Coral Blanche Lampu Jedhing by Yongwook Seong

Coral Blanche Lampu Jedhing by Yongwook Seong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Perunggu in Desain Produk Pepadhang lan Piranti Pepadhang Competition Category.

PerungguPepadhang· 2022

Coral Blanche Lampu Jedhing

by Yongwook Seong

Client: Yongwook Seong

A' Design Award Perunggu Winner in Pepadhang Category

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The Design

About Coral Blanche Lampu Jedhing

Coral Blanche minangka lampu jedhing kang diilhami saka fenomena pemutihan karang (coral bleaching). Struktur utamane awujud kipas karang laut kang wis mati putih, dipilih amarga kekuatan strukturale lan tampilane. Sepuluh bolam LED kaca buram dipasang ing struktur kasebut, nglambangake endhog kang ditelurake dening iwak karang. Bodine digawe saka campuran pati kang bisa terurai kanthi alami. Lampu iki bisa dipasang ing ruwang tamu kanggo madhangi lantai utawa tembok. Coral Blanche nduweni ukuran jembar 1771 milimeter lan dhuwur 1547 milimeter. Desain iki nduweni tujuan kanggo narik kawigaten marang masalah pemutihan karang, yaiku isu global kang gegayutan karo mundhake suhu segara.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perunggu

Coral Blanche Lampu Jedhing menang A' Design Award Perunggu, pangenalan sing prestisius banget sing diparingake marang desain sing luar biasa sing dicirikake dening kreativitas, kapinteran lan kaweruh sing landhep. Pemenang Perunggu iku artefak sing trampil banget lan kreatif banget sing mbuktekake pengalaman sing jembar, imajinasi lan kapinteran para desainer. Coral Blanche Lampu Jedhing dikarepake dadi barang sing dihargai banget, dikagumi lan ditresnani, profesional lan inovatif banget. Desain sing menang A' Design Award Perunggu iki ngemot praktik sing paling apik ing seni, sains, desain lan teknologi, lan apik banget ing perhatiane marang rincian. Coral Blanche Lampu Jedhing nyukupi kabutuhan kanthi apik, nutul kekarepan, ngaya rasa lan narik rasa pengin weruh.

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.