fake window sheds light on your cubicle
November 25th, 2007 comments (11) 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.
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.
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]
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November 25th, 2007 comments (11): stumble it! digg it! by: technabob
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Awesome! If it was for sale I would definitely buy one
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
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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
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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!
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.
I LOVE IT!!!!! I need one now. It is exactly what I am looking for.
no more dark room again…
Where can we buy this? This is a great idea.
Electroluminescent sheets seems expensive. I’m going to build a couple using LEDs and an opaque sheet of plastic.
There is a great product I picked up called a WindowSane its found at http://www.WindowSane.com it really makes it feel like your looking out a window. This one would work grat if I worked in the dark – but in a well lit office – this won’t do.