with slanted floor, exit door & water tank
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OLED Design Contest – CombOLED Edition –
Sketches and rendered images Concept scenario
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OLED Design Contest – CombOLED Edition – Drink, Plug & Glow!
Atmospheric glow attracts people to insert empty bottles into honeycomb frame
As a bottle is plugged through the latex skin, it is lit from within by the illuminated frame
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OLED Design Contest – CombOLED Edition –
The glow of lit bottles creates collaborative display after a random number of deposits, panels at the corners & top play a decorative light sequence
Easy maintenance & routine care includes collection
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