Aggregate Collection Kukui Papahele by CoCo Ree

Aggregate Collection Kukui Papahele by CoCo Ree is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Kala in Hoʻolālā Kukui a me Lako Kukui Competition Category.

KalaKukui· 2020

Aggregate Collection Kukui Papahele

by CoCo Ree

Client: CoCo Ree Studios

A' Design Award Kala Winner in Kukui Category

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The Design

About Aggregate Collection Kukui Papahele

ʻO Aggregate he hōʻiliʻili ia o ʻekolu mau kukui papahele i hana ʻia mai nā mea hana hou ʻia a hoʻolei ʻia. Ua kūkulu ʻia kēlā me kēia kukui ma luna o kahi iwi kuamoʻo kāpili ʻia i hana ʻia mai nā ʻāpana kila i hoʻolei ʻia. Ua kālai lima ʻia ke kino mai kahi hui ʻana o ka pōhaku hū, ke one silika a me nā ʻōmole plastika i ʻokiʻoki ʻia, i hoʻopili ʻia ma luna o kahi kumu fiber lahilahi kūʻē i ka alkali. Ua hana ʻia ka hui pōhaku hū e like me ka pālolo ma kahi o ka ninini ʻia i loko o kahi hoʻohālike, no laila he ʻano kūikawā ko kēlā me kēia kukui i kona ʻiliʻili a me kona kaha kinohi. Hāʻawi nā kukui paipu LED i ka mālamalama, a ʻo kahi hoʻololi kaʻe ma ke kumu e hoʻā a hoʻopio i kēlā me kēia kukui. Ke manaʻo nei ka hōʻiliʻili e hāʻawi i kahi hana hou i ka ʻōpala o ke kūlanakauhale.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Kala

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Aggregate Collection Kukui Papahele i ka A' Design Award Kala, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe loa, nani a kupaianaha. He mau hana ʻālohilohi loa a hana noʻeau nui nā lanakila Kala e hōʻike ana i ka loea, ka makakoho a me ka ʻoi aku o ka noʻonoʻo o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Aggregate Collection Kukui Papahele he hana kupaianaha, kūlana ʻoi aku, ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Kala he mea hoʻokumu kūpono loa, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. He mea i ʻeleu ʻia e nā mea he nui ka hoʻolālā Aggregate Collection Kukui Papahele e hoʻāla i ka makemake, lawe mai i nā manaʻo maikaʻi a hoʻāla i ka kamahaʻo a me ka mahalo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Each lamp uses a welded skeleton made from discarded steel scraps. The body is then sculpted with a custom mix of concrete and recycled plastic. Aggregate uses this material combination to revisit structure and texture. The concrete/plastic formula is powerful and malleable, transforming modern waste. Using recycled material, each lamp attempts to elevate discarded materials. Combining these materials with filtered LED bulbs, this project proudly benefits from design principles and artistic approaches, fusing craftsmanship with functionality of brilliantly bright light.
Dimensions & Packaging: The Walk
305mm x 1220mm x 1854mm
Holding on
457mm x 762mm x 1854mm
Broken
457mm x 457mm x 1854mm
Tags: floor lamp, light, concrete, sculptural light, lamp
Production Technology: The substance of sidewalks and skyscrapers, Concrete is perhaps the most ubiquitous material in our contemporary culture. I first started by experimenting with Portland Cement (Type I per ASTM C 150). With weight issues during the application, experiments started with the proportions of water, cement, and gravel and additives such as, sugar, salt, shredded cardboard, shredded plastic bottles and fiber glass. Ultimately, I used shredded plastic bottles (almost as polymer or acrylic fibers) with an ECC concrete and well-graded silica sands on top of a thin alkali-resistant fiber base produced the best and most unique results.
Design Challenge: By researching the effects of the growth of urban and industrial areas, what is the visual language of consumer globalization? Can design truly transform modern waste resulting from urban expansion and consumerism?
Research: This design aimed to reappropriate materials that create our current scenic backdrops. Exploring ways to use concrete as a clay, rather than casting the material, the concrete was mixed with shaved plastic bottles and sculpted.
Inspiration: With the challenge to see if a design could transform modern waste, this collection aimed to reuse existing materials to create distinctly bright lights. After replacing fluorescent bulbs with LED tube lights, I knew I wanted to use the LED tubes in a floor lamp. The structural inspiration came while doing quick figurative gesture sketches, the model used a rod as a prop, bending and holding it outstretched between poses. These sketches became the essence of the design, a design that used materials motivated by human contortion.
Project Duration: The project started in Hong Kong in November of 2018 and was finished and shown at Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, GA for three months in 2019.
Operation Flow: On/off step light switches can be found at the base of the light.
Image Credits: Photo credit: Aman Shakya