Looking for a fanciful way to dress up your room even more after tossing in a set of
ASCII Curtains? Fret not, as designer Jonas Samson has crafted light-emitting wallpaper that's sure to go over better than that
solar iteration you tried years ago. Currently, the technology behind the invention has yet to be divulged, but all those tidbits should get clarified when it goes on display at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan. We do know, however, that it removes the need for bulbs in areas that just require basic lighting, and judging by the shots on the creator's own website, designs could be lit in part, in whole or not at all. Still, don't write those fixtures off just yet -- you
do care about
resale value, right?
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posted Apr 13th 2008 1:03PM
Very Cool!
As the fixtures inventory, you would depreciate fixtures, not write them off. Depending on the method, it will either be higher, lower, or the same as market value.
*aren't inventory
I agree it looks awesome.
Does this remind anyone else of the entrance to the mines of moria when the ancient runes glow in the moonlight?
'Speak friend, and enter'
Yeah, I can't wait until the first hackers start flying ghosts around their buds' rooms ;-)
It looks exactly like shining a theatrical lighting instrument with a gobo on a wall. I'm not going to call fake but it sure looks like this could be done with existing technology rather than some form of new lighted wallpaper...
no love for accounting :(
how does the guy put up his my chemical romance poster... he better not use pins... blue-tac i guess
This wallpaper I invented... makes me feel so many emotions... i'm going to wear my hood and look forlorn
Who cares. He deserves whatever happens for hanging up a My Chemical Romance poster. :p
i was being general... happy penguin if it makes you feel better he could like fall out boy. ¬_¬
Fall Out Boy? Okay now I REALLY hope something bad happens to him. :p
Uhm, I'm sorry happy_penguin, but there seems to be a tongue constantly hanging from your mouth.
Yeah and he's sticking it out at the shitty music.
I'm just poking fun, hence the :p. (I don't enjoy unwarranted seriously negative comments.)
But I really don't like that music. I stop short of calling it shit. If someone enjoys it, good on ya. Enjoy!
Large glowing Apple logo with silver paint on my wall please :D
Why?!
@ TubeTop
GNASTY!
You make me ashamed to be human.. :(
I want one in yellow, orange, and red.
....a wall that demonstrates what it means to be Human ^_^
competitors to d nasty zune guy in prep
From the website:
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Upcoming expositions:
15-16 September 2007
Amsterdam The Netherlands
Light emitting Wallpaper
20-28 oktober 2007
Dutch Design Week
Eindhoven The Netherlands
Light emitting Wallpaper
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FAIL.
This. Is. Awesome. If it could be transparently applied to already painted walls and be relatively easy to install - and affordable - I could see this as being a HUGE hit.
"Oh I'm cool . i'm going to just sit here in my hoodie and torn up jeans and my sh1tty sneakers and stare up at my BRIGHT LIGHT wannabe wall."
This invention is like, months old.
new to me
That's your fault for not being Dutch while this product's designer is!
So, what's the manufacturer trying to "say" with that sad-looking model sitting against the wall?
Who wears their hood up indoors anyway? He looks like he's waiting for a bus.
Something smells fishy to me here. Why in all three pictures (2 through 4) of the tree/bird shown at the top of this article, is the guy posed *exactly* the same. If those were really 3 separate pictures, the guy would have moved a little bit in each one. I smell a photoshop job, here.
You're clearly and idiot. Kindly turn in your computer and report for termination.
Emo kid is too depressed by the world to move.
SERIOUSLY AWESOME!!!
I'd like a gigantic Cubs logo in my room. yeah...
[posters are getting old, upgrade101 XD]
Jonas was my fiance's roommate for a while. Here's a hint... he worked with light-emitting flat nanotubes. Probably just the inspiration for it though.
and no, he doesn't listen to any of those bands you guys listed. He listens to C-mon and Kypski, of course. Hi Jonas!
Hi David,
How are you? Say hello to Cathy to me!
Some of his other works, namely the freestyle blowmoulding looks really cool as well
Not mentioned was that this technology requires so little current, as demonstrated here, it can actually run off the differential voltage between one's armpits (well, as long as you're leaning against it with both pits, are taking lithium, are wearing an electroconductive hoodie and aren't using Ban Roll-on with SurgeProtection™)
something is janky about this. i am a designer, and i love this concept but i have searched and searched and searched for more info on this tech, (a client wants it BAD). because if it REALLY is what it claims to be there are more than enough light AND furniture AND home accessory companies with PLENTY of cash to throw at this to own it and distribute as an exclusive. and like someone said earlier this has been around awhile, but looking far and wide on the interwebs i keep seeing the same 5 or so pictures of this "art" and he doesn't return emails. i think it's screen-printed backlit canvas panels and nothing more, if this really is what it claims i have a VERY tough time believing that more than a year later it's still nothing more than the same 5 images, not a single write up about any of the exhibits, merely re-prints of the same original press release. sorry to be a fun-hater.
Incorrect use of the term 'janky'.
uh, GrammarMasterChris go check urban dictionary, and you'll see definition #3 state
"Janky - adjective used to describe a person, place or thing which is questionable..."
http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/future-tech/light-emitting-wallpaper-set-to-wow-317188
Wallpaper it isn't ..
i bet it uses the super secret technology called "electroluminescent sheet." you can find cut-out-your-own-design letter sized EL sheets in white and blue-green pretty easily.
the sheets i've seen are limited in size, less than 20 x 30 inches if i recall. great for small applications, but not for covering something large like a wall.
Ah, I was beginning to wonder when I'd see more about this technology. I've seen this sort of stuff in the news a while ago, and it's seemingly made using those flexible polymer-based circuits that have recently started to surface. The news report showed wallpaper that would essentially blind you, but this looks like a very stylish application of the technology.
I'll eat my hat if this actually exists. I smell a Steorn-type hoax here...
This looks a lot like something Disney added last year to the Haunted Mansion at Disney World. They have wallpaper with eyes that glow white and turn on and off like they are blinking. They look like white LEDs or EL elements.
ok, it's great and all, but unless it my oled wallpaper that can show color video and be my tv, it's not my holy grail. It's still cool, but it doesn't quite get a cigar. Closer though, and definitely a step in the right direction.
beautiful~like shirst
really cool !:o
it might be popular soon.