Coral Blanche Lanp Atè by Yongwook Seong

Coral Blanche Lanp Atè by Yongwook Seong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Bwonz in Ekleraj Competition Category.

BwonzEkleraj· 2022

Coral Blanche Lanp Atè

by Yongwook Seong

Client: Yongwook Seong

A' Design Award Bwonz Winner in Ekleraj Category

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The Design

About Coral Blanche Lanp Atè

Coral Blanche se yon lanp atè ki enspire pa blanchisman koray. Estrikti prensipal la pran fòm yon koray evantay lanmè ki blanchi, chwazi pou entegrite estriktirèl li ak aparans li. Dis anpoul LED depoli tache sou estrikti a epi yo reprezante ze pwason koray yo ponn. Kò a fèt ak melanj lanmidon ki biyodegradab. Yo ka mete lanp lan nan yon salon pou klere planche a oswa yon mi. Coral Blanche mezire 1771 milimèt nan lajè ak 1547 milimèt nan wotè. Konsepsyon an atire atansyon sou blanchisman koray, yon pwoblèm mondyal ki lye ak ogmantasyon tanperati oseyan yo.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Bwonz

Coral Blanche Lanp Atè se yon ganyan A' Design Award Bwonz, yon rekonesans ki gen anpil prestij yo bay design ekselan ki make pa kreyativite, enjenyozite ak finès. Ganyan Bwonz yo se objè ki abil anpil e ki kreyatif nan fason ki frape, ki otantifye gwo eksperyans, imajinasyon ak debouyaj designer yo. Yo atann Coral Blanche Lanp Atè pou se yon objè anpil moun estime, admire e renmen, ki pwofesyonèl e inovatè nan fason remakab. Design sa a ki ganyen A' Design Award Bwonz enkòpore pi bon pratik nan atizay, syans, design ak teknoloji, e li ekselan pou atansyon li bay detay. Coral Blanche Lanp Atè satisfè bezwen yon fason espledid, li touche dezi, li chame santiman e li atire kiryozite.

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.