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.-- Worldgineer, Sep 30 2005 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.htmlI 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.htmlThis 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] Now, why would I put a skylight in a fake office?
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.
This should be fairly easy to do. If I had such overhead lighting or a cubicle, I might be tempted to try it.
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?-- half, Sep 30 2005 Heh. Just use a flatscreen TV hooked up to a roof-mounted video camera.-- Worldgineer, Sep 30 2005 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." ... ;-)-- half, Sep 30 2005 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.-- Worldgineer, Sep 30 2005 you're half funny!-- po, Sep 30 2005 Oh, Belgium man, Belgium!-- zeno, Oct 01 2005 you're ju(ri)st funny too. :)
I'd never get any sleep with that up there!
you know what, it would be lovely to just have the dog.-- po, Oct 02 2005 what? bird droppings all over my bed? you're having a laugh!-- po, Oct 02 2005 random, halfbakery