Coral Blanche Lampu Lantai by Yongwook Seong

Coral Blanche Lampu Lantai by Yongwook Seong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Perunggu in Desain Produk dan Perlengkapan Pencahayaan Competition Category.

PerungguPencahayaan· 2022

Coral Blanche Lampu Lantai

by Yongwook Seong

Client: Yongwook Seong

A' Design Award Perunggu Winner in Pencahayaan Category

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The Design

About Coral Blanche Lampu Lantai

Coral Blanche adalah lampu lantai yang terinspirasi oleh pemutihan karang. Struktur utamanya berbentuk karang kipas laut yang memutih, dipilih karena integritas strukturalnya dan tampilannya. Sepuluh bola lampu LED buram dipasang pada struktur tersebut dan merepresentasikan telur-telur yang ditinggalkan oleh ikan karang. Bodinya terbuat dari campuran pati yang dapat terurai secara hayati. Lampu ini dapat ditempatkan di ruang keluarga untuk menerangi lantai atau dinding. Coral Blanche memiliki lebar 1771 milimeter dan tinggi 1547 milimeter. Rancangan ini menarik perhatian pada isu pemutihan karang, permasalahan global yang terkait dengan meningkatnya suhu laut.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perunggu

Coral Blanche Lampu Lantai adalah pemenang A' Design Award Perunggu, pengakuan yang sangat bergengsi yang diberikan kepada desain luar biasa yang dicirikan oleh kreativitas, kecerdikan, dan ketajaman. Pemenang Perunggu adalah artefak yang sangat terampil dan sangat kreatif yang membuktikan pengalaman luas, imajinasi, dan kelihaian para desainernya. Coral Blanche Lampu Lantai diharapkan menjadi objek yang sangat dihargai, dikagumi, dan dicintai, sangat profesional dan inovatif. Desain pemenang A' Design Award Perunggu ini menyertakan praktik terbaik dalam seni, sains, desain, dan teknologi, dan sangat baik dalam perhatiannya pada detail. Coral Blanche Lampu Lantai memuaskan kebutuhan dengan indah, menyentuh keinginan, memikat perasaan, dan menarik rasa ingin tahu.

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.