Coral Blanche 落地燈 by Yongwook Seong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 照明產品及燈具設計 Competition Category.

銅照明· 2022

Coral Blanche 落地燈

by Yongwook Seong

Client: Yongwook Seong

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 照明 Category

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The Design

About Coral Blanche 落地燈

Coral Blanche係一盞受珊瑚白化現象啟發嘅落地燈。主體結構取形自白化咗嘅海扇珊瑚,揀選呢個造型係因為佢結構穩固,外形亦都靚。結構上裝有十粒磨砂LED燈泡,象徵珊瑚魚所產嘅魚卵。燈身以可生物降解嘅澱粉混合材料製成。呢盞燈可以擺放喺客廳,用嚟照亮地板或牆身。Coral Blanche闊1771毫米,高1547毫米。呢個設計旨在引起大眾對珊瑚白化呢個全球議題嘅關注,而呢個問題正正同海洋溫度上升息息相關。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

Coral Blanche 落地燈是 A' Design Award 銅獎得主，這是授予以創造力、獨創性和敏銳見長的傑出設計的極具聲望的認可。銅獎得主是技藝嫻熟、創意驚人的作品，印證了其設計師豐富的經驗、想像力與機智。預計Coral Blanche 落地燈將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的物品，兼具顯著的專業性與創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銅獎的設計融入藝術、科學、設計和技術領域的最佳實踐，並因注重細節而出類拔萃。Coral Blanche 落地燈出色地滿足需求，觸動渴望，迷住情感，並吸引好奇心。

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.