Coral Blanche Luminária de Chão by Yongwook Seong

Coral Blanche Luminária de Chão by Yongwook Seong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Bronze in Design de Produtos e Acessórios de Iluminação Competition Category.

BronzeIluminação· 2022

Coral Blanche Luminária de Chão

by Yongwook Seong

Client: Yongwook Seong

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Iluminação Category

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The Design

About Coral Blanche Luminária de Chão

Coral Blanche é uma luminária de chão inspirada no branqueamento dos corais. A estrutura principal assume a forma de um coral leque-do-mar branqueado, escolhido por sua integridade estrutural e por sua aparência. Dez lâmpadas LED foscas são fixadas à estrutura e representam ovos depositados por peixes de coral. O corpo é feito de misturas de amido biodegradável. A luminária pode ser posicionada em uma sala de estar para iluminar o piso ou uma parede. Coral Blanche mede 1771 milímetros de largura e 1547 milímetros de altura. O projeto chama a atenção para o branqueamento dos corais, um problema global associado ao aumento da temperatura dos oceanos.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Coral Blanche Luminária de Chão conquistou o A' Design Award de Bronze, um reconhecimento altamente prestigiado atribuído a designs notáveis que se distinguem pela criatividade, engenho e perspicácia. Os vencedores do Bronze são artefactos amplamente habilidosos e surpreendentemente criativos que comprovam a vasta experiência, imaginação e capacidade de iniciativa dos seus designers. Espera-se que Coral Blanche Luminária de Chão seja um objeto muito considerado, admirado e estimado, notavelmente profissional e inovador. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Bronze incorpora as melhores práticas em arte, ciência, design e tecnologia e é excelente pela sua atenção ao detalhe. Coral Blanche Luminária de Chão satisfaz esplendidamente necessidades, toca desejos, encanta sentimentos e desperta curiosidade.

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.