Coral Blanche Fitila Ilẹ by Yongwook Seong

Coral Blanche Fitila Ilẹ by Yongwook Seong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ohun Ìmọ́lẹ̀ àti Ẹ̀rọ Ìtànṣán Competition Category.

IdẹÌmọ́lẹ̀· 2022

Coral Blanche Fitila Ilẹ

by Yongwook Seong

Client: Yongwook Seong

Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award Winner in Ìmọ́lẹ̀ Category

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The Design

About Coral Blanche Fitila Ilẹ

Coral Blanche jẹ́ fitila ilẹ tí ó fa ìmísí láti ọ̀dọ̀ ìṣẹ̀lẹ̀ funfun-fífún coral (coral bleaching). Ìtòlẹ́sẹẹsẹ pàtàkì rẹ̀ mú ìrísí egun-àwọ̀ coral tí ó ti funfun, èyí tí a yàn nítorí agbára ìdúró rẹ̀ àti ẹwà rẹ̀. Bọ́ọ̀bù LED mẹ́wàá tí ó ní ìrísí àwọ̀ dídí ni a so mọ́ ìtòlẹ́sẹẹsẹ náà, tí wọ́n sì dúró fún ẹyin tí ẹja coral ń tọ́. A fi àpòpọ̀ sítáṣì tí ó lè bàjẹ́ (biodegradable starch blends) ṣe ara fitila náà. A lè gbé fitila náà sí ilé ìjókòó láti tan ìmọ́lẹ̀ sí ilẹ̀ tàbí ògiri. Coral Blanche ní ìwọ̀n ìbú tí ó jẹ́ 1771 millimeters àti ìga tí ó jẹ́ 1547 millimeters. Àpẹẹrẹ yìí fa àfiyèsí sí ìṣẹ̀lẹ̀ funfun-fífún coral, ìṣòro àgbáyé tí ó ní ìsopọ̀ pẹ̀lú ìgbóná òkun tí ń pọ̀ sí i.

The Recognition

About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award

Coral Blanche Fitila Ilẹ jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí gan-an tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó tayọ tí wọ́n yàtọ̀ nípasẹ̀ ìṣẹ̀dá, àrékérekè àti ọgbọ́n inú. Àwọn olùborí Idẹ jẹ́ àwọn ohun èlò tó ní ìjáfáfá gan-an tí wọ́n sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá tó yani lẹ́nu tí wọ́n ń ṣe ẹ̀rí ìrírí gbígbòòrò, ìrònú àti ọgbọ́n àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Coral Blanche Fitila Ilẹ yóò jẹ́ ohun tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó jẹ́ ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ nínú iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ jọ, ó sì tayọ nítorí àfiyèsí rẹ̀ sí àwọn àlàyé kékeré. Coral Blanche Fitila Ilẹ ń tẹ́ àwọn ohun tí a nílò lọ́rùn lọ́nà àgbàyanu, ó ń fọwọ́ kan àwọn ìfẹ́ inú, ó ń gbà ọkàn ó sì ń fa ìfẹ́ láti mọ̀ mọ́ra.

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.