Coral Blanche Gulvlampe by Yongwook Seong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award i Bronze in Belysningsprodukter og Armaturdesign Competition Category.
BronzeBelysning· 2022
Coral Blanche Gulvlampe
Client: Yongwook Seong
A' Design Award i Bronze Winner in Belysning Category
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The Design
About Coral Blanche Gulvlampe
Coral Blanche er en gulvlampe inspireret af koralblegning. Hovedstrukturen har form som en bleget søvifte-koral, valgt for sin strukturelle integritet og sit udseende. Ti matterede LED-pærer er fastgjort til strukturen og repræsenterer æg lagt af koralfisk. Kroppen er lavet af nedbrydelige stivelsesblandinger. Lampen kan placeres i en stue for at oplyse gulvet eller en væg. Coral Blanche måler 1771 millimeter i bredden og 1547 millimeter i højden. Designet henleder opmærksomheden på koralblegning, et globalt problem forbundet med stigende havtemperaturer.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award i Bronze
Coral Blanche Gulvlampe 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. Coral Blanche Gulvlampe 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. Coral Blanche Gulvlampe tilfredsstiller pragtfuldt behov, rører længsler, charmerer følelser og appellerer til nysgerrigheden.
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.
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