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Tired of that boring industrial fluorescent light above your cube? Turn it into a skylight. This 2'x4' translucent plastic product is backed with a mild adhesive and has a picture of a blue sky, white fluffy clouds, the sun, and a branch of a tree hanging over you.
Before
http://asint2.ki.co...fice_WW_ceiling.jpg
[Worldgineer, Sep 30 2005]
After
http://bbs.wangjian...tree.branch.sky.jpg
[Worldgineer, Sep 30 2005]
Well, not exactly, but something like this (only better and bigger) applied to a 2'x4' panel
http://www.internat...ingr/ingr826107.cfm
[half, Sep 30 2005]
trompe l'oeil
http://www.trompe-l...art.com/trompe.html
I have been meaning for a long time to paint one of these into a corner of my bedroom ceiling to look like there is a hole in the roof - see the stars thing. however the poor old place is so rundown that it might actually be depressing. [po, Sep 30 2005]
How Gerrit van Honthorst solved the problem
http://www.getty.ed...s/objects/o604.html
This painting hangs on the ceiling of a small vestibule in the Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Quite a disconcerting effect, despite the subject matter. Perfect over [po]'s bed. [jurist, Sep 30 2005, last modified Oct 01 2005]
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Now, why would I put a skylight in a fake office? |
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Seems like I've seen back-lit translucent panels with travel scenes in a travel agency somewhere. Also, I think some of the bus bench advertising signage is a painted/printed transparency over a translucent, back-lit panel. |
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This should be fairly easy to do. If I had such overhead lighting or a cubicle, I might be tempted to try it. |
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Now I'm sort of thinking some sort of giganto LCD panel with USB upload connection, along the lines of a digital picture frame maybe. Dang, your little project is getting expensive in a hurry. Can't you keep anything simple? |
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Heh. Just use a flatscreen TV hooked up to a roof-mounted video camera. |
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Worldcam - implementation day +1: "Ooh look, it's overcast today"
iday + 2: "Ooh look, it's cloudy today."
iday + 3: "Ooh look, it's overcast today."
iday + 4: "Ooh look, it's summer today."
iday + 5: "Ooh look, it's cloudy today."
iday + 6: "Ooh look, it's overcast today."
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;-) |
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Come to think of it, I'd need a huge custom lens to make sure it doesn't end up always looking like giant rain drops falling on my skylight. |
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Oh, Belgium man, Belgium! |
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you're ju(ri)st funny too. :) |
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I'd never get any sleep with that up there! |
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you know what, it would be lovely to just have the dog. |
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what? bird droppings all over my bed? you're having a laugh! |
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