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Solar Vertical Lamp Blind Charges-Up in Daylight, Lights Rooms At Night [Lighting]
Gizmodo —
... probably isn't one of those. At its core it's a solar-powered lighting system, but unusually it's embedded in standard window blinds. During the day tiny solar panels charge up the individual lighting elements (LEDs?), and at night they light up. These guys have conceptualized the eco-friendly solution being an elegant lamp shape, but basically you could arrange the pixels however you liked. We wouldn't recommend the legend "love palace" and a great big arrow pointing at your bed. [Yanko Design] ...
Vertical Blinds With Embedded LEDs Make For A Cool Effect
OhGizmo! —
... and Eun-Kyung Kim. The vertical blinds are embedded with a matrix of white LEDs which can be illuminated to produce glowing lamp-like shapes. Obviously the effect looks pretty cool, but the LEDs are also powered by a battery which is recharged by the sun during the day since the outward facing sides of the blinds also serve as solar cells. In theory the blinds should be able to provide plenty of ambient light during the night, without adding any costs to your electric bill.
[ Yanko Design - Solar Vertical Lamp ] VIA [ Inhabitat ]
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Solar Vertical Lamp: one more reason to close the blinds
Engadget —
... Could everyone just dole out a round of golf claps for Yoon-Hui Kim and Eun-Kyung Kim? Swell, thanks. These two designers have conjured up something that any second-rate hotelier (we kid... kind of) would love, as the Solar Vertical Lamp provides an eco-friendly (and ...
Illuminating Solar Window Blinds Replace Lamps
GEARFUSE —
... than your traditional lamp. For one thing, there’s no bulb or electricity powering it. It’s a light source integrated into your window’s vertical blinds that has solar panels on one side that power a LED floor/table lamp or a stylish chandelier displayed on the other side. Yoon-Hui Kim and Eun-Kyung Kim are two designers looking to free up some room on that end table besides your bed. With a light integrated into your window blinds, what could you possibly need a — for? Link [ via ]
Solar Blinds Provide the Light
Eco Geek Latest —
... As solar technology becomes more prevalent, cooler applications keep springing up. A great new example is the Solar Vertical Lamp by Korean designers Yoon-Hui Kim and Eun Kyung Kim, a set of vertical blinds that provide light from solar power. ...
Best of November 2008
Yanko Design —
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8 ) Scarab by David Goncalves. Permalink Hits: 11338
7) Drop Light by Doosan Baek. Permalink Hits: 11693
6) Fireworks Car Locator by Mac Finamizu. Permalink Hits: 11841
5) Tea Bag Coffin by Jonas Trampedach. Permalink Hits: 12158
4) Solar Vertical Lamp by Yoon-Hui & Eun-Kyung Kim. Permalink Hits: 15138
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The Innards of an Eye; Reformed to Light a Room
Yanko Design —
... Non-traditionally breaking up a room is super excellent, especially when it means using less material to do more. Recently Yanko’s reported on several similar projects in this respect (at least in the non-traditional room-breaking aspect) : [Solar Verticle Lamp], ...
