fake window sheds light on your cubicle

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November 25th, 2007 post a comment (9) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob

For those of us working in offices with no exterior windows, we’re always looking for ways to bring a little light into our lives. You could grab one of those outdoor scene rotators I showed you the other day, but if you’d like something a little more subtle, check this out.

EL Window Shade by Makoto Hirhara for Mongoose

The Bright Blind comes from the minds of designers Makoto Hirahara and Hisakazu Nabeshima (for Japanese design collective Studio Mongoose). It’s a window shade that hangs on your wall and is backlit by electroluminescent sheets to provide simulated daylight in even the darkest of offices. Just like a real window shade, brightness is adjusted by twirling the plastic shade control.

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The shade is currently just a hand-built prototype, so I’m hoping they decide to produce these for purchase soon. Head on over to the GNR8 Pipeline site for more information (and a ton of other cool design concepts).

[via CribCandy via Coolest-Gadgets]

November 25th, 2007 post a comment (9) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob

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9 comments post a comment

  • 1. Peter Crouch  |  November 28th, 2007 at 8:58 pm

    Awesome! If it was for sale I would definitely buy one

  • 2. giles  |  December 3rd, 2007 at 5:37 am

    Let me know when it’s real - I’ll buy a couple for my new house which cannot have windows fitted to the sides…

    Awesome concept

    email me : giles AT hotmail DAWT c om

  • 3. giles  |  December 3rd, 2007 at 5:38 am

    gileswendesAT ho tmail DAWT co m

    sorry

  • 4. Carole  |  December 7th, 2007 at 5:26 am

    Tell me when and where these windows can be purchased and I’d immediately get two.
    RSVP!
    Carole

    I may even advertise for them in my magazine
    http://www.quintet.ch

  • 5. Cleidson  |  December 19th, 2007 at 11:21 am

    Hello! I watched this video about the fake window sheds light , and i would like more informations. I live in Brazil and i wanna know how much it costs and how can i get it?! Thanks!

  • 6. Randy Josh  |  January 15th, 2008 at 11:23 am

    Should be possible to build one of these. Is there a supplier in NA that sells electroluminiecent sheets large enough for such an application? I’m thinking 2 foot x 3 foot would be the smallest you’d want for a fake window.

  • 7. Paige  |  March 7th, 2008 at 8:19 pm

    I LOVE IT!!!!! I need one now. It is exactly what I am looking for.

  • 8. bathroombuzz  |  April 16th, 2008 at 1:07 am

    no more dark room again…

  • 9. Travis  |  November 14th, 2008 at 5:11 pm

    Where can we buy this? This is a great idea.

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