Coral Blanche Teeb Nres by Yongwook Seong

Coral Blanche Teeb Nres by Yongwook Seong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Tooj in Tsim Teeb thiab Khoom Siv Teeb Competition Category.

ToojTeeb· 2022

Coral Blanche Teeb Nres

by Yongwook Seong

Client: Yongwook Seong

A' Design Award Tooj Winner in Teeb Category

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The Design

About Coral Blanche Teeb Nres

Coral Blanche yog ib lub teeb nres uas tau txais kev tshoov siab los ntawm coral bleaching (pob zeb hiav txwv dawb). Lub qauv tseem ceeb muaj daim ntawv zoo li tus pob zeb hiav txwv fan uas dawb, uas raug xaiv vim nws lub zog ruaj khov thiab nws tus yam ntxwv saib. Kaum lub teeb LED uas muaj pom zoo li huab cua raug txuas rau lub qauv thiab qhia txog cov qe uas cov ntses coral tsim tawm. Lub cev ua los ntawm cov khoom sib txuas uas yog biodegradable starch (khoom pib uas yuav pub tau rau hauv av). Lub teeb no tuaj yeem muab tso rau hauv chav nyob los ci lub pem teb lossis phab ntsa. Coral Blanche muaj qhov dav 1771 millimeters thiab qhov siab 1547 millimeters. Tus qauv tsim no qhia kom neeg saib ntsoov txog coral bleaching, uas yog ib qho teeb meem thoob ntiaj teb uas cuam tshuam nrog kev sov ntawm cov dej hiav txwv.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Tooj

Coral Blanche Teeb Nres yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Tooj, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom heev uas muab rau cov qauv tsim tshwj xeeb uas txawv los ntawm kev tsim tshiab, kev txawj tsim thiab kev ntse. Cov neeg yeej Tooj yog cov khoom muaj txuj ci heev thiab tsim tshiab heev uas ua pov thawj txog kev paub ntau, kev xav thiab kev txawj ua ntawm cov kws tsim qauv. Coral Blanche Teeb Nres xav tias yuav yog ib qho khoom uas neeg hwm, qhuas thiab hlub, uas tshaj lij heev thiab tsim tshiab. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Tooj no siv cov kev coj ua zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev kos duab, kev tshawb fawb, kev tsim qauv thiab thev naus laus zis thiab zoo heev vim nws saib xyuas cov ntsiab lus. Coral Blanche Teeb Nres ua tau raws li cov kev xav tau zoo kawg, kov cov kev xav, ntxias cov kev xav thiab txhawb kev xav paub.

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.