Coral Blanche ናይ ባይታ መብራህቲ by Yongwook Seong

Coral Blanche ናይ ባይታ መብራህቲ by Yongwook Seong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 ናይ ነሓስ ሽልማት A' Design Award in ንድፊ ፍርያትን መቐመጢታትን መብራህቲ Competition Category.

ነሓስመብራህቲ· 2022

Coral Blanche ናይ ባይታ መብራህቲ

by Yongwook Seong

Client: Yongwook Seong

ናይ ነሓስ ሽልማት A' Design Award Winner in መብራህቲ Category

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The Design

About Coral Blanche ናይ ባይታ መብራህቲ

ኮራል ብላንሽ ካብ ናይ ኮራል ምጽራይ (ብሌቺንግ) ተመስጋኒት ዝረኸበት ናይ ባይታ መብራህቲ እያ። እቲ ቀንዲ ቅርጺ ብምኽንያት ቅርጻዊ ሓይሉን ትርኢቱን ዝተመርጸ፡ ናይ ዝጸረየ ባሕራዊ ደጋፍ ኮራል (sea fan coral) ቅርጺ ዝሓዘ እዩ። ዓሰርተ ዝበረደ (frosted) LED ላምባታት ኣብቲ ቅርጺ ተጠርኒፎም ዘለው ኮይኖም፡ ብዓሳታት ኮራል ዝተነብሩ ማህጸናት ይውክሉ። እቲ ኣካል ካብ ብባዮሎጂካዊ መንገዲ ዝበሰብስ ናይ ዓደገ ቅይጥ (starch blends) ዝተሰርሐ እዩ። እዛ መብራህቲ ኣብ ክፍሊ ኮፍ መበሊ ተቐሚጣ ንባይታ ወይ ንመንደቕ ንኽተብርህ ትኽእል። ኮራል ብላንሽ 1771 ሚሊሜተር ስፍሓትን 1547 ሚሊሜተር ቁመትን ኣለዋ። እዚ ቅርጺ ንኮራል ብላንሽ ብምኽንያት ዓለምለኻዊ ጸገም ዝኾነ፡ ምስ ዓቢ ምዕባይ ናይ ውቅያኖስ ሙቐት ዝተኣሳሰረ ናይ ኮራል ምጽራይ ኣቓልቦ ንኽስሕብ ዝተሰርሐ እዩ።

The Recognition

About the ናይ ነሓስ ሽልማት A' Design Award

Coral Blanche ናይ ባይታ መብራህቲ ናይ ነሓስ ሽልማት A' Design Award ዝዓወተ እዩ፣ ብፈጠራ፣ ርእሰ ሓይልን ስቕታን ዝፍለዩ ብልጫ ዘለዎም ዲዛይናት ዝወሃብ ኣዚዩ ክቡር ኣፍልጦ። ዘዓወቱ ነሓስ ሰፊሕ ተሞክሮ፣ ምሕሳብን ርእሰ ምምዕባልን ዲዛይነራቶም ዘረጋግጹ ኣዚዮም ክኢላታትን ብዘደንቕ መገዲ ፈጠራውያንን ኣርቴፋክትታት እዮም። Coral Blanche ናይ ባይታ መብራህቲ ብዙሕ ዝተመነየ፣ ዝደነቐን ዝፈተዎን ብኣገዳሲ መገዲ ሞያውን ሓድሽን ኣቕሓ ክኾን ይጽበ። እዚ ዝዓወተ ዲዛይን ናይ ነሓስ ሽልማት A' Design Award ኣብ ጥበብ፣ ሳይንስ፣ ዲዛይንን ቴክኖሎጂን ዝበለጹ ልምድታት ዘጣምር፣ ንዝርዝር ብዝህቦ ኣቓልቦ ድማ ዝበለጸ እዩ። Coral Blanche ናይ ባይታ መብራህቲ ድልየታት ብጽባቐ የማልእ፣ ንድሌታት ይትንክፍ፣ ንስምዒታት የማርኽን ሕቶ ድማ የሰሕብን።

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.