Coral Blanche Golvlampa by Yongwook Seong

Coral Blanche Golvlampa by Yongwook Seong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award i Brons in Belysningsprodukt- och Armaturdesign Competition Category.

BronsBelysning· 2022

Coral Blanche Golvlampa

by Yongwook Seong

Client: Yongwook Seong

A' Design Award i Brons Winner in Belysning Category

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The Design

About Coral Blanche Golvlampa

Coral Blanche är en golvlampa inspirerad av korallblekning. Huvudstrukturen har formen av en blekt havsfjäderkorall, vald för sin strukturella integritet och sitt utseende. Tio frostade LED-lampor är fästa på strukturen och representerar ägg lagda av korallfiskar. Kroppen är tillverkad av biologiskt nedbrytbara stärkelseblandningar. Lampan kan placeras i ett vardagsrum för att belysa golvet eller en vägg. Coral Blanche mäter 1771 millimeter i bredd och 1547 millimeter i höjd. Designen riktar uppmärksamhet mot korallblekning, ett globalt problem kopplat till stigande havstemperaturer.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Brons

Coral Blanche Golvlampa är vinnare av A' Design Award i Brons, ett högst prestigefyllt erkännande som tilldelas enastående designverk som utmärker sig genom kreativitet, uppfinningsrikedom och klokhet. Bronsvinnare är mycket skickliga och slående kreativa föremål som styrker formgivarnas stora erfarenhet, fantasi och påhittighet. Coral Blanche Golvlampa förväntas vara ett högt skattat, beundrat och älskat föremål som är anmärkningsvärt professionellt och innovativt. Detta vinnande verk i A' Design Award i Brons införlivar bästa praxis inom konst, vetenskap, design och teknik och är utmärkt genom sin omsorg om detaljer. Coral Blanche Golvlampa tillfredsställer fantastiskt behov, rör vid längtan, charmar känslor och väcker nyfikenhet.

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.