Coral Blanche Plandlampo by Yongwook Seong

Coral Blanche Plandlampo by Yongwook Seong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Bronza A' Design Award in Dezajno de Lumigaj Produktoj kaj Instalaĵoj Competition Category.

BronzoLumigado· 2022

Coral Blanche Plandlampo

by Yongwook Seong

Client: Yongwook Seong

Bronza A' Design Award Winner in Lumigado Category

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The Design

About Coral Blanche Plandlampo

Coral Blanche estas plandlampo inspirita de la blankiĝo de koraloj. La ĉefa strukturo prenas la formon de blankigita marventumila koralo, elektita pro sia strukturia solideco kaj sia aspekto. Dek senlustraj LED-lampoj estas alfiksitaj al la strukturo kaj reprezentas ovojn demetitajn de koralaj fiŝoj. La korpo estas farita el biodigestiĝemaj amelaj miksaĵoj. La lampo povas esti metita en salonon por lumigi la plankon aŭ muron. Coral Blanche mezuras 1771 milimetrojn en larĝo kaj 1547 milimetrojn en alto. La dezajno altiras atenton al la blankiĝo de koraloj, tutmonda problemo ligita al altiĝantaj oceantemperaturoj.

The Recognition

About the Bronza A' Design Award

Coral Blanche Plandlampo estas gajninto de la Bronza A' Design Award, tre prestiĝa rekono donata al elstaraj dezajnoj distingitaj per kreemo, ingenieco kaj sagaco. La Bronzaj gajnintoj estas abunde lertaj kaj frape kreemaj artefaktoj, kiuj aŭtentikigas la vastan sperton, imagpovon kaj elturniĝemon de siaj dezajnistoj. Oni atendas, ke Coral Blanche Plandlampo estu tre estimata, admirata kaj ŝatata objekto, kiu estas rimarkinde profesia kaj nova. Ĉi tiu dezajno gajninta la Bronzan A' Design Award enkorpigas plej bonajn praktikojn en arto, scienco, dezajno kaj teknologio, kaj estas bonega pro sia atento al detaloj. Coral Blanche Plandlampo bonege kontentigas bezonojn, tuŝas dezirojn, ĉarmas sentojn kaj allogas scivolemon.

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.