Coral Blanche Làmpada de peu by Yongwook Seong

Coral Blanche Làmpada de peu by Yongwook Seong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Bronze in Disseny de Productes i Accessoris d'Il·luminació Competition Category.

BronzeIl·luminació· 2022

Coral Blanche Làmpada de peu

by Yongwook Seong

Client: Yongwook Seong

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Il·luminació Category

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The Design

About Coral Blanche Làmpada de peu

Coral Blanche és una làmpada de peu inspirada en el blanqueig del coral. L'estructura principal pren la forma d'un vano de mar (gorgònia) blanquejat, escollida tant per la seva integritat estructural com pel seu aspecte. Deu bombetes LED esmerilades s'adhereixen a l'estructura i representen ous posats per peixos de coral. El cos està fet de mescles de midó biodegradable. La làmpada es pot col·locar en una sala d'estar per il·luminar el terra o una paret. Coral Blanche mesura 1771 mil·límetres d'amplada i 1547 mil·límetres d'alçada. El disseny crida l'atenció sobre el blanqueig del coral, una problemàtica global vinculada a l'augment de la temperatura dels oceans.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Coral Blanche Làmpada de peu és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Bronze, un reconeixement altament prestigiós concedit a dissenys sobresortints que es distingeixen per la creativitat, l'enginy i l'astúcia. Els guanyadors de Bronze són artefactes ampliament hàbils i sorprenentment creatius que autentiquen la vasta experiència, la imaginació i el recurs dels seus dissenyadors. Es preveu que Coral Blanche Làmpada de peu sigui un objecte molt apreciat, admirat i estimat, notablement professional i innovador. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Bronze incorpora les millors pràctiques de l'art, la ciència, el disseny i la tecnologia i és excel·lent per la seva atenció al detall. Coral Blanche Làmpada de peu satisfà esplèndidament les necessitats, toca els desitjos, encisa els sentiments i crida la curiositat.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Coral Blanche is a lighting design project intended to explore Coral Bleaching in design language. Coral Bleaching is associated with a whitening phenomenon. Ironically, the whitening process is the transient beauty due to corals' effort to survive. When algae displacement is prolonged, corals' starvation continues on. These bleached corals then soon become decayed, eventually resulting in destruction of coral reefs.
Dimensions & Packaging: 1771 mm (Width) x 1547 mm (Height)
Tags: Coral Bleaching, Coral Lighting, Coral Blanche
Production Technology: The main body is constructed with biodegradable blends, and frost LED bulbs are used for lighting.
Design Challenge: The initial challenge came from selecting the right coral shape as a main structure in association with light bulbs. As a result, a sea fan coral was chosen for its structural integrity and aesthetic beauty. And the second challenge was a material choice. Biodegradability was the key for the material used. Corn-based PLA (polyactic acid) was initially considered, but it was rejected due to its non-biodegradability (compostable in a controlled condition). Biodegradable (preferably starch) blends were then selected.
Research: Coral Blanche is a design study to explore Coral Bleaching. Coral Bleaching is a global crisis as most coral reef habitats could experience extinction by 2100. It examines the transient beauty of Coral Bleaching and its dire consequence, extensive marine life degradation.
Inspiration: The project was inspired by Coral Bleaching. Coral Bleaching is a global issue that a macro scale of coral reefs experience a whitening phenomenon devastated by the rise of ocean temperature. The Coral Bleaching process is initiated by polyps displacing algae in the coral tissues, subsequently leading to coral's starvation and death.
Project Duration: The project began in May 2020 and finished in June 2020 in Banff, Canada.
Operation Flow: Coral Blanche is a floor lamp, ideally placed in a living room for floor lighting or wall lighting. Its main structure is designed to be a bleached sea fan coral and ten LED bulbs are affixed to the structure. The light bulbs represent eggs laid by coral fishes. These eggs light up their lives while being exposed to potential threats as their cradles are rapidly perished.