Technabob » shade http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Weird Science Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:00:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Fake Window Sheds Light on Your Cubicle http://technabob.com/blog/2007/11/25/fake-window-sheds-light-on-your-cubicle/ http://technabob.com/blog/2007/11/25/fake-window-sheds-light-on-your-cubicle/#comments Sun, 25 Nov 2007 14:51:54 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2007/11/25/fake-window-sheds-light-on-your-cubicle/ 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.

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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).

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