Coral Blanche Lampă de Podea by Yongwook Seong

Coral Blanche Lampă de Podea by Yongwook Seong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Bronz in Design de Iluminat Competition Category.

BronzIluminat· 2022

Coral Blanche Lampă de Podea

by Yongwook Seong

Client: Yongwook Seong

A' Design Award de Bronz Winner in Iluminat Category

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The Design

About Coral Blanche Lampă de Podea

Coral Blanche este o lampă de podea inspirată de albirea coralilor. Structura principală ia forma unui gorgonian (coral evantai) albit, ales pentru integritatea sa structurală și aspectul său. Zece becuri LED mate sunt atașate structurii și reprezintă ouă depuse de peștii de corali. Corpul lămpii este realizat din amestecuri biodegradabile pe bază de amidon. Lampa poate fi amplasată într-o cameră de zi pentru a lumina podeaua sau un perete. Coral Blanche are dimensiunile de 1771 milimetri lățime și 1547 milimetri înălțime. Designul atrage atenția asupra albirii coralilor, o problemă globală legată de creșterea temperaturii oceanelor.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronz

Coral Blanche Lampă de Podea a câștigat A' Design Award de Bronz, o recunoaștere extrem de prestigioasă acordată designurilor remarcabile care se disting prin creativitate, ingeniozitate și istețime. Câștigătorii Bronzului sunt artefacte din plin pricepute și izbitor de creative, care atestă experiența vastă, imaginația și resursele designerilor lor. Se așteaptă ca Coral Blanche Lampă de Podea să fie un obiect foarte apreciat, admirat și prețuit, remarcabil de profesionist și inovator. Acest design câștigător al A' Design Award de Bronz încorporează cele mai bune practici din artă, știință, design și tehnologie și este excelent prin atenția la detalii. Coral Blanche Lampă de Podea satisface splendid nevoile, atinge dorințele, vrăjește sentimentele și stârnește curiozitatea.

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.