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 Gangsa in Reka Bentuk Produk dan Lekapan Pencahayaan Competition Category.

GangsaPencahayaan· 2022

Coral Blanche Lampu Lantai

by Yongwook Seong

Client: Yongwook Seong

A' Design Award Gangsa Winner in Pencahayaan Category

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The Design

About Coral Blanche Lampu Lantai

Coral Blanche ialah lampu lantai yang mendapat inspirasi daripada peluntutan karang. Struktur utamanya berbentuk karang kipas laut yang telah luntur, dipilih kerana keutuhan strukturnya serta penampilannya. Sepuluh mentol LED kaca pudar dipasang pada struktur tersebut bagi mewakili telur yang dihasilkan oleh ikan karang. Badan lampu diperbuat daripada bahan campuran kanji yang boleh terbiodegradasi. Lampu ini boleh diletakkan di ruang tamu untuk menerangi lantai atau dinding. Coral Blanche berukuran 1771 milimeter lebar dan 1547 milimeter tinggi. Reka bentuk ini bertujuan menarik perhatian terhadap isu peluntutan karang, satu isu global yang berkait rapat dengan peningkatan suhu lautan.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Gangsa

Coral Blanche Lampu Lantai ialah pemenang A' Design Award Gangsa, pengiktirafan yang amat berprestij yang dianugerahkan kepada reka bentuk cemerlang yang dicirikan oleh kreativiti, kecerdikan dan ketajaman fikiran. Pemenang Gangsa ialah artifak yang amat mahir dan sangat kreatif yang membuktikan pengalaman luas, imaginasi dan akal budi pereka bentuknya. Coral Blanche Lampu Lantai diharapkan menjadi objek yang sangat dihargai, dikagumi dan disayangi, sangat profesional dan inovatif. Reka bentuk pemenang A' Design Award Gangsa ini merangkumi amalan terbaik dalam seni, sains, reka bentuk dan teknologi, dan cemerlang dalam perhatiannya terhadap butiran. Coral Blanche Lampu Lantai memenuhi keperluan 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.