Coral Blanche Lámpada de Pé by Yongwook Seong

Coral Blanche Lámpada de Pé by Yongwook Seong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Bronce in Deseño de Produtos e Luminarias de Iluminación Competition Category.

BronceIluminación· 2022

Coral Blanche Lámpada de Pé

by Yongwook Seong

Client: Yongwook Seong

A' Design Award de Bronce Winner in Iluminación Category

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The Design

About Coral Blanche Lámpada de Pé

Coral Blanche é unha lámpada de pé inspirada no branqueamento do coral. A estrutura principal toma a forma dun coral abanico de mar branqueado, escollido pola súa integridade estrutural e pola súa aparencia. Dez bombillas LED esmeriladas están fixadas á estrutura e representan ovos postos por peixes de coral. O corpo está feito de mesturas de amidón biodegradables. A lámpada pode colocarse nun salón para iluminar o chan ou unha parede. Coral Blanche mide 1771 milímetros de ancho e 1547 milímetros de alto. O deseño chama a atención sobre o branqueamento do coral, unha problemática global vinculada ao aumento das temperaturas oceánicas.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronce

Coral Blanche Lámpada de Pé gañou o A' Design Award de Bronce, un recoñecemento altamente prestixioso outorgado a deseños sobresaíntes que se distinguen pola creatividade, o enxeño e a sagacidade. Os gañadores Bronce son artefactos amplamente hábiles e sorprendentemente creativos que autentican a vasta experiencia, imaxinación e enxeño dos seus deseñadores. Espérase que Coral Blanche Lámpada de Pé sexa un obxecto moi apreciado, admirado e querido, notablemente profesional e innovador. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Bronce incorpora as mellores prácticas da arte, a ciencia, o deseño e a tecnoloxía, e é excelente pola súa atención ao detalle. Coral Blanche Lámpada de Pé satisfai espléndidamente as necesidades, toca os desexos, encanta os sentimentos e atrae a curiosidade.

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.