Coral Blanche Taa ya Sakafuni by Yongwook Seong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Bidhaa na Vifaa vya Mwangaza Competition Category.
ShabaMwangaza· 2022
Coral Blanche Taa ya Sakafuni
Client: Yongwook Seong
Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award Winner in Mwangaza Category
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About Coral Blanche Taa ya Sakafuni
Coral Blanche ni taa ya sakafuni iliyopata msukumo kutoka kwa upaukaji wa matumbawe. Muundo mkuu unachukua umbo la matumbawe ya feni ya baharini yaliyopauka, lililochaguliwa kwa uimara wake wa kimuundo na mwonekano wake. Balbu kumi za LED zenye mng'ao hafifu zimeunganishwa kwenye muundo huo na zinawakilisha mayai yaliyotagwa na samaki wa matumbawe. Kiwiliwili chake kimetengenezwa kwa michanganyiko ya wanga inayooza kiasili. Taa hii inaweza kuwekwa sebuleni ili kuangazia sakafu au ukuta. Coral Blanche ina upana wa milimita 1771 na urefu wa milimita 1547. Muundo huu unavutia hisia kuhusu upaukaji wa matumbawe, tatizo la kimataifa linalohusiana na ongezeko la joto la bahari.
The Recognition
About the Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award
Coral Blanche Taa ya Sakafuni ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima kubwa unaotolewa kwa miundo bora inayotofautishwa kwa ubunifu, ustadi na busara. Washindi wa Shaba ni kazi za ufundi mwingi na bunifu ya kushangaza zinazothibitisha uzoefu mpana, mawazo na ustadi wa wabunifu wao. Coral Blanche Taa ya Sakafuni inatarajiwa kuwa kitu kinachothaminiwa sana, kupendwa na kuenziwa, ambacho ni cha kitaalamu na bunifu kwa kiasi kikubwa. Muundo huu ulioshinda Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award unajumuisha mbinu bora katika sanaa, sayansi, usanifu na teknolojia, na ni bora kwa umakini wake kwa undani. Coral Blanche Taa ya Sakafuni hutosheleza mahitaji kwa uzuri, hugusa hamu, huvutia hisia na kuvutia udadisi.
Behind the Design
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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.
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