Coral Blanche Lucerna Pavimenti by Yongwook Seong

Coral Blanche Lucerna Pavimenti by Yongwook Seong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Designatio Luminarium Competition Category.

AesLuminaria· 2022

Coral Blanche Lucerna Pavimenti

by Yongwook Seong

Client: Yongwook Seong

Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum Winner in Luminaria Category

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The Design

About Coral Blanche Lucerna Pavimenti

Coral Blanche lucerna pavimenti est, ex decoloratione corallii inspirata. Structura principalis formam corallii ventilabri marini decolorati sumit, quae propter integritatem structuralem et aspectum electa est. Decem lampades LED pruinosae structurae affixae sunt, quae ova a piscibus corallinis posita repraesentant. Corpus ex mixturis amyli biodegradabilibus factum est. Lucerna in cubiculo communi poni potest ut pavimentum vel parietem illuminet. Coral Blanche 1771 millimetra latitudine et 1547 millimetra altitudine metitur. Consilium ad decolorationem corallii attentionem vocat, quaestionem globalem cum temperaturis oceani crescentibus coniunctam.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum

Coral Blanche Lucerna Pavimenti victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aeneum, honoris multum aestimati formis egregiis, creandi ingenio, sollertia et acumine insignibus dati. Victores Aenei opera perita et mire creandi sunt, quae experientiam, imaginationem et solertiam auctorum suorum confirmant. Exspectatur Coral Blanche Lucerna Pavimenti rem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, notabiliter professionalem et novam fore. Haec forma Aeneo victa optimas consuetudines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae amplectitur et in cura minutiarum excellit. Coral Blanche Lucerna Pavimenti necessitates egregie explet, cupiditates tangit, sensus capit et curiositatem allicit.

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.