Aggregate Collection Primary Function: Rama Papa by CoCo Ree

Aggregate Collection Primary Function: Rama Papa by CoCo Ree is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Hiriwa in Hoahoa Rama me ngā Taputapu Mārama Competition Category.

HiriwaRama· 2020

Aggregate Collection Primary Function: Rama Papa

by CoCo Ree

Client: CoCo Ree Studios

A' Design Award Hiriwa Winner in Rama Category

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The Design

About Aggregate Collection Primary Function: Rama Papa

Book Text: He kohinga a Aggregate o ngā rama papa e toru i hangaia mai i ngā rawa hangarua me ngā rawa i whakarērea. Kua hangaia ia rama ki runga i tētahi anga taero i whakauruhia mai i ngā para maitai i whakarērea. Kua whakairohia te tinana ki te ringa mai i tētahi ranunga raima, kirikiri hiraka me ngā ipu kirihou i tapatapahia, ka whakapānia ki runga i tētahi papa muka pāwera kore. Ka mahia te ranunga raima anō he uku, kaua e whakawhāitihia ki roto i te pūwaru, nō reira he papanga, he whakaahua tāmapu anō tō ia rama. Ka whakaratohia te māramatanga e ngā pama ngongo LED, ā, ka whakakā, ka whakaweto i ia rama tētahi pana hikoi kei te pūtake. Ko te whāinga o te kohinga he hoatu i tētahi whakamahinga hou ki ngā para tāone.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hiriwa

Ko Aggregate Collection Primary Function: Rama Papa te toa o te A' Design Award Hiriwa, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa taumata teitei rawa, ātaahua me te whakamīharo. Ko ngā toa Hiriwa he mahi tino kanapa, tino auaha e whakaatu ana i te mātanga, te pūmanawa me te mōhio hōhonu o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Aggregate Collection Primary Function: Rama Papa he mahi whakamīharo, he tauira, he tino ngaio, he auaha hōhonu. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Hiriwa he hanganga rongonui, whakamīharotia e whai wāhi ana ki te whakawhānui i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ko Aggregate Collection Primary Function: Rama Papa he mahi e hae ana te tini, e whakaara ana i ngā hiahia, e kawe mai ana i ngā kare-ā-roto pai, ā, e whakaoho ana i te mīharo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Each lamp uses a welded skeleton made from discarded steel scraps. The body is then sculpted with a custom mix of concrete and recycled plastic. Aggregate uses this material combination to revisit structure and texture. The concrete/plastic formula is powerful and malleable, transforming modern waste. Using recycled material, each lamp attempts to elevate discarded materials. Combining these materials with filtered LED bulbs, this project proudly benefits from design principles and artistic approaches, fusing craftsmanship with functionality of brilliantly bright light.
Dimensions & Packaging: The Walk
305mm x 1220mm x 1854mm
Holding on
457mm x 762mm x 1854mm
Broken
457mm x 457mm x 1854mm
Tags: floor lamp, light, concrete, sculptural light, lamp
Production Technology: The substance of sidewalks and skyscrapers, Concrete is perhaps the most ubiquitous material in our contemporary culture. I first started by experimenting with Portland Cement (Type I per ASTM C 150). With weight issues during the application, experiments started with the proportions of water, cement, and gravel and additives such as, sugar, salt, shredded cardboard, shredded plastic bottles and fiber glass. Ultimately, I used shredded plastic bottles (almost as polymer or acrylic fibers) with an ECC concrete and well-graded silica sands on top of a thin alkali-resistant fiber base produced the best and most unique results.
Design Challenge: By researching the effects of the growth of urban and industrial areas, what is the visual language of consumer globalization? Can design truly transform modern waste resulting from urban expansion and consumerism?
Research: This design aimed to reappropriate materials that create our current scenic backdrops. Exploring ways to use concrete as a clay, rather than casting the material, the concrete was mixed with shaved plastic bottles and sculpted.
Inspiration: With the challenge to see if a design could transform modern waste, this collection aimed to reuse existing materials to create distinctly bright lights. After replacing fluorescent bulbs with LED tube lights, I knew I wanted to use the LED tubes in a floor lamp. The structural inspiration came while doing quick figurative gesture sketches, the model used a rod as a prop, bending and holding it outstretched between poses. These sketches became the essence of the design, a design that used materials motivated by human contortion.
Project Duration: The project started in Hong Kong in November of 2018 and was finished and shown at Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, GA for three months in 2019.
Operation Flow: On/off step light switches can be found at the base of the light.
Image Credits: Photo credit: Aman Shakya