Coral Blanche 플로어 램프 by Yongwook Seong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 동상 in 조명 제품 및 기구 디자인 Competition Category.

동조명· 2022

Coral Blanche 플로어 램프

by Yongwook Seong

Client: Yongwook Seong

A' Design Award 동상 Winner in 조명 Category

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The Design

About Coral Blanche 플로어 램프

코랄 블랑쉬(Coral Blanche)는 산호 백화 현상에서 영감을 받은 플로어 램프이다. 주요 구조는 백화된 부채산호의 형태를 취하고 있으며, 이는 구조적 안정성과 외형적 특징을 고려해 선택되었다. 구조체에는 열 개의 무광 LED 전구가 부착되어 있으며, 이는 산호초 물고기가 낳은 알을 상징한다. 본체는 생분해성 전분 혼합 소재로 제작되었다. 이 조명은 거실에 배치하여 바닥이나 벽면을 비추는 용도로 사용할 수 있다. 코랄 블랑쉬의 크기는 너비 1771밀리미터, 높이 1547밀리미터이다. 이 디자인은 해수 온도 상승과 연관된 전 지구적 문제인 산호 백화 현상에 대한 관심을 환기시킨다.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 동상

Coral Blanche 플로어 램프, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 동상 수상작으로, 창의성, 독창성, 영민함으로 돋보이는 뛰어난 디자인에 수여되는 높은 권위의 인정입니다. 동상 수상작은 충분히 숙련되고 인상적으로 창의적인 작품으로, 디자이너의 폭넓은 경험, 상상력, 기지를 입증합니다. Coral Blanche 플로어 램프, 이 작품은 높이 평가받고 감탄과 사랑을 받는 사물로서 두드러지게 전문적이고 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 동상 수상 디자인은 예술, 과학, 디자인, 기술의 모범 사례를 담고 있으며 세부에 대한 주의로 훌륭합니다. Coral Blanche 플로어 램프, 이 작품은 필요를 훌륭하게 충족하고 욕망에 닿으며 감정을 매료하고 호기심을 불러일으킵니다.

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.